Only in Wisconsin: For the love of lefse
Once produced by hand in the kitchens of Norwegian moms and grandmas, today lefse is often made and shipped by small companies such as Countryside Lefse, which carries on the tradition for those who don’t have time to make their own.
Workers at the Blair, Wis., business take their craft seriously, pounding, rolling and baking the dough by hand every day.
“Your shoes get so full of flour and you can’t get it out,” said Peggy Baker, a Countryside Lefse employee, in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “When I get off work, I shake my clothes outside and beat my shoes together. I’ve also walked into the grocery store and people will say I smell like burnt toast.”
At peak “lefse season,” the company employs up to 30 people. In addition to taking mail orders from individuals and church supper organizers, Countryside sells lefse to grocery stores and restaurants such as Norske Nook in Osseo.
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