A Taste Of Christmas
My Dad's side of our family is of Scandinavian decent. As long as I can remember, a staple at the Christmas dinner table and in various Christmas gatherings, involving family - inevitabely involve food - & the "humble" lefse is always a part of this.
For those of you who don't know - Lefse is simply a dough made out of potatoes, butter & flour.....you roll it out and cook it a bit on both sides. Then butter it and roll it up & enjoy.
Sounds so exciting - yes I know! ha, ha :)
I understand it's more the memories and tradition that it holds wrapped up in making it (for those of us adventurous enough) & enjoying it rather than the recipe in & of itself.
Nevertheless - be it simple or not - having Lefse to me always signals that Christmas is here!
The following is the lyrics of a little song, praising the multi-tasking abilities of Lefse. No, I did not make this up - it has been sung &/or heard in our families for years....
So to further educate those Lefse virgins out there - read on:
Yust A Little Lefse Vill Go A Long Vay
Chorus:
Yust a little lefse vill go a long vay
gives you indiyestion most all of the day
put it on your menu & you'll be sure to say
Yust a little lefse, vill go a long vay
Lefse's good for many tings, ve can give you proof
for tiling on the kitchen floor or patching up da roof
people sometimes use it as the soles upon dere feet
& some folks tink it's even good to eat
chorus
Lief Erikson once had a boat, it vas a leaky skow
he said to beat Columbus, he has got to leave right now
the boat vas leaking badly as they neared the USA
but he plugged the holes, ya lefse saved the day
chorus
If you know what lefse is, then you can understood
it looks & feels like plastic & it tastes just like plyvood
ve don't know what invented it, ve don't know who's to blame
but if you are Norse, you eat it yust the same
chorus
I know it's always better to hear something rather than just read it, so if you would like to hear the full song - check out http://kitschy-kitschy-coo.com/columns/2004/12/17/ Scroll about 3/4 down the page and you'll see an underlined link! Enjoy :)
