LEFSA MAKING – 3 weeks before dinner

THE POTATO PEELERS

The making of Lefsa starts with the peeling of the potatoes.

The gentlemen in this picture average 85 years old because Ed Rustad (brown striped jacket) was 99 years old when this picture was taken, and he sort of skewed the average. That is a lot of years of peeling potatoes!

THE LEFSA DOUGH IS MADE AND MIXED

That which is peeled must be turned into dough.

It’s a messy job but someone has to do it.

The dough is first rolled into balls and weighed by a group of workers in a separate room. Then trays of these balls are brought out to the rollers.

Never upset anyone holding a rolling pin.

After the rollers have rolled the dough out, it is “fried” on a dry lefse grill and then brought out to the cooling and packaging table to be cooled, packaged and inventoried!

Why are all these people smiling?

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