BAWLF, Alta. — The need to carry on the Norwegian tradition of baking lefse for Christmas brought families together for a lefse-making bee.
Half a dozen families wiped the dust off their mother’s and grandmother’s lefse grills, floys and rolling pins to spend the day making lefse for the second annual lefse making party at the Bawlf Lutheran Church hall.
Colleen Mosand said spending the day making lefse is always more fun when you turn the baking into a party. It’s also a way of ensuring younger people learn the skill of making the Norwegian flat bread.
The rolling pins are covered in a knee-high sock to ensure the correct consistency for rolling.
Several kinds of floy, or lefse sticks, were used for lifting the lefse off the grill.
Each family brought 18 cups of potatoes to use for the lefse mixture, which at the end of the day would be used for their Christmas food.
