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Sons of Norway group plans Norwegian soup cookoff in Montgomery

By Shaw Local News Network
Yorkville resident Barb Johnson samples homemade soups in a 2020 Norwegian soup cook off held Super Bowl Sunday by Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 members at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery. After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the cook off returns at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at the church.

Yorkville resident Barb Johnson samples homemade soups in a 2020 Norwegian soup cook off held Super Bowl Sunday by Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 members at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery. After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the cook off returns at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at the church. (photo provided by Al Benson)

Local Norwegian-American home-based chefs will compete in a Souper Bowl Sonday Norwegian soup cookoff beginning at 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, 1233 Douglas Ave. in Montgomery.

The fourth annual event will take place during the Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge’s February membership meeting. The nonprofit group promotes and preserves the heritage and culture of Norway.

The cookoff returns after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic.

Polar Star members will bring samples of their favorite homemade soup. The top chef will receive a traveling trophy, a gold-colored soup pot; the runner up will receive a soup ladle.

Contestants’ recipes will be printed in a cookbook to be published by the Norsk Museum in Norway, Ill.

Following the cookoff, the annual Penny Social fundraiser will take place.

Polar Star Lodge meets at 1:30 p.m. on first Sunday of each month at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, 1233 Douglas Ave. in Montgomery.

Prospective members are invited.

For more information, email Barbjjohnson@aol.com or visit polarstarlodge.com.