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Lefse 9 The Party

Wow, 5:30 pm to 3 am, we rolled Lefse, we crunched the Krumkaka, spilled lingonberry sauce, toasted with Wild Turkey and celebrated my birthday, though I didn't know we were celebrating my birthday.  Quite the surprise when Midnight came.  70 friends and family wandered through our home mingling and popping the tops off home made beer.  Those who came the furthest were Chris from Edinburgh Scotland and Mattias and Nellie from Atlanta.  The nearest were Eric and Julie who hopped the fence and came from next door.  Karlene's decorations and preparations were invaluable.  I just cook.  She makes the theme come alive.  For photos please take a look at the Lefse 9 photo album.  Thank you all for coming.  

There are a lot of photos, from the first night of prep all the way through the end of the party.  Just click here for the album.

Lefse 9 day 6

We made it through the prep.  Thank you again to David  , 

Brian 
, Chris  , Sean, Steph   and Karlene .  25 pounds of meatballs 
were rolled and browned.  I get the basic ingredients 
 from Ingebretsen's on Lake Street.  One year Karlene asked them if they sold pre-made meatballs.  Ingebretsen's said no, but they thought that we had plenty of friends to help.  Turns out that we do.

The crew got together and we put two on browning the meatballs in pans while two others rolled.  It's the standard procedure.  Gravy goes in Saturday morning and we'll slow cook them until party time.  Then we eat, preferably slathering the meatballs on the Lefse.  Can't wait.  

Meatballs done

Just finished the 25 pounds meatballs. Thanks to David, Chris, Brian, Sean, Steph and Karlene. Photos to follow when I'm not so beat.

Lefse School

Wouldn't you know, Metro magazine just did a great bit on Lefse classes being offered.  The intern who did the bit did a great job of describing her tasks.  So if you can't make Lefse 9, take a class.

Lefse 9 day 5

Karlene got into cooking act tonight.  Usually she's the mastermind behind everything but the cooking.  Tonight she added cooking to her resume.  While I continued working on the Krumkaka, and Bacall 
 focused on the tree, Karlene was hard at work on the Lingonberry sauce     

.  We're almost ready for the main courses.

Lefse 9 day 4

Quick night but long.  Turned up the Christmas toons loud enough that I think I cracked some paint.  I'm ashamed to say that it was the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas disk.  I did follow that with an NBC best of  
that included some excellent artists covering Christmas music.  It was another Krumkake night.  These are a couple quick photos of the batter.     

Lefse 9 day 3

Day three was pretty simple.  We took it off from cooking to transfer a home made lager from first stage fermentation to the second stage.  This will not be ready for the party.  In fact, not until Koszi's 
birthday.  However, we did prepare an ale.  I've included photos of the lager in the fermentation carboy, and the bottled ale to connect you with this process so far.  There's only about two cases of beer.  So come early if you want some.  Thank you to Midwest Brewing Supplies for their help.  I haven't made beer in nearly 20 years and they were very helpful.

      

Lefse 9 day 2

Shorter evening.  Ran late because I had to get some tools from Kitchen Window in Uptown.  Karlene is hand stitching the runners that will cover surfaces and I'm throwing down Lefse with the ingredient substitute and Krumkake.  

Lefse 9 day 1

Wow, just a few months ago Karlene and I were cleaning the house for the Home Tour.  Next thing I know we're making space in the kitchen for the Lefse grill.  First night was a test batch of Lefse with a slight recipe modification, and the Krumkaka launch.    

Note, the Aqavit from Norway played a critical role in numbing the pain in my fingers from rolling hot Krumkaka.  

MSP Home Tour

Just an hour a way from the home tour start. Karlene has everything under control.