Wisconsin Czechs Inc. cookbook

308 Pages·1993·39.707 MB·English

by  Wisconsin Czechs, Inc.

WISCONSIN
CZECHS
INC.

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The Wisconsin c;zechs Inc. was organized to promote the study of the history,
languages, literature, art, music and other. cultural achievements of the
Czech-Slovak people. We have a sense of pride and appreciation for the
cooks of our ancestry and their contributions to our heritage.
The recipes included in our cookbook are tried and true. You will find ma·ny
recipes in which we share the rich heritage of our descendants. We sincerely
hope you will enjoy using the recipes ... we are happy to share them with you.
We thank all who contributed recipes to help make this cookbook a treasured
one.
Wisconsin Czechs Inc.
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S N A MI
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Cook with us
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The lion in the Wisconsin Czechs', Inc. logo signifies courage and strength.
Current 2005 officers are:
President: JeffRabas
Vice President: Joseph Jerabek
Secretary: Mary Kv itek Dietrich
Treasurer: Ernie Brodsky
Directors: Ruth Prochazka
Daniel Schuster
Harlan Suchan
Cookbook committee:
Chairman: Martha Kliment Wagner
Co-chairman Estelle Rosinky
Committee members: Marge Buresh
Ione Dufek
Irene Jisa
Typist: Gladyce Robinson
Original printing: August 1983
Reprinted: April 1993
Reprinted: July 1994
Reprinted: December 1996
Reprinted: September 1999
Reprinted: December 2000
Reprinted: January 2002
Reprinted: May 2003
Reprinted: February 2005
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APRON APPLAUSE
When I was a child, Grandma's garments made little impression on
me - with the exception of her apron. Since Grandma was a woman of ample
proportions, her cover-all apron was a big affair of dark, printed cotton, slow
to soil, edged all around with bias tape. Its uses were limitless.
The apron made a "basket" when she gathered eggs from the hen
house, late in the afternoon. If there were fluffy, yellow chicks to be carried to
the back porch during the sudden cold spells, they made the trip peeping
contentedly, in Grandma's apron. When these same little darlings grew into
hen-hood and liked to peck and scratch among Grandma's flowers, she
merely flapped her apron at them and they ran squawking to the chicken
yard. And I can see her yet, tossing cracked corn to the hungry flock from her
apron.
Lots of chips and kindling were needed to start fires in the big ivory
colored cook stove in Grandma's kitchen. Sure, she carried them in her
apron. Vegetables and fruits, too - lettuce, radishes, peas, string beans, carrots,
apples, peaches - all found their way to the kitchen via Grandma's carry-all!
While things were cooking, it was a handy holder for removing hot pans
from the stove. If the men working in the field weren't too fqr away, the
apron waved aloft was the signal to "come to dinner". At thr:eshing or
company time, when the long dining room table was crowded with hungry
folk, Grandma hovered about, passing aromatic dishes and flipping the big
apron at pesky flies.
When grandchildren came to visit, the apron stood ready to dry
childish tears. If the little ones were a bit shy, it made a good hiding place in
case a stranger appeared unexpectedly.
The apron was used countless times to stroke a perspiring brow as
Grandma bent over the hot wood stove, or hoed the garden under a blistering
sun. In chilly weather, Grandma wrapped the friendly apron around her
anns while she hurried on an outside errand or lingered at the door with a
departing quest. Hastily, and a bit shyly, it dusted tables and chair if company
was sighted coming down the lane. And, in the evening, when the day's
work was done, Grandma shed her garment of many uses and draped it over
the canary's cage.
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Elaine Derendinger
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NOTES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPETIZERS AND DIPS---- --------- 5- 8
Dips---------- - 5- 6
Appetizers---------- 6- 8
SOUPS, SALADS AND VEGETABLES-- 9-38
Soups 9-14
Noodles and Dumplings for Soup-15-16
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Dressings------ ---- 27-28
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Vegetables----- 29-38
MAIN DISHES------------------------- -- --------39-68
Meat, Poultry and Casseroles -------39-64
Fish----------------------64-68
BREADS-- ----------- ---------------- - 69-114
Holiday Breads---- -----69-76
Quick Breads --76- 79
Yeast Breads and Rolls 79-86
Sweet Dough, Kolaches and Fillings - 87-94
Coffee Cake, Sweet Rolls, Etc. 94-106
Doughnuts 107-110
Biscuits, Mix and Muffins 111-112
- Miscellaneous 112-114
DESSERTS------------------------------ ·--115-200
Bars-------------115-127
Cakes and Frostings 128-151
· Cookies 152-169
Pies -169-177
Tortes and Other Desserts 177-200
PANCAKES AND DUMPLINGS---------·--201-210
Pancake·s--------- 201-202
Dumplings ----------203-210
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
PICKLING, CANNING AND PRESERVING --------------------------211-226
Fruits ---------------------------------------------211
Pickles ------------------------------------------211-217
Re 1i shes------------------------------------218-220
Spreads---------------------------------220-221
Miscellaneo us---------------------------------222-226
BEVERAGES AND WINE ----------------------------------------------227-234
Punch-----------------------------------------227-229
Wine---------------------------------------------229-233
Miscellaneous---------------------------------233-234
MIC R0 WA VE---------------------------------------------------------235-242
Candy and Snacks-------------------------235-236
Soup
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Vegetables--------------------237-240
Miscellaneous-----------------------------240-242
MISCELLANEOUS ------------------------------------------243-252
Candy and Goodies-------------243-245
Gravies----------------245-246
Others -----------------247-252
INDEX------------------------------------------253-274
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Menasha, Wisconsin 54952