The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1967, Síða 111

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Kaefa (Icelandic Meat Loaf)
Place 3 pounds each of veal shank
and shoulder of lamb in a large pot in
water to cover. Boil for 3 hours, or
until the bones can be easily removed,
and put the meat through the meat
grinder twice or grind very fine. To
the stock add 2 large onions, ground,
1 teaspoon each of pepper, ginger, and
allspice, and 2 tablespoons salt. Boil
down ithe stock until it measures about
three cups, then add the ground meat
and boil it 20 minutes longer, stirring
constantly. Pour into an oiled mold or
loaf pan and chill. Unmold and slice
to serve.
The ingredients of lifrapilsa might
suggest some relation ibetween the Ice-
landers and ithe Scots. I have no
argument. I like oatmeal sausage and
haggis, too.
Lifrapilsa (Icelandic Liver Loaf)
Put 1 pound beef liver through the
meat grinder with % pound suet. Mix
in 1 cup rolled oats, % cup wheat
flour, IV2 cups milk, and 2 teaspoons
salt. Pack into a greased casserole
and cover. Place the casserole in a
shallow pan of water and bake in a
moderately slow oven (325° F.) for 2
hours. Serve cold. This is a simplified
version. My grandmother used to pack
the liver-oats mixture into cotton bags
which she sewed up and boiled for
about 3 hours.
The tricks that memory plays on us
are familiar enough. The awesome
hallway of one’s childhood becomes,
to anyone who has the temerity to face
it again as an adult, a tiny vesitibule.
The reason for the change is, of course,
empirical. The snowstorms of my child-
hood have never been equalled. Snow-
drifts used to tower above my head;
they never do now, and I conveniently
forget the fact that my head is higher
than it used to be. But the food of my
childhood retains its charm. For me,
Gimli is still Paradise.
—Courtesy of Gourmet.
Feed ’em
MAC-O-LAC
Contains the necessary Mineral and Vit-
amins together with Enzymes and Veast
Culture to utilize your home-grown feeds.
160,000 I.U. Vit. “A” per lb.
125,000 I.U. Vit. “D3” per lb.
Dealer inquiries welcome.
MAC-O-LAC FEEDS LIMITED
1301-34th Avenue, S.E., Calgary Alta,
and at the
Stockyards, N. Edmonton, Alta.
“ITS IN THE BAG”