Following the Industrial Revolution, young women from the country moved into towns to work as housemaids or cooks for wealthy families, and they brought home new recipes upon returning to their rural communities4. Throughout the industrial era, these young women also were taught to cook in elementary school for preparation as housewives4. In Scandinavia, the men traditionally prepare food in public areas and the women do the cooking in private domains, such as the home5. Therefore, women probably made the early potato dumplings in Scandinavia throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.