Yorkville resident Barb Johnson took first place in a Norwegian soup cookoff held Sunday, Feb. 2, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery.
Samplers voted Johnson’s “Lapskaus,” a beef and root vegetables dish, best of 11 homemade entries. Johnson, Polar Star cultural director, was awarded a traveling gold-colored soup pot for her prize.
Other soups entered were cauliflower, corn chowder, broccoli cheese, beef mushroom barley, northern Norway seafood, Norwegian winter, Blomkål super, potato chowder, Mexican Norwegian, and onion.
Polar Star Lodge 5-472 is a member of Sons of Norway, a Minneapolis, Minn.-based non-profit founded in 1895 to promote Norwegian culture and heritage and offer financial products and services to members. The organization offers activities including language classes, cooking classes and sports programs to celebrate members’ Norwegian heritage.
The organization has over 330 locally-governed lodges in the United States, Canada, and Norway. Members celebrate their Norwegian heritage at their local lodge and participate in district lodge activities and events.
For more information visit polarstarlodge.com/5.html for more information.
—Al Benson