Today the Raleigh family gathered at Day by Day Cafe for Angie's birthday breakfast. There was a little confusion about what time the reservations were made for. But between those who showed up at the quoted time, those who are chronically late to such events, those those who arrived at the actual reservation time, we were all winners and arrived "on time."
The Raleigh Lefse tradition continued this year with a day devoted solely to the Scandinavian treat. After breakfast we went to Stillwater to make this year's holiday supply. Angie and Cheryl had each made batches, and although it was the same recipe, both were different. Nick and I started off rolling the patties of dough and manning the griddles. I was surprised at how smoothly it went for me. I only had one incident where the dough stuck too much to the towel and I had to start over. Nick had a few more problems with sticky dough, but not as much as Scott did. Though eager to learn, Scott quickly became frustrated as patty after patty of dough stuck to one specific problem area on his rolling surface. However, he was able to successfully make as many lefse as he had eaten, so after meeting the quota he surrendered his duties to more expert hands. Cheryl sent each of us home with a small bag of lefse and hopefully I won't eat it all before sharing it with my family for Thanksgiving!