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Flatbread vs Lefse - What's the difference?

flatbread | lefse |

As nouns the difference between flatbread and lefse

is that flatbread is crispbread while lefse is a traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made from potato, flour, and milk or cream (or sometimes lard) and cooked on a griddle.

flatbread

English

Alternative forms

* flat bread

Noun

  • crispbread
  • any of various kinds of unleavened bread

    • Derived terms

    * Ethiopian flat bread * Scandinavian flat bread

    lefse

    English

    (wikipedia lefse)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made from potato, flour, and milk or cream (or sometimes lard) and cooked on a griddle.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 20, author=Monica Davey, title=For Children of Norway, a Rift With the Mother Country, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=We treasure the heritage more here than they do in Norway itself, said Audrey Amundson of Starbuck, Minn., which sealed its place in history in 1983 by cooking what residents insist was the world's biggest lefse , a Norwegian flatbread made of potatoes, cream and flour. }}