It's a simple recipe but one no doubt filled with memories and love Written By: Jackie Varriano / The Seattle Times | 7:00 am, Dec. 23, 2020 × Charles Schrag of Seattle has been making the traditional Norwegian food lefse since he was young. Schrag shows off his lefse, which is similar to a flatbread, made with potatoes near his Seattle-area home Dec. 7, 2020. Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times/TNS Lefse. It's a paper-thin flatbread, made from potatoes and cooked on a griddle, flipped with a long, narrow wooden stick, and eaten slathered with butter, sugar and sometimes cinnamon. If you're of Norwegian heritage, you've most likely eaten it at Thanksgiving or Christmas for as long as you can remember.