As part of our Scandinavian heritage, and loyalty to Grandpa Gabe, we try and go to the Lutefisk Dinner every year. As you can imagine, the meal is filled with exotic foods like boiled potatoes, creamed corn, and beets. But the real reason anyone shows up to these things is for the Lutefisk and Lefse. The Lutefisk is a disgusting white fish that is doused in butter in order to disguise the horrendous flavor. Grandpa loves it. Normally we all go straight for the Swedish meatballs instead, but this year Nancy brought plastic baggies so we could all give our portion of Lutefisk to Grandpa to eat later in the week. Yuck.
And the Aquavit, a grain alcohol that has somehow made it to our family Christmas meals, which everyone chokes down as Grandpa yells "you're supposed to sip it!!"
We love our lefse and have it at every Thanksgiving and Christmas. Basically it is a potato-tortilla spread with butter and sprinkled with sugar (cinnamon-sugar if you're feeling saucy). Those Scandinavians really like their white carbs.
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