Volunteerism

Vista Viking Festival- Got Lefse?

This weekend in Vista, California was the Vista Viking Festival, a celebration of culture and tradition of Scandinavian countries. My brother is enamored with Norway, he absolutely loves everything about it and speaks Norwegian and its pretty great! He is really involved with the Sons of Norway hall in Vista and hence, through him, I am involved as well. We learned to make lefse last year at one of the lefse making days at the Sons of Norway hall in preparation for the lefse and lutefisk dinner. Lefse is described as a potato and flour based tortilla essentially, and the process in making them is very specific. Once we learned how to make lefse, my brother and I make it at home and I even brought it to my Theory of Knowlegde once for TOK Cafe.
So anyways, back to the Vista Viking Festival. It is a huge festival hosted at the Sons of Norway Hall and Norwegian Fish Club in Vista. They always need volunteers there and this year my brother and I signed up to make lefse. I had a great time making lefse, i always enjoy it. First you must make the potato mix, then you add 2 parts potato mix, one part flour and form them into balls slightly larger then golf balls. Then you roll out the balls into round, flat pieces, about 10 inches in diameter. Using a lefse stick, transfer the uncooked lefse to a hot griddle and cook. Flip the lefse using a lefse stick, a long, thin piece of wood with a handle in it used to flip the lefse. Finally, spread butter on the cooked lefse and sprinkle on cinnamon and sugar and enjoy an amazing lefse. :)
3 hours of creativity