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Wednesday December 24th 2025
Cookie Cuisine at Ingebretsen”'s
By Carstens Smith
Krumkake (KROOM-kaa-ka) is a light, delicate Scandinavian cookie, fragrant with cardamom and rolled into a cone. The northern cousin of the Italian pizzelle, which is usually flavored with anise, it is easy to make once you have a few tips from an experienced baker. Ingebretsen”'s has such an expert, Emily Barker, who will teach a class in making traditional krumkake along with a number of variations on Saturday, February 8 from 10 to 11:30.
“My Norwegian heritage is important to me and I like to share traditional recipes. But good food in general is important, so anyone who likes baking would enjoy learning to make krumkake,”says Emily. The name means “bowed” or “arched” cookie and refers its graceful shape when it is rolled. For people who want to venture into shaping the cookies in less-than-traditional ways, they can try their hand with Norwegian “fortune cookies,” complete with Ole and Lena jokes to tuck into the folds. Emily also shares a gluten-free krumkake recipe and a variety of filling recipes. To register for the class, call Ingebretsen”'s at 612.729.9333. The class fee is $5.
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Dorothy, Lillian, and Hillmar Evanson c1911-13, based on Lillian”'s estimated age. Hillmar died from TB in 1913 at age 29 and Dorothy in 1915 at age 26. They and 99 others were hospitalized at Thomas Hospital and buried at Layman”'s Cemetery [now Pioneer”'s and Soldiers Cemetery].
Thomas Hospital was a project of the United Church Hospital Association whose membership was primarily composed of Norwegian Lutherans. For $1 a year, members could vote on the UCHA”'s board, and anyone who donated $25 was entitled to a lifetime membership in the organization. Norwegian Lutherans were not the only ones who had a stake in trying to eradicate tuberculosis and a number of organizations, some secular, some representing other religious denominations, provided considerable financial support.
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