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Showing posts with label kolache. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kolache. Show all posts

Thursday, March 11, 2021

INTERNATIONAL: BORDERLESS CUISINE:16 - CENTRAL EUROPE - Germany, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic

MAP OF CONTIGUOUS COUNTRIES:



Many countries bordering each other share some of the same cuisines.  As you can see Germany is bordered by (in this post) Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic. Following are some foods shared by these countries:

Above is a photo of Currywurst (a sausage using curry as its main ingredient).  (Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland)
Following is a recipe link for Austrian 
currywurst aka Bosna with photo instructions





Above are miscellaneous photos of Meatballs aka Dumplings (German Konigsburger Klopse, Polish Pulpety and Tirolean (Austrian) dumplings knodel aka meatballs and Czech masové koule)
and






Above are miscellaneous photos of Rouladen (meat rolled up with a filling inside). (Austrian rouladen, Czech ptacek, German rouladen and Polish rolada-slaska)
 Rouladen or Rinderrouladen is a German meat dish, usually consisting of bacon, onions, mustard and pickles wrapped in thinly sliced beef which is then cooked. The dish is considered traditional also in the Upper Silesia region of Poland where it is known as rolada śląska (Silesian roulade) and in the Czech Republic where it is known as 
španělský ptáček (spanish bird). 








(Austrian Fiakergulasch, Czech gulášGerman 
Rindergulasch, Hungarian gulyás and Polish gulasz.  

I have included Hungarian goulash because the goulash recipe originated in Hungary. 

Goulash can be made with beef, pork and other meats.


LINK to Hungarian Goulash Recipe


 




Above are miscellaneous photos of Kolache (the dessert) made in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland and Hungary.









Above are photos of Apfel Strudel (or Apple cake) (Austrian Apfelstrudel, Czech jablečný štrůdl, German Apfelstrudel and Polish strudel jabłkowy)


Below are miscellaneous photos of Austrian krapfen, German  Pfannkuchen, Czech Kobliha or Koblihy and Polish Paczki





Above are photos of (as we know them) DONUTS or DOUGHNUTS.  (In the Midwest West in the US and Ontario, Canada they are called Berliners or Bismarcks. DONUTS ARE EVERYWHERE!!  There are hundreds of pastries aka donuts in numerous countries with different names such as Kreppel, bombo, bombolone, krof, krafnu, pampushky, bobilha, becsi fank and these are just in certain sections  of Central Europe. 

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Western PA Ethnic Cooking - Slovak - Part 9

LINKS TO PARTS 1-7 OF Western PA Ethnic Cooking Blog

http://internationalfoodblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/western-pa-ethnic-cooking-links-to.html#.Ua-MJUC1GSo

LINK TO PART 8

http://internationalfoodblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/western-pa-ethnic-cooking-bulgarian.html#.UeWSw0C1GSo

The Slovaks emigrated to western PA during the Oppressive Austro-Hungarian rule 
  • 1800's to 1950
  • Settled in Pittsburgh lower Homestead area
  • Families in area took in boarders
  • They were referred to as "Hunkies"
  • Millworkers, train loaders and worked in cinder pits
  • Hard workers
  • Roman Catholic & some Orthodox
  • Straka's Bar (Ann Street now)
WIKI ON SLOVAKIA LINK  ---  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovaks



Popular dishes prepared and eaten by Slovaks were
  • potato soups
       

  • nut rolls  
        




  • Easter cheese
      



  • Halusky   
  •   

  • potato dumplings 

  • Kolbassi (several spellings)  

  • piroghy (several spellings)  


  • stuffed cabbage  


  • goulash  


  • kolache  

  • other
LINKS BELOW TO MODERN VERSIONS OF SLOVAKIAN FOOD