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Dear Subscriber, It's finally starting to look a lot like summer in Minnesota--emerald green hills and ridges with luxurious carpets of new crops in many patchwork colors. Ahhhh! Warm weather gets the tastebuds yearning for those fresh-picked strawberries, raspberries and other juicy products of nature.
Scandinavia has its own wild "Land of the Midnight Sun" Lingonberries, available at Norsland Lefse. Read on for specials, information and a tasty recipe...
The Staff at Norsland Lefse |
THE LINGONBERRY "LOW-DOWN"
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| Wild Lingonberries | Best grown where “The Summer Sun Never Sets,” the wild lingonberry flourishes in Sweden, Alaska and northeastern Canada and has a sweet and tart flavor perfect for snacking or cooking. The Lingonberry is also known as a cowberry, northern mountain cranberry or whortle berry, and is a distant cousin to the cranberry--often used interchangeably.
The lingonberry is sweeter than its cranberry cousin, making it a great choice for preserves, sauces, muffins, or as a delicious complement to many wild or domestic table meats. Substitute lingonberries in your favorite cranberry recipes for a sweeter, lively taste.
The best part of these delightful berries is the healthful antioxidant and Vitamin C levels they contain, much like the cranberry. Their natural preservatives help to keep them fresh for long periods of time, and their natural pectin content makes it possible to make preserves and sauces without cooking.
(Compiled with information from www.scandinavianfoods.about.com; www.wsu.edu) |
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RECIPE CORNER
LINGONBERRY SORBET |
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Lingonberry sorbet, sweet and tart at the same time, is an easy and elegant dessert for a Scandinavian-style summer supper.
Ingredients:
3 Cups Fresh or Frozen Lingonberries
2/3 Cup Sugar
½ Cup Water
2 Tbs. Aquavit or Vodka
Preparation: Puree the berries, sugar, water, and vodka together in a blender or food processor. Process in an ice cream/sorbet maker or pour into a shallow container and freeze for 2 hours, removing pan from freezer every 20 minutes and whisking contents to prevent solid freezing.
Recipe used with permission of Kari Diehl, licensed to About.com. For more interesting Scandinavian Recipes, visit www.scandinavianfood.about.com. (Thank you Kari!) |
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SVEN'S FUNNIES
There was a Midwestern REC (Rural Electric Cooperative) that was going to hire a team of telephone pole installers and the boss had to choose between a team of two Norwegians and a team of two Irish, so the boss met with both teams and said, “Here’s what we’ll do. Each team will be installing poles out on the new road for a day. The team that installs the most phone poles gets the job.”
Both teams headed right out. At the end of the shift, Pat and Mike, the Irish guys, came back and the boss asked them how many they had installed. They said that it was tough going, but they’d put in twelve. Forty-five minutes later, Ole and Sven, the Norwegian guys, came back, totally exhausted. The boss asked, “Well, how many poles did you guys install?”
Ole, the team leader, wiped his brow and sighed, “Sven and me, we got three in.”
The boss gasped and said, “Three! Those two Irish guys put in twelve!”
“Yah,” said Ole, “but you should see how much they left stickin’ out of the ground!”
(Submitted by Terry Bricher)
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NEWS FROM OUR SUBSCRIBERS:
"Our son, Haakon, once served on a U.S. Coast Guard ice-breaker in Antarctica. The ship left from its home port in Seattle just before the lefse we sent to him arrived there. As the ice-breaker headed south, it was followed by other Coast Guard vessels that took turns trying to make the delivery, but the lefse never quite caught up to him until he was well south of Australia.
"Just before his ship began breaking up ice in Antarctica, his lefse arrived! The Coast Guard had preserved it well for thousands of nautical miles on the high seas, and Haakon was able to have his traditional lefse for Christmas. Even the penguins were impressed!"
- Dr. Beaumont R. and Judith E. Hagebak
Lefse is not just for the Holidays anymore. Paula Dannels from Irmo, SC says: "My husband, upon being introduced to lefse, loves his lefse year round with peanut butter and grape jelly. It's quite good."Email your favorite lefse ideas, and we'll share them with all of our Norsland friends. |
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'Til next time,
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