Hi All Sorry this one is a bit late writing but so much happening around me at the moment. thought you may enjoy reading this. Christmas and Easter are the two biggest festive occasions in the year for us Christians. Whilst Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ. Easter celebrates Christ's resurrection and his victory over death and the fact that he is once again amongst the living. Easter has its own special significance and is essentially celebrated in two stages. The period leading up to East is Korizma (Lent) which starts off with Ash Wednesday while the week leading up to Easter is known as Veliki tjedan (Holy week) and commences with "Cvjetnica" (Palm Sunday). For Christmas we give each other presents remembering the Three Wise Men who came to visit Jesus in Bethlehem bearing gifts. For Easter we also give each other presents but in the form of hard-boiled eggs. "Prisanice" (Painted Easter eggs) are a symbol of Easter. Not only are they given to children, but they were also given to boyfriends or girlfriends as a sign of mutual attraction or devotion. Giving "Sarena jaja" (checked or speckle coloured eggs) was seen as a symbolic way of warding of evil spirits. In other words, if you gave someone these eggs, you were protecting them from all forms of evil. Giving "Sareno jaje" was once seen as providing a token gestures, a key, which unlocked any doors that figuratively prevented good neighbourly relations in the villages. Therefore if you were in a dispute with your neighbour, by giving them these multicoloured eggs, it was a sign of a truce. In most households, people used to decorate a small table in the corner of the room by putting "pisanice" small flat bread loaves called "blagoslovnice" or "pogace", "kokice" (corn) tied up with a bow and "psenica" (wheat) on the table. Wheat being a sing of brad or food, meant that if you planted it in small containers or tubs on these specially decorated tables it would ensure that your household would always have an abundance of food for the year ahead. If someone else planted the wheat for you, it meant that others would bring you food all year round. Although it is a predominately a Christmas custom, in many parts of Croatia wheat would be planted prior to the Easter holidays as well. In many cases the 'blagoslovnica' (in some parts of Croatia known as a 'sirnica' or 'pogaca' would be baked in the shape of a lamb - a lamb being a sign of love and tenderness. On the same table, one would usually find a small basket made fromt he same yeast and flour as the 'blagoslovnica'. As far as eating breakfast on Easter Sunday morning was concerned, one was not allowed to eat at all until the food had been specially blessed. The tradition was that everyone in the household had to have breakfast together, irregardless of what time one had gone to bed the previous evening. Following the communal eating of the blessed bread, there would be other traditions such as 'tuckanje' (a competition between two people who knock their hard=boiled eggs together. Whoever's egg remained uncracked was proclaimed the 'winner') before the remainder of breakfast would continue. In some parts of Croatia, people would take meat, ham and prsut to the Blessing, as well as the staple bread and eggs. written by Tonