BARGOO! You would make my ex-sister in law very happy! She is called the Lefse Diva around here. She makes it for the holidays and also makes it and.... demonstrates how to make it for 2 days...each year at the Viking Festival, for the Sons of Norway, that my ex-wife belongs to. Angie and I do a lot of the BBQ'ing at the festival.
Haven't been to the FISH CLUB for a while...sure miss those shots of Aquavit! WHAMMO!
Gary, your ex SIL and you might be intersted in a interesting also very funny web page started by some LA lawyers who are half-Norwegian on the mother's side. www.lawzone.com/half-nor/
Bill, your wife is right about oranges not being "ready" until mid-November. While we don't have an orange tree, we do have a Mandarin tangerine and we never pick them until Thanksgiving.
For those who are interested--my flank steak marinade. I found it on the internet years ago, thought it was from Lawry's, but when I go back there, it isn't to be found. So I have no idea who to credit for this.
In a large zip lock bag, combine the following:
1/2 tsp pepper
1 T parsley
3 T garlic
1 tsp lemon pepper
1 tsp Italian seasoning
1 tsp basil
1/2 tsp salt
1 T cilantro
2 T soy sauce
4 T vegetable oil
1 large flank steak
Marinate for at least 2 hours. Drain and discard marinade. Grill stead on medium for about 5 minutes per side (depending on thickness) and slice against grain into 1/4 inch slices to serve.
I love the Fish Club...although as I said Angie and I haven't been in about 6 months...but nothing like hanging out eating awesome fish dishes, bread, potatoes and veggies....having a few beers and shots of aquavit while watching club members do their "viking skits"
Thanks Allison...Angie makes her potatoes just like that (except she just cuts them up...no mashing) or bakes them with Lipton's onion soup mix when we do flank steak.
Cloudberry
The cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), also called bakeapple in Newfoundland and Labrador, Cape Breton Island and southern Nova Scotia, is a slow-growing alpine or sub-Arctic species of Rubus, producing amber-colored edible fruit. The botanical name (chamæmorus) derives from the Greek khamai ("on the ground") and moros ("mulberry"). Cloudberry is the name for both the plant and the fruit. Cloudberry should not be confused with salmonberry, although the fruit looks similar.
The cloudberry grows to 10-25 cm high. The leaves alternate between having 5 and 7 soft, handlike lobes on straight, branchless stalks. After pollination, the white (sometimes reddish-tipped) flowers form raspberry-sized berries. Encapsulating between 5 and 25 drupelets, each fruit is initially pale red, ripening into an amber colour in early autumn.
Distribution and ecology
Cloudberries occur naturally throughout the Northern Hemisphere from 78°N, south to about 55°N, and very scattered south to 44°N mainly in mountainous areas. In Europe and Asia, they grow in the Nordic countries, especially in Finland and much in the Baltic states; sometimes in the moorlands of Britain and Ireland, and across northern Russia east to the Pacific Ocean. Small populations are also found further south, as a botanical vestige of the Ice Ages; it is found in Germany's Weser and Elbe valleys, where it is under legal protection. In North America, cloudberries grow wild across most of Canada / Alaska, and in the lower 48 states of the United States in northern Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maine, and a small population on Long Island, New York.
[Note to self: Not only do I have to do all the work around here, I must patiently listen to the background noise. Patiently. Without comment.]
The Cloudberry
He's making his list ...
