In Minnesota (according to Garrison Keillor, a state full of bachelor Norwegian farmers), they tell Ole and Lena stories. Ole was sick -- terribly sick, and he was sinking fast; he was not expected to recover. As he lay in his room, in great pain, a fragrance wafted upstairs from the kitchen -- Lena was baking lefsa -- his absolute favorite treat! In agony, he crawled out of his bed, along the floor, and inched carefully down the stairs. Gasping with pain, he crawled to the kitchen, and there it was -- a huge plate full of lefsa, and Lena bending over the oven, taking out another batch to add to the pile. Ole gathered his strength and reached up. Just as he was about to grab a piece, Lena turned around and smacked his hand. "Ole!" she shouted. "Dat's for the funeral!"
Ron! Thank you for sharing that I just woke up here in Las Vegas, I'm a graveyard bartender and you just brighten my day so much with that short little video thank you for doing it! Me and my grandpa used to make it at Christmas time every year! You definitely brought up some childhood memories with this video! Thank you
YAYYYYYYYYY LEFSE!!! FINALLY!!!! Been waiting for this loveliness to show up!!! Thanks to the wonderful author Lauraine Snelling, who writes much about the incredible Norwegians who settled the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota in the 1800’s, featured Lefse in her books. Also Rømmegraut! Please show us more about these awesome traditional foods and art/decorations like Rosemaling? Love love LOVE the channel! ❤️
We make it and eat it here in Seattle during holidays. Tradition handed down from my mom's side of the family, who were Norwegian! It's actually getting hard to find here in the stores, so we've been practising making it.
Wow, did this video bring back fond memories. My fars mor used to make it for us all the time when we were kids. Delicious with strawberry jam. Tusen takk for posting.
My best friend is from Norway and I love surprising her when I learn new things and ask her about them. Thank you for helping me understand Norway and your customs better.
Our lovely Norwegian hostess made us two kinds of delicious lefsa. I tried some with brun ost and some with butter and sugar. All the home made food we were served was amazing. I'm planning another trip!
Ouuuuuuu. Can you put it in the toaster???? Just looked online and we can buy that Vestland brand along with other brands! I also found out we have a Scandinavian deli/market right here in downtown Los Angeles. Didn't know that but thanks to you, now I know😊
When you learn Norwegian or any Scandinavian language, you do say some vowels and words very differently out of habit. And all the conversational or mid level French drops out of your head too, there's just no room! 🤣
Yum! I want to try lefse; I have to purchase online from a Scandinavian store. People in the Midwest of Norwegian descent still know how to make it, but I’m a Mexi-Finn, so I must buy it! Enjoy! 💖
I live in the United States since I was a child My grandmother used to always make us bread with butter sugar and cinnamon can't get any better than that
Cliff Manning I’ve been put on a low carb diet for health reasons. I am trying to find a low carb bread so that I can continue to have my cinnamon toast fix! I may have to settle for cinnamon lavash toast! Lavash actually looks like the treat Ronald is eating.
We always have it at Christmas time or whenever we have meatballs. Scandinavian cuisine: an acquired taste, best acquired before you’re old enough to know better. 😁
3 cups of potatoes that have been riced 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup of cream 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt 2 teaspoons of sugar 1 cup of flour Mix well and roll into patties then roll thin and cook on a lefse grill. Before I had a the lefse grill, I cooked in a large sauté pan. It’s just easier on the lefse grill. Good luck!
When I was little, my mom would make a wrap of sour dough flat round bread that is freshly baked in a smoker, so it’s all hot and bubble puffed, then she would spread lightly on it some decadent, great smelling pricey ghee, then sprinkle sugar on top of it then roll it, and hand it to us. We would excitedly grab it and run with it to continue our playing. That was my most favored sweet snack of my childhood. Memories 🥰😢🥰
The Norwegian Lefse looks good, kinda like a soft pop tart! lol....me comparing american junkfood with nutritious as well as sweet Norwegian snacks! Forgive me Ronald, worth trying it but, hope Costco imports it here like they've done with Danish and French butter cookies! ;)
Make it. Lots of people do it. Flat bread, butter, and sugar. What's the big deal? You can butter bread, can't you? Everyone makes it where I live in the Midwest; you really need to have someone make it for you? You don't even have to know how to boil water.
Lefsa looks so yummy! Send some to California. We need better snacks!!! The cat paintings in the background are adorable!!! Let's name the white one Ronald because of his cheerful personality, and the black one Mads because he can get grumpy (but we love them both!)!
When I was growing up I lived in Parkland, Washington, (near Tacoma) right next to Pacific Lutheran University "PLU" (a college with a strong Norwegian emphasis). Nearby there was a gift shop "Gloria's" where she sold Scandinavian gifts and foods. I bought the dried Vestlands Lefse from her occasionally and I would make it at home. Came in large box with I think 4 dried sheets. You would get them wet and leave it sit for a while between paper towels. Then prepare with butter and cinnamon sugar. Gloria also made and altered Bunads for the local clubs and people all around. Unfortunately Gloria is long gone and so is her shop, but I loved going there after school and also buying Norwegian chocolate & looking at all the stuff she had for sale. She always had music playing of some Scandinavian artist and served tea & cookies if you wanted. Good memories.
In Wisconsin we can get fresh lefse in the refrigerator section at the grocery. I haven't eaten lefse this way but have made meatball wraps with it. Cover with brown gravy and serve with mashed potatoes.
