Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'exotic food'
Kathryn The Intern Makes Lefse
Not enough interns make lefse, and so it is with great pride and gratitude that I share with you this entry from our beloved intern Kathryn. I really can't remember how it started, but it ended with the phrase "There's no way you'd be able to make that." The unmistakable sound of a gauntlet being thrown, by my boyfriend and his brother, over my culinary capability and their favorite family tradition: Lefse. To the uninitiated, among whom I count myself, lefse is a Norwegian potato flatbread/tortilla/crepe thing. It is also one of those annoyingly simple recipes that are notoriously difficult to make correctly. A sucker for tradition, especially ones involving food, I decided to master the temperamental treat, enlisting the help of Ben's mother, who claims that the only true expert in the family is her sister. So it would be the blind leading the blind(er), but at least she has all the fun toys....
