Today I participated in a lefse-making bee, which took place at my former church. Mark heard about it through his Norweigian language class, so we both decided to check it out and learn a new ... or rather, old ... skill. I knew most of the people there from the congregation, so felt right at home, despite being the only Ukrainian in the crowd. Working together in a big assembly line reminded me of being back home on the farm ... except, in Cando, we had cabbage roll and perogie-making bees instead!

Lefse is a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made out of potato, milk or cream and flour, and cooked on a griddle. It is usually rolled up with butter and sometimes cinnamon and sugar. Lompe are a smaller potato and flour lefse used to roll up a hotdog and onions. Mark mixed or rolled the dough for 1100 lompe tonight!

The lefse and lompe we were making today were to be frozen for sale at Folkfest. The bee will go one for two more days at Zion Lutheran church to make enough to sell at the Norwegian pavillion. I have purchased lefse there in the past, but today I had my first piece made fresh, and it was a real treat.

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