I love your enthusiasm for Norway. I've wanted to go there for a long time and your videos make me want to more than ever. Your presentation style is awe inspiring.
I heard that Denmark is offering to buy the USA. If that pans out, we'll have all kinds of great food coming our way...and bicycle paths...and oooh, awesome trains! I can hardly wait!!
I was taught how to make lefse by my Norwegian FarMor. Many child hood memories of the lefse coming right off the wood burning stove to be eaten with fresh butter and sugar. I am hoping my Grandchildren will all learn the tradition. But until then I am the lefse maker for our lutefisk Christmas party, which includes lots of friends from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, We even have a few Russians that attend.
Greetings from USA !! I love your videos. Keep up th great work they make me soo happy during my recovery. You are always soo upbeat n make my day. I would love to visit Norway some day ♥️♥️♥️
I love lefsa. I hade the luck to be treated this from some Norwegian friends here in Sweden. My oldest son`s guföräldrar are from Narvik. They were homemade and yummy. Can you give me the recipe? please :)
I remember when I was attending Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota back in the 1970s, that area in general and the college (what you'd call a university in Norway) in particular were very proud of their Norwegian-American heritage, and back then it was actually easier to buy lefse at the supermarket than tortillas. I believe there were at least a few "taco nights" at the college cafeteria where they used lefse instead of flour tortillas. Lefse with butter, cinnamon and sugar was a popular snack at college (at least among the Scandinavian Studies crowd I hung out with). You couldn't get it pre-made in Minnesota in the 1970s, but what you could do was to buy a package of lefse, buy a squirt bottle of soft margarine, and buy a small jar of pre-mixed cinnamon & sugar (the jar was made like a salt shaker for easy dispensing), and combine the 3. Yummy!
There is a group of women in my church that get together every year to make lefse for the church holiday bazaar. For me it's a taste of Christmas! Yum!
I was one of the viewers who asked about lefsa via a comment left on your video about matpakke (sp?) -- or maybe it was the one about the top 3 foods in Norway.
Thank you! I love lefse. My husband is of mostly Norwegian descent and he tries to make it, but it is never as good as what I had the year I lived in Norway. But I don’t tell him that.
My Great Aunt Hilma used to make it and send it to our family at Christmastime. In addition to the butter, sugar, and cinnamon, we would eat it with a slice of leftover turkey and cranberry jelly. So delicious! Thanks!
I love lefse!! In Minnesota it only comes plain in the package, no cinnamon or sugar. I like to butter it, put a little cinnamon and/or sugar on it, and microwave for 15 seconds. Yum!!
Takk for den video.. I was always confused with this.. as I used to think this has beef/cow kjøt and I not eat that so I always wanna ignore this ...but it's looks tasty and I shy to ask what's in it haha lol. But thxx and on Monday I will eat it with my cup of tea 😄😄😄
Thx for your engagement. Not sure what kind of lefse you will get , unfortunately, as they are made different in different regions in Norway. Some like it sweet like this, some like it salty. The only ones possible to buy in the stores are the sweet ones 😊
I am the family's Lefse maker. Twice a year I make lefse for our family gatherings which can be as high as 40 people depending on the celebration. I learned the art of lefse making from my Great Aunt, when she passed I was given her lefse rolling pin and lefse stick. I have given demonstrations on the different styles of lefse. And there is more to the toppings than cinnamon and sugar. Lefse making is still popular in the Decatur, Iowa and in Bermidgie, Mn. There were contests to see who could make a perfectly round lefse and who could make the lefse to thin you could almost see through it. I can do both as my Great Aunt was a wonderful teacher. THANK YOU FOR YOU VIDEO, IT MADE ME SMILE. You should try home made sometime, you will never eat it out of a package again! 😁
We make it here in Seattle too. My Danish grandfather came to the Us and settled in Minnesota. Then moved to Washington . We have a suburb called Ballard with many Scandinavian shops and bakeries.
Hei Ronald and Mads. Oh I really miss lefse! Either would be great but I prefer savoury. I wish I could get it here. Tusen takk. We are having more hot weather here and we are not used to it! I hope all is well with you two. Johnny. Northwest England. U.K.
My mom made them. She makes all the art in my flat. Thanks a lot for your engagement, kindness and funny comments Debra Salt. Cheers from Ronald & Mads :):)
I smiled when I saw your awesome face on my list. I thought you were going to break off a piece of that plant! 😄😄😄 🇺🇸 I've eaten something very similar like that my entire life. My dad taught me to butter a piece of white bread and sprinkle cinnamon sugar (comes already mixed in a jar) on it. Very delicious! Okay bye, I have to go make some now!
Good news! Lesfe is very much alive and well in the center of the frozen grasslands of the North American continent, home made only though. All of the super specialized equipment to make lesfe is regularly available at local markets! Also, fleischkuechle is a major thing up here too! Don’t knock it until you try it!
So happy to see this video (next, you gotta do lutefisk, unless I missed that one!). I've made lefse many/many times, can't tolerate tortillas w/o some sort of gravy because I grew up having lefse first!---I'm thankful there's a Danish village near me that sells lefsa for when I just gotta have it and don't want to bother with the fixing of it! (I have a package in my refrigerator right now!)
Gosh, gotta wait, but am looking forward to seeing what YOU do with the stuff that, here, you either love it, or hate it! Lots of locations in the plains states (where I grew up) have Lutefisk suppers, and the videos from the news crews are hilarious to watch! (I happen to love the stuff!)
