It’s always good with a bedtime story with Bestemor. She read Why Kings and Queens Don’t Wear Crowns by Norway’s Princess Märtha Louise and illustrated by Svein Nyhus. It’s a sweet story. We love learning about princesses with Bestemor — we watched Princess Victoria of Sweden get married last year.
When we get together with Bestemor and Bestefar, we sit around the table together quite often. We used to laugh when going through photo albums … there was always the shot of folks around the dinner table, forks and knives in hand, and the light fixture in the way. Maybe that’s a Norwegian thing. I guess it’s a family thing. It’s always good to cook and eat together.
We went “into town” for lunch, shopping and a tour of where my husband works.
This has to be a joke. If the box actually had lutefisk in there, it wouldn’t smell very good by now.
What. You don’t do this kind of stuff on vacation? We do. You know … catching up on all kinds of projects and all.
Speaking of projects, here’s a new one that got started.
And another one. Whee!
Yes, there are hundreds of ways to make potato salad. One of my favorites, though, is the way my mother-in-law makes it. She shared her recipe.
16 ounces sour cream
6 ounces mayonnaise
3 tablespoons dill pickle brine
1/2 apple, chopped
2 dill pickles, chopped
1/2 leek, sliced
7 potatoes, cooked and diced
Mix all together. Let set. Serve with dinner from the grill.
It was a little early, but we celebrated Bestemor’s birthday while she was here.
Bestemor and Bestefar made it safely home Tuesday, but I still have photos to post. We had a wonderful visit, but the house is a bit quieter now. We’re looking forward to the next time we can be together.
Here’s our lefse day. We’ve done this before, but last time, we had to use sour cream in the recipe. We had the same aprons, the same grill, but this time, we had kefir for the recipe … and some smaller helping hands.
We visited Heritage Park last week. Oh, we’ve been there before for the Steam Threshing Festival and for a Sons of Norway dinner at the old Norwegian church. But we’ve never taken Bestemor and Bestefar there before. So we did.
We had a great tour with Jim Oulman. My father-in-law, who grew up on a farm and operates a backhoe for a living, was especially interested when we were surrounded by tractors and steam engines. It was a great afternoon!
9/2011
