Product Reviews and Ratings - Breads - Mrs Olsen's Lefse from igourmet

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(based on 6 ratings)

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Lefse (lef'-sa) is a traditional Scandinavian potato-based, soft, flat bread. It is made by combining potato, flour, shortening, milk, salt and water. The dough is rolled very thin and baked on a hot, dry griddle. It is a Scandinavian delight and very versatile. Spread it with butter and roll up for a quick snack. If you have a sweet tooth, sprinkle one with a little sugar and add a dash of cinnamon. Serve as a bread with meals, a coffee-time snack or roll-up with your favorite lunchmeats and cheeses.

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Product Reviews Summary

Avg. Customer Rating:

3.8 stars

(based on 6 reviews)

100% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Best Uses:

Snack(3)

O.K. but prefer large rounds.

By lefse lover from South Carolina on 1/23/2008

Pros:

Tasty

Cons:

Thickish, Too small for me

Describe Yourself:

Simple Tastes

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I prefer the large thin rounds and cook them in foil.
You can do it with these, but have to use 2 for bottom layer and 2 for top layer.
Here's how I cook it:
greased foil+
one round+
lots fresh spinach+
chopped raw onion+
3 slices swiss cheese spread out+
One more round+
Another greased foil.
Fasten the edges carefully so it all stays in.
Toaster oven on little baking tray.
20minutes @350.
This makes spinach like something awesome!
Tastes like no other spinach in the world.

Excellent Lefse

By Denise from San Diego, CA on 12/26/2007

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Just like my grandmother made! Couldn't get any better.

Great Taste, however...

By Kip

from Phoenix, AZ on 5/18/2007

Pros:

Flavorful, Fresh

Cons:

Too Thick

Best Uses:

Snack

Describe Yourself:

Simple Tastes

I grew up around my Norwegian Grandmothers Lefse, made on her wood stove and she always said it should be "like paper or you made it wrong". At an eighth of an inch yours is much too thick. It tastes the same as Grandma's - it's only the texture that's wrong.

Good taste but a bit thick.

By MN native and mom from South Carolina on 3/19/2007

Pros:

Flavorful, Fresh, Healthy, Nice size precut

Best Uses:

Side dish, Snack

Describe Yourself:

Mom, Supper club cook

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Fresh and good taste. However, I grew up with lefse that was a bit thinner and more flakey and would have preferred those qualities.

Great Lefse

By none from Lexington NE on 3/1/2007

Pros:

Durable, Excellent, Good Value, High Quality

Best Uses:

Buttered with anything, With ludafisk spuds

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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I would by this product again.

By granny from pasadena, ca. on 2/22/2007

Pros:

Good Value

Best Uses:

Good snack

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I enjoy lefse but it is hard to find on the west coast.

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