Lefse Lesson!!

Last week in Laramie we had an unexpected treat!  We found out that some of our friends, Bob and Kathy Berwick, had just recently learned how to make lefse.  When we mentioned how interested we were--they immediately set up a lesson for us.  What fun!

Gary and Carol Ethan were our instructors.  They are friends of the Berwicks and very Norwegian.  They even owned a Scandinavian store a few years ago.  They were great teachers and we thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon with them.

We learned the art of rolling out the lefse to just the right thinness--not adding too much flour along the way.

At first Gary used the lefse stick to move and cook the lefse but eventually we both got to learn how to do that too.  After Jana's first attempt (pictured here) that didn't quite make it all on the griddle, we both even managed to fit it all on!  Of course---the very best part was eating as much lefse as we wanted!!!!  :)   YUM!

Here Jana is sliding the lefse stick under her rolled out lefse so she can then lift it and carry it to the 500 degree electric lefse griddle.  Then, below, she rolls the lefse out onto the griddle---trying to get it centered.  This is NOT as easy as one might think!