Family roots

Every first Saturday in November the ladies in my family get together in the kitchen of my grandma's house and spend 4 good hours pumping out some delicious lefse.

Made with riced potatoes that my grandma prepares the night before by hand, flour, salt, and shortening; it is one of my favorite foods to enjoy around the holiday season.

It's an assembly line production. I usually mix the ingredients and make dough balls, my mom then roles out the dough on a large white cloth using a rolling pin with a men's sock covering it. Once its large and flat, a stick (like in the picture) is used to lift it and unroll it on to a large griddle. My sister and aunt are then in charge of flipping it, and my other sister is in charge of moving it over and putting it in the bathtowels for them to cool. (okay it sounds weird but i swear it's the only way to do it...men's socks and all).

We switch roles once and while, trying out the rolling position, but my mom is the only one who can roll an awesome piece of lefse.

The best way to eat it is with butter. My mom eats it with butter and white sugar. My dad eats it with butter and ham.

mmmmm....lefse.......