My Favorite Family Food

My family (the Harmons) have a special dish that we make occasionaly. It is a Norwegian dish called Crub or Krub.

Not too long ago my mom was here visiting and I was teaching my son how to make it. We were discussing why it is called crub. No one knew so I decided to look it up on the internet. Well I found out the name could possibly be a regional variation. Our dish is also called coumpa (koompa) or klub (cloob) depending on where you are from.

What is this dish you ask? It is potato dumplings. They are oh so yummy. It is basically ground potatoes, flour, and salt, made into balls and then boiled. Some people add a piece of ham, bacon, or side pork to the middle. My family leaves the meat out. We make the potato dumplings and serve them with bacon or side pork grease with the meat on the side. We always make enough for leftovers because they are great the next day sliced and fried and then buttered. I will not add the recipe here as I don't have a written one. This has been passed down for generations by just teaching how to make it to the next generation. However, I found a really neat blog that has a recipe...http://troublealwayshasadoor.blogspot.com/2006/07/coumpa-recipe-norwegian-potato.html. This site also has some other recipes that look good and are gluten free.

I hope someone is brave enough to try this very delicious recipe. If you do please post a comment and let me know how you liked it. I would also like to hear from other crub or potato dumpling lovers out there.