I am hoping someone can give me some guidance. I am searching for data for my great-grandmother from Trebisov and have hit a sizable roadblock. The first wife...
Does anyone have a good kielbasa recipe that they're willing to share? Or, do you know where I can find one? I've not made it in years and other than garlic,...
Pity that these RC church records are not available online. It was only a few short years ago that all of us were tromping to our local FHC for days, weeks,...
http://www.slovakcooking.com/2010/recipes/sausages/ Here is one. With step-by-step photographs. From: Elaine Summerhill Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 4:01...
Thank you for both of the links! I'll make some tomorrow. Elaine ________________________________ http://www.slovakcooking.com/2010/recipes/sausages/ Here is...
Hi, I am looking for any information on the Goulick family. My grandmother's maiden name was Goulick. No one seems to know if she was born in the US or...
Google will give you about 1,500 hits. Several are in French. That doesn't seem like a lot of hits so looking at Ellis Island and the census might give you a...
I just searched http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carpatho-Rusyn-Recipes/ and they have a few recipes, but they may be mostly for USING kielbasa....
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Mar 3, 2011 6:47 pm
Hi Elaine, Kielbasa is not very common in Slovakia, or at least not in the parts I grew up in (Banska Bystrica in Central Slovakia). Instead, the most common...
OK... Spekacky looks a lot like what my mom & pop called knockwurst (short, fat sausages made with finely ground pork & veal). What mom (Marcella Struhar)...
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Lubos Brieda
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Mar 3, 2011 8:01 pm
Oh ok, the Slovak name for sausage is klobása (kloh-baah-sa). I thought you were asking about the polish variety known as kielbasa. What you describe sound...
Was this ever discussed on Slovak-World? That group discussed food a lot. Where is Skeeter when we need him? ________________________________ From:...
Thanks for the clarification on kielbasa & klohbasa. I didn't know there was a difference! I our home, we spoke a very strange language. It was a mixture of...
In our family, which includes all the relatives, food was central to socializing. If someone visited, you offered them food & drink. If someone died, food &...
So if you want a recipe from eastern Slovakia from CAKLOV near VRANOV NAD TOPLOW it is on one of my 650 web pages at: www.slovakheritage.org and...
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Mar 3, 2011 9:12 pm
Hi Elaine, "kluski" is actually "halusky" http://www.slovakcooking.com/2009/recipes/pasta/halusky/ When you top them with bryndza (feta like sheep cheese) and...
Neither the Slovak 1995 Census or Ellis Island listings have the spelling Goulick. So it appears along the way the original spelling has been changed, not...
... In Slovakia, the first thing that is offered to any visitor is a drink. If, one prefers not to drink as I do, then one must partake of the food, even if...
Exactly! Usually, the first thing mom would offer is some coffee or tea. If either were accepted, she broke out some kind of sweet bread, i.e., poppyseed ...
LOL... see what I mean re: use of words and my confusion? Mom would make the pork cracklings and sometimes served them with the kluski. I don't recall her...
Please describe it. I may as it sounds familiar, but I'm not sure what it is. In addition to what I learned to make from mom, I also have a Slovak cookbook, ...
... Elaine, Pigeons is easily explained. In Slovak, the word for "dove" or "pigeon" is holub. Since stuffed cabbage resembles a pigeon's breast, it was called...
Really? Thanks! I never knew! Elaine ... Elaine, Pigeons is easily explained. In Slovak, the word for "dove" or "pigeon" is holub. Since stuffed cabbage...
I am almost certain that I have seen this name somewhere. My family settled in Jonhstown, PA, but had ties to family in Passaic. Where in PA do think she had...
