{"id":775,"date":"2014-11-25T21:59:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T05:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myheart4home.com\/?p=775"},"modified":"2014-11-25T21:59:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T05:59:17","slug":"thanksgiving-countdown-day-2-tablescape-lefse-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myheart4home.com\/myheart4home.com\/thanksgiving-countdown-day-2-tablescape-lefse-starter\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Countdown – Day 2: Tablescape & Lefse Starter"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s another day closer to time devoted to family and thankfulness. The primary focus is on getting as many\u00a0special elements of Thanksgiving dinner prepared ahead as possible so that I can relax and enjoy the day with the family. I have two tasks that must be done this evening.<\/p>\n

I am a big advocate of not going to the store on the holiday since I believe that the workers should be able to be at home with their families. It is my own quiet protest that began when the grocer my husband worked for made the decision to open on Thanksgiving Day and stay open until 5:00 PM. My son still works for that company and will be at the store most of the day. So we have our holiday dinner much later than most do.<\/p>\n

Task #1 – Plan the tablescape<\/h3>\n

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Not going to the store means that I need to take stock today so that any additional items may be picked up at the store tomorrow. Yesterday I made sure the tablecloth was ready.\u00a0I plan my tablescape ahead so I make sure \u00a0that I have all the elements: 2 medium-size wire basket with gourds, mini pumpkins and mini colored corn to arrange in them; a cut-work table runner that looks like various colored leaves; 2 quart mason jars fitted with votive holders; green vase for the orange tulips my hubby will pick up tomorrow; napkins with a spool of ribbon to use a “napkin rings” with a sprig of rosemary and sage tucked into it.<\/p>\n

I assembled it all\u00a0in a basket and set it on the dryer in my utility next to the kitchen. I will also pull my dark green chargers from the stack in the butler’s pantry closet and set them near the basket.<\/p>\n

By having all of the tablescape items together in one place, you can delegate the setting of the table and still be confident it will look the way you want it. If you are very exacting, you can actually write out directions complete with a sketch to place in the basket.<\/p>\n

Task #2 – Lefse Starter<\/h3>\n

Lefse is a wonderful potato flatbread (much like a tortilla) that is a “must” for our holiday table. My husband’s grandmother was the expert lefse maker in our family, and I learned to make it the year she fell and broke her shoulder. The family thought it would be the first holiday without lefse but I couldn’t let that happen.<\/p>\n

Rod’s Aunt Marilyn introduced me to this recipe made with Potato Buds. It turns out the same every time since there is no variation in the moisture in the potatoes. The potato mixture is made one day, and the next day the flour is added and the lefse is rolled out and baked on a lefse griddle. Tomorrow my daughter-in-love and I will have our annual Thanksgiving lefse making day, and I’m sure my little granddaughter will demand to help as well.<\/p>\n

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Aunt Marilyn’s Potato Bud Lefse<\/div>\n
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Recipe Type<\/span>: Bread<\/span><\/div>\n
Cuisine: Scandinavian<\/span><\/div>\n
Author: Aunt Marilyn<\/span><\/div>\n
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