Nalesniki

[gardenmoma]

9 March 2007

Dear Friends,

After a lot of reading and looking up different recipes, I have just finished posting two articles at Suite101 about Nalesniki:

• Lenten Foods - Nalesniki (Polish Crêpes or Polish Pancakes): Preparation and Cooking spring-recipes.suite101.com/article.cfm/nalesniki_preparation_and_cooking
  
  
• Lenten Foods - Nalesniki (Polish Crêpes or Polish Pancakes): Filling, Folding and Cooking spring-recipes.suite101.com/article.cfm/nalesniki_filling_and_cooking

Next year, when the copyright is up for Suite101, I'll post them at the Polish Culture site.

Meanwhile, please take a look at them, and if you have a minute or two, please read the articles. Comments, suggestions are always gratefully received. Of course, the articles are short because we are supposed to have a 400-word-maximum...I strayed a little over in the second article; also maximums on titles and summaries.

I do think I am going to "break down" nad buy myself one of those electric crepe makers from the King Arthur Flour Company ;D

Stay warm all of you friends in the north I've spent the day keeping warm with several layers of clothing, etc. but not to much effect...brrr

GM

[Jaga]

GM,

I saw your articles, they will be great for our website the next year. One more comment - maybe the next time when you do nalesniki you can make some pictures and then add it to the article - just like we have it here:
culture.polishsite.us/articles/art402.html
or here:

culture.polishsite.us/articles/art232.html

these photos I did while preparing my own products

great work!!!!

[gardenmoma]

03/09

Yes, Jaga I agree...pictures would have been nice

But...at this point, I am also realistic enough to know that if I waited until I had my pictures the articles would never have been written! That's why I used the picture of the cookbook cover in article#1 and will (sometime this weekend) go back to article#2 and insert a picture of the Strybel book cover.

At some point (when I have enough people to eat the Nalesniki- next time I am with my daughters' families in VA) I will make some and take some pictures. I am afraid that even though this is one of my favorites from childhood, it is not one of my husband's favorites

Anyway, I am glad that you found that the articles were all right, and will be willing to include them next year

GM

[rdywenur]

Nice article GM. I'm going to give it a shot and put it on my to make list. As for the electric crepe maker if you do decide to get one give us your review. I tend to stay away from gadgets unless they are really better than the old fashioned way. In other words...really works and is a time saver. Othrwise it becomes one more piece of equipment taking up space.

[zooba]

GM, that's exactly how I make nalesniki - it is one of our favourite Friday dishes. In fruit season we have them with strawberries and whipped cream

[Jaga]

Here is the most recent articles about Nalesniki, we need to add some extra pictures from Pawian (just updating this thread since google sees it):

Nalesniki - Polish Pancakes - with Cheese or Jelly Filling, in Photographs
culture.polishsite.us/articles/art450.html

and

culture.polishsite.us/articles/art449.html
Potato Pancakes (Placki ziemniaczane) - Branborak - according to Czech Recipe - with Photographs!

[rdywenur]

Jaga I checked out your post on the website and see you are on overload as you stated in earlier post. Your recipe has duplicate entries and it is "baking" powder not backing powder. Very important when writing recipes...LOL Maybe Ela can read your posts after you enter them to see if she spots some errors. I was looking all over for this recipe and could not find it in the forum. Now I see cause it is under Traditions and I was looking in Food and Recipes.

[Jaga]

Chris,

thanks. Frankly, I would probably never spot a difference between backing and baking powder. Thanks for telling it to me.
Ela is getting ready to teach me English

[Jaga]

By the way, when this thread was posted we may not have te "food and drink" subboard. I will move it now