For years, the Gyda-Varden Lodge of the Sons of Norway has celebrated Syttende Mai by hosting a gathering, usually drawing a crowd of up to 350, with a lunch featuring traditional Norwegian food, followed by cookies and coffee.
This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of an in-house celebration, lodge members decided to offer a $15 take-out platter of traditional Norwegian food, said Marianne Knudson, chairperson of the May 17 celebrations committee at the Sons of Norway.
“We are calling our platter, ‘Taste of Syttende Mai,’” she said.
Included on each platter will be one smorbrod, an open-faced sandwich; one cup of riskrem with rodsaus (rice cream with red sauce), which is made from cold rice porridge mixed with whipped cream and a red sauce made with strawberries or raspberries; one piece of blotkake, a traditional Syttende Mai sponge cake, with a filling, covered with whipped cream and decorated with fruit; one piece of lefse; and a smakake (small cake), a traditional Norwegian cookie-like treat, such as a rosette, fattigman, krumkake, spritz and goro.
Orders must be received by Monday, May 10. To place an order, call Knudson at 701-885-1046 or Rebekah at 701-213-8119, or email marianne@grandforkslaw.com. Specify the number of platters and what kind of sandwich for each platter -- the choices are smoked salmon, brunost (brown cheese) or rolled ham.
The platters must be picked up between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 17 at the Gyda-Varden Lodge, 1401 Ninth Ave. S. Payment with cash or check only will be accepted at pickup at the back door; volunteers will bring the food to the vehicle.
Syttende Mai is similar to Independence Day in the United States, said Knudson, a native Norwegian who moved to Grand Forks in 2005.
In Norway, the holiday is “enthusiastically celebrated,” she said. “We have parades with school children, organizations and bands. There will be concerts and parties and everyone will dress up in their bunad, Norway’s national folk costume or dress, and other formal dress. We have cakes and hot dogs and ice cream and other goodies.”
Last year in Grand Forks, due to COVID, the Sons of Norway members were unable to have any celebration, Knudson said. This year, they have had more opportunity to consider how to have a safe celebration.
About 25 volunteers have been working to put together the Syttende Mai celebration, said Knudson, who has been attending the Syttende Mai lunch at the local lodge since 2015.
“I absolutely love having the opportunity to celebrate this special day at the Sons of Norway,” she said. “It is a lot of fun to see how eager all our volunteers are at making this event successful.”
Preparing for the special day has been uplifting for lodge members.
“Basically we just really wanted to put together some sort of celebration as we were all rather heartbroken that we were not able to have any Syttende Mai celebration or any meetings or events last year,” Knudson said.
Since the members have never offered take-out platters, they are “a little unsure” about what to expect, Knudson said, but she and her crew “would be able to fill quite a few more than a 100 orders if necessary.”
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