Doug Irvine wrote: > JohnT wrote: >> BIG snip! And trust me, my mom's ccc was not very hot. Uff da! I >> have at least one vintage cookbook from that era. (local churches >> (usually Lutheran) used to publish cookbooks now and then featuring >> recipes from local church people. Any talk radio fans here of >> Garrison Keillor might relate. Loved lefse, but let's not talk about >> lutefisk. >> >> >> JohnT > > Even further back than my previous post on How we all got Hooked!:-)or > chillified if you will. When I was a young teen I knew a young lady > whose last name was Tollefson, and her father was very Scandinavian. > Later on in both his and our lives, we came to know each other better, > and he had spent 10 years in India as a diamond drill expert. So, one > time when he and his wife came to visit, I made Irish potato farl. > Lefse to the Scandinavians. I was informed by Tolly, that was the best > lefse he had had since he left his parents home many long years before! > An interesting aside here, about potatoes, and where the folks from > Scandinavia found out about lefse. The Danes, who were still > plundering Ireland, mostly to leave red headed kids around as > souvenirs!! took home with them the potato and made lefse, which is > identical to Irish potato farl! > About the Scandinavians and hot food, we have a Danish son in law, and > his heat tolerance, even though we have been trying to "slide" him > into a more heat tolerant mode, still is very reluctant to eat > anything even remotely hot! Tough on him, he has a wife who was > brought up on chiles, and a daughter, who just turned 16, who also has > a great love for hot and spicy. I ordered a couple of Jim C's gift > sets to give her last Christmas, and she has finished one of them > already! During Spring break, she and about 30 other kids from her > school spent 2 weeks in Spain, which included a trip to Morocco, and > she picked up some stuff for me and herself while there. Even had a > ride on a camel! Big deal for a 15 year old, as she did not turn 16 > until June 1. > So, guess the taste buds of the folks from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, > must be all frozen over, from years of all that northern cold! Wait a > minit! They are in the same latitudes as Canucks! Must be another > reason! It is their penance for impregnating all those Irish gals!! > Cheers, Doug in BC > > > Well, Doug, you know those Danes and Scandinavians are where all of us blond and red-headed Scots (I have blond hair and a red beard, when I let it grow in) came from... maybe chile-headedness is a progressive rather than recessive trait, in that it is inheritable by the children but diminishes in the forebears. Of course, I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about - I work in software and my degree's in economics. It just sounded good... Jonathan