The devastatingly handsome figure you see above is a piece of lefse. I’m also in the picture, in the maroon sweatshirt. Last night I joined my friend in St. Paul, making lefse at his house for the second year in a row. I know how excited you already are about this, but this year it’s better because we have pictures!
This is what lefse looks like when it’s finished. My friend says it’s the best batch of lefse he’s ever made in his life (and he’s made a lot). On the basis of my own on-site research, I can’t dispute that.
Below, after the fold, a Christmas song from Sissel Kyrkjebø:
The song is “Vitae Lux” (Light of Life), set to a Norwegian melody. But the procession is actually meant to represent the traditional Scandinavian Lucia ceremony, as performed in homes and communities in Norway and Sweden on December 13th, Saint Lucia’s Day (is it done in Denmark? I actually don’t know). The song that usually goes with it is the Italian one, “Santa Lucia.” In the local language, of course. This is from Sissel’s Christmas concert with the Mormon Tabernacle choir, and it’s quite lovely.
I love lefse. I’ve never had the nerve to try it all by myself. I do make my own krumkake, but only with the modern irons that make it as easy as making waffles (but not nearly as crispy as the finnicky cast-iron makers).
Oh man, now I want lefse…and I have to figure out which box I put the krumkake griddle in.
Lefse: The Food of the Gods.
Roy has it right………. no doubt…!!
I recognized the indeed handsome features of the bearded gentleman at once! You make the creation of lefse look like you are conducting an orchestra.
I assume that home-made lefse is far better than store bought…. I’ll have to find someone here who knows the down-home-on-the-farm variety! They don’t know anything about lefse in Japan…