That reminds me - I have to order more from Granrud's Lefse Shack in Montana. They just don't know how to make it down here in Colorado. LOLI've never ordered lefse before, but years ago I did buy one of the packs in a grocery store. It was horrible! I come from a long line of Norwegians and was taught to make lefse when I was a little girl. Our family met a man from Norway years ago who told us that lefse was becoming a lost art in Norway due to the older women making the lefse, and the young ones weren't interested in learning how to make it.
My grandparents were from Norway and grandma made lefse on the old woodstove years ago.
The only stuff you can buy in the stores here is "Mrs. Olson's" which is heavy and sour - yuck!
I was introduced to home made lefse in North Dakota years ago and Granrud's is the closest I've come to the real thing.
Even the store-bought lefse I get in Norway (Stavanger)leaves something to be desired. None of my Norwegian relatives know how to make it so it looks like your friend was right ;0(