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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 2003
Page
8
In our family a Norwegian heritage tradition called lefse shapes Christmas. Lefse making, a passing of knowledge without written instruction, embodies how beliefs and customs travel through generations by example and practice.
A grandmotherly family rite centers on lefse production each year. After long days, 80 to 100 pounds of potatoes are peeled and boiled, riced with butter and salt, cooled overnight, then rolled on improvised equipment including large griddles, towels, canvas, a stocking, flour, a plastic tub, and a sharpened meter stick.
Fay Asleson, head librarian at the Chetwynd Public Library, recalls a lively family lefse making ritual that lasts hours. Three roles mix potatoes with flour, roll and flip paddies on hot griddles, and test tasters critique dryness and salt. The process yields 300 to 400 paddies, leaves flour dust everywhere, and ends with cleaning and a festive, if messy, Christmas memory.
A Christmas greeting column benefits the Santa Claus Project 2003 with proceeds donated. The piece lists extensive donor names including Frank Currier Fay and Wayne Asleson, Mallin and Willis families, Korky Grant, Ware Knowles family, and many local residents and organizations supporting the cause.
The Chetwynd Public Library collected non perishable food to forgive fines and raised money from a Christmas Greeting Column totaling 102 dollars for 51 families and 259 76 dollars from Food for Fines. Patrons and staff showed generosity and care.
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