While growing up in the 1950s, I often hung around Mom and Grandma Solberg when they were baking, so very early on I learned by imitation many of the time-tested, old-fashioned ways of Norwegian and North Dakota 'farm' cooking.
Besides having great fun, I picked up kitchen skills that had been passed down to them when they were children. Those precious moments stand out in my mind every time I prepare one of their tried-and-true recipes.
"I wanted to send you heartfelt thanks for the wonderful lefse recipe! ... I just found your website, and I made my very first batch of lefse. ... When I turned the first lefse over, the wonderful smell and the sight of the freckled surface hit me simultaneously, and tears came to my eyes! Thank you so much for helping me carry on the lefse tradition in my family. My first batch of lefse came out great! Mange tusen tak!" ~ E.L.K., Detroit, Michigan
