Scandinavian Cooking

Lefse, and Giving Thanks via a Food of Immigration, Poverty, and Oppression

Categories Baking, Cookbooks, Norway, Scandinavian Cooking, Thanksgiving6 Comments on Lefse, and Giving Thanks via a Food of Immigration, Poverty, and Oppression

Term: lefse (food) Definition: thin, unleavened bread of Norwegian origin, traditionally made of a potato-based dough and baked on a griddle [Source: Dictionary of American Regional English] Thanksgiving is a day when Americans recall the myths of their founding, usually associated with the English Pilgrims of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620, ignoring the Jamestown settlers who arrived…

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The Random Herbalist: Dill

Categories Herbs, Middle Ages, Norway, Scandinavian Cooking1 Comment on The Random Herbalist: Dill

“I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out. They sold their soul to the devil, and the devil is dill...” Unknown Ethel always grabbed the dill plants by the lower stems and yanked hard, shaking off the clumps of dirt clinging to the roots. "You need the seedy kind," she'd say, intent on making those…

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