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Post by adcooper on Jan 20, 2006 7:17:06 GMT -5
Regina (or any other Czechs here) I have a pronunciation question. How do you say Kolache? My Czech family used to say Koh-LAH-chuh, but a friend here says KOH-latch. (By the way, I'll take poppyseed, please!)
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Post by Katelyn on Jan 20, 2006 8:29:39 GMT -5
Does my grandmother count if she's Hungarian? We have lots of Kolache (sp?) during the holidays and give it when we're visiting...and our family pronounces it KOH-lahtch. (two syllables)
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Post by adcooper on Jan 20, 2006 18:38:13 GMT -5
Okay. I've been saying this wrong my whole life! A friend brought me some kolaches from the Kolache Factory in Indianapolis, and I guess there's a franchise in Cincinnati, too. I want one here! I love them, and have never made them very successfully. Katelyn, send me a recipe!
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Post by Christi on Jan 20, 2006 20:43:59 GMT -5
I'm in Texas and have always heard it said (probably by people who don't know the right way anyway):
Kuh LAH chee
And I don't even know if we're talking about the same thing. These are the little sausages in a bun. Most people around here just call those Pigs in Blankets.
Is that what you guys mean when you say Kolache?
Christi
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Post by adcooper on Jan 20, 2006 21:09:58 GMT -5
Kolache, to me, means pastry with filling--usually poppyseed or fruit. But I think they are also made with meats and cheeses. But I haven't seen them wrapped like pigs in a blanket. My grandmother made them.
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Post by Katelyn on Jan 22, 2006 7:22:03 GMT -5
Ad, I'll have to get the recipe from my mother for you! She makes nut and poppyseed. Perhaps the true name is Koh-lahtch for a singular pastry and Koh-lah-chee for several...b/c my grandmother DOES say she MADE Koh-lah-chee for Christmas...but do we want a PIECE of Koh-lahtch? I can try to ask, but I'm not sure she'll understand what I'm trying to find out! Christi - the "pigs in a blanket" are a different thing...forget their "real' name. We make those too, but I only like the "pig" which is hamburger, rice, and some other stuff...the "blanket" is a cabbage leaf.
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Post by ZenRider on Jan 22, 2006 19:32:03 GMT -5
Kohlachee or Kohlachees for plural in my family. Doesn't mean it's the right way. Hmmm, next time I'm at the Bohemian restaurant with my grandparents I'll ask one of the Czech waitresses. As for us they are a pastry with a preservative filling, only the filling is usually just on top of the pastry not squirted into or anything like that. There are different kinds, big fluffy kinds (which at some restaurants are called shishkee (not correct spelling, but that's what it sounds like) or the small flat shotglass sized ones my grandfater makes. The one Bohemian restaurant made them kind of square with two corners pulled over the preseratives. Sadly, they closed their doors around the first of the year. sigh. Apricot, , plum, cheese and poppyseed are my families favorites.
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Post by adcooper on Jan 23, 2006 8:40:30 GMT -5
Preservative filling? You mean preserves, like jams made with fruit? Yes, the Kolache(s)(?) I've had are flat circles of pastry with a nest of filling on top. Not as sugary as typical American pastries, but very satisfying. Except when I try to make them myself! Then they are terrible!
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Post by ZenRider on Jan 23, 2006 22:32:40 GMT -5
Yes, I meant preserves. Sigh was thinking about having to go back to work today. So hard to do after two weeks off, with no where to be at any particular time. I made them once for a saddle club meeting. They came out too good. There weren't any left to take home.
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Post by Katelyn on Jan 25, 2006 9:14:45 GMT -5
Hmmm - maybe its like all family recipes...everyone makes them a bit different.
My family makes them like...tubes?
circle of pastry, put a line of filling down the middle, and then roll up like a tube.
Once it is baked, you slice it like bread...LOTS of servings! That's why they're great to give at holidays!
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Post by adcooper on Jan 25, 2006 9:58:09 GMT -5
Well, it seems there are many pronunciations, shapes, recipes, and flavors of Kolaches! Found this "definition" that does nothing but assure me I can't go wrong no matter what I say about Kolaches! www.pbs.org/speak/words/trackthatword/ttw/?i=1233
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