post-derby snackage

[spacebug]

mmm, lefse. And beer. mmmm, beer.

I might not see eye to eye with S4's family all the time, but boy do the Lindbergh ladies make some awesome lefse. My Norweigan great grandma would be glad.

Between all the specialty hardware required for lefse-making, and the more-different specialty hardware for making krumkake, plus the proliferation of waffles that I noticed when I was in Norway, I wonder how much crazy cooking gadgetry the typical Scandinavian kitchen must contain. Granted, I've still never had such wonderful breakfasts as I had when I stayed with host families in Norway. It was really quite amazing, the spread they had every single morning. Two blocks of cheese, always- the white cheese and the brown goat cheese- fresh breads, a plate of vegetables and cold cuts and seafood, nutella, tea, juice, waffles... I thought all of this on the table in the morning was just because we were guests, but it turned out to be not uncommon throughout the five or so different homes we stayed. It was so sweet, one place, they got us corn flakes, because we were American and that's what they guessed we'd prefer. Otherwise, I had my fill of open face cheese sandwiches with a piece of red pepper and a sprig of parsley. Being vegetarian was not always the easiest.

Is 10:30 too late to make cookies?

Maybe.

Comments

[sarendipatree.livejournal.com]

That sounds not too late for cookies, but if you stayed up a little later you could make chapatis.

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

haha! 2am chapatis are the best! Especially with an old friend and lots of beer!

[sarendipatree.livejournal.com]

Beer is integral!

[omaha.livejournal.com]

it's never too late for cookies!!

[jodi.livejournal.com]

i often make baked goods in the midnight to 2am block! when else would you bake? i tried to explain to my students that baking was my relaxation activity and that the more stressful the semester got for me, the more they were going to get cookies. they seemed confused but gave my shortbread and my seven layer bars a full-mouthed thumbs-up anyway.

my parents were cleaning out my grandparents house last week and decided to seel some things on ebay. a man from canada contacted them about the krumkake iron and offered them their buy it now price plus some if they could get it to him in three days becasue he was dying to make krumkake for his family's holiday party this weekend! some canadian family will be knee-deep in krumkake in mere days.

[riotdorrrk.livejournal.com]

messmör, brunost og smorbrod.... mmmm

[soylentmean.livejournal.com]

It's never to late to make cookies. Especially if they're for me. Mmmmm.

[pygmybugs.livejournal.com]

I have noticed that the scandahoovian types tend to make extremely complicated gadgets for just about everything. I think it has something to do with long winters and not going crazy.

C'mon, dude -- nyckleharpa? Because the violin needs to be harder* to play.

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

Whoa, I just googled up a picture of one of those. I've never heard of or seen one before! That's crazy!

[pygmybugs.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's like a violin, a hurdy-gurdy and a hardanger fiddle had a mid-winter 3-way and spawned the mother of all crazy-ass instruments. I get really into researching bizarre ethnic instruments. 'Specially strings.

Most of the weird Nordic ones take about 10 years to make (by hand, of course, with freakishly minute tolerances), and about 20 years to learn how to play well.