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Susan Hartman wrote:
Joan E. wrote: On Jan 27, 1:24 pm, Karen C in California wrote: I'm with you. I like baking, but when I want to make strudel, I just march over to the frozen section and purchase a pack of phyllo dough. Made my first batch of baklava in *years* for Christmas. YYYUUUUMMMM!!!!!! Joan I make baklava once or twice a year. Since DS is vegan, there are limited selections of my dessert/birthday menu, and I make baklava with maple syrup in place of the honey. Ah...as you said....YYYUUUMMMMM! (my recipe calls for veg oil and not butter) sue For a challenging alternative try Carling Peas... -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK http://claremont.island-blogging.co.uk "Never ask a man if he is from Yorkshire. If he is he will surely tell you. If he's not, why embarrass him?" |
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On 1/28/09 7:02 AM, "Tia Mary" wrote:
wrote: Actually, Bohunk originally referred to immigrants from Hungary and Czechoslovakia rather than South Slavs, but has since taken on broader application. Any definition I could find listed it as a pejorative. Elizabeth As I said in my first post, in the past, it is considered an insult when used by someone who is either A.) *not* of the same ethnic background or B) not married to someone of the same ethnic background. It's used so routinely by the long time residents up in northern MN that it's not offensive anymore. DH always says :If you've seen one southern European, you've seen them all!" which I think he picked up from some comic. I think it was Steve Martin because I remember him using the term in one of his acts. CiaoMeow ^;;^ The only place I ever heard this comment, prior to your posting (and IIRC once before explaining it) was in the movie "16 Candles" when they are talking about the parents going to dinner with the future in-laws of the older sister - and one of the grandparents asks the question "what type of Bohunk is he?" Around here, the big slur - so to speak - my Eastern European & Russian grandparents, and dad would refer to Litvaks - which I understood to be not an insult - just a reference to people (Jews) from the area of Lithuania. DH, whose family is Lithuanian, said it's an insult But, in having the who eats what in what order dietary custom "wars" in my household, the different regions were referred to in slang as the elders would discuss things. Not just for those from Lithuania, but from Galicia, different Russian areas, etc. Anyhow - I just personally stay away from it - unless to tease DH. Of course, we don't go into the 1 side of his family which is clearly anti-semitic. I think it was an issue in their house - his DM had a jewish girl roommate when in Nursing school, and they stayed friends. His folks didn't marry until late for their generation (I think they were in their late 20s, early 30s - given his mom was 40 when he was born). Ah, well. Ellice |
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On Jan 27, 4:11*pm, Susan Hartman wrote:
I make baklava with maple syrup in place of the honey. Interesting! I found a different syrup recipe this year that called for orange and lemon juice in it. I really liked that combination! Joan |
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On 1/27/09 3:20 PM, "lucretia borgia" wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:46:14 GMT, ellice opined: Hey, that's how we learned in Home Ec! DH doesn't argue. Will say, that growing up, we all had coverlets or duvets, DM didn't use top sheets, we just washed the covers. Ellice I'm not sure where the idea of using more than the bottom sheet with duvets came from. It should be duvet with cover, and fitted bottom sheet. I wash the cover, the fitted sheet and pillowcases. No more work than two sheets. Same as we did. But, in FL, we aften had very light weight cotton quilts or coverlets - which my mom just washed instead of using top sheets. It was I guess too warm. We always had central air, but I know we didn't use it until it really was hot. Ellice |
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On 1/27/09 3:43 PM, "Joan E." wrote:
On Jan 27, 12:37*pm, "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)" Printed sheets on your bed? I suppose it gives you something to read if you can't sleep. So you use, what? for your bedding, Bruce? Canvas? Ticking? Velvet? Satin??? ![]() Joan Yeah - anyone from a place where they get bedsheets and covers to match the wallpaper has no room to slur others' bed linen preferences. I remember the first time I saw that - my colleague had me pick up some bed linens when I was in London - to bring back to SouthEnd - as the local shop didn't have them - and the pattern was specific matching the wallpaper and curtains in their bedroom. Very novel to me. (IIRC they just wanted a spare set). Very Hyacinth. Ellice |
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On Jan 27, 5:50*pm, "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)"
For a challenging alternative try Carling Peas... Peas??? In baklava????? And what *are* they? I googled them and it came up as Carlin (no g) on one of the sites. Hm. Now which is correct? Both, it seems, according to this article ( http://tinyurl.com/cmvkc3 ), which gave me more info on peas than I probably wanted to know! LOL Dried pea baklava? I think not. ![]() Joan |
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"Joan E." wrote in message
... On Jan 27, 5:50 pm, "Bruce Fletcher (remove dentures to reply)" For a challenging alternative try Carling Peas... Peas??? In baklava????? And what *are* they? I googled them and it came up as Carlin (no g) on one of the sites. Hm. Now which is correct? Both, it seems, according to this article ( http://tinyurl.com/cmvkc3 ), which gave me more info on peas than I probably wanted to know! LOL Dried pea baklava? I think not. ![]() Joan I don't like honey so I don't much like baklava, but I will taste a bite of it so as not to insult my hostess who worked so hard on making it. If I found out it was made with Carlin peas, I say to hell with the hostess and I doubt I would even taste it. L |
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On Jan 28, 6:02*am, Tia Mary wrote:
wrote: Actually, Bohunk originally referred to immigrants from Hungary and Czechoslovakia It's used so routinely by the long time residents up in northern MN that it's not offensive anymore. We've used the term Bohunk for *years* around here (in eastern ND) and no one thinks anything of it. TM's right...it's not considered offensive around here, it has more of a friendly/teasing sort of connotation. We're pretty laid back and more accepting of lots of things. Most people around here are from the Slavic nations, Germany, Poland and Scandinavia. And Iceland. I had thought it was a slang form of Bohemian so I looked it up. According to merriam-webster.com: "Etymology: "Bo"hemian + "Hunk" person of central European descent, by shortening & alteration from Hungarian" I guess I was partly right. ![]() Joan |
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On 1/28/09 9:57 AM, "Joan E." wrote:
On Jan 27, 4:11*pm, Susan Hartman wrote: I make baklava with maple syrup in place of the honey. Interesting! I found a different syrup recipe this year that called for orange and lemon juice in it. I really liked that combination! Joan I do a syrup like that, have for years. Used when I make Indian sweets, particularly Jalabee, which usually look like orange spirals, soaked in syrup. http://tinyurl.com/ctnhzy Not recommending this recipe - just the info. I learned to make them from the woman that catered my Indian wedding, she made fantaastic sweets, and taught me a few kinds. These can be really too sweet, and part of the secret is to include some citrus in the simple syrup. The other part is that these must be the right consistency, fry pretty quickly, and go right into the syrup from the frying. Doesn't take much citrus juice, but kind of lends a light, clean touch to the syrup. Also, I use a different flour mixture, which includes Besan, aka chick pea flour. FWIW, exDH loved when we'd go to his alumni functions, for the surprise factor. He went to a sort of MIT/Cal Tech/CMU version in India (private Uni) and there is a pretty good sized alumni group here in DC. The women, always so amazingly rude to me. The guys, hit or miss - being another dorky engineer helped. Anyhow, at the big picnic - pot luck - he signed us up to bring a sweet (desert). So, I brought 2 large foil steam pans of Jaleebi. It was a riot to watch the reactions of people when they found out the pale, red-head had made them. It's pretty rare for people to make their own sweets - not like we may just bake cookies or do a cake. Takes a lot of work, and so most people buy them at their local little Indian shop. There is always some local that makes them and so the "home made" trays are in the shop. Ellice |
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