Labor of lefse: Coeur d'Alene church crew churns out Norwegian flatbread
Beverly Knutson picks up a ball of lefse Thursday before rolling the dough out to be cooked on a griddle. Trinity Lutheran Church sells packages of four lefse at its holiday bazaar on Nov. 8.
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Potatoes are "riced" as part of the process of making lefse Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church.
The holiday treat will be sold during the church's bazaar on Nov. 8.
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Ken Bailey has moved back and forth between the basement handling the potatoes and upstairs cooking lefse on a griddle during his time volunteering at Trinity Lutheran Church. On Thursday, his job was cooking the potato-based holiday treat.
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Richard Jurvelin peels boiled potatoes Thursday in order for them to become the Norwegian holiday treat called lefse. The flatbread is a staple of Trinity Lutheran Church's holiday bazaar, which is scheduled for Nov. 8 this year.
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COEUR d’ALENE — Potatoes, whipping cream, butter, salt, sugar and flour. Lots of flour.
The recipe for the Norwegian flatbread has become second-nature for the volunteers who spend days in the basement and main floor kitchens of Trinity Lutheran Church.
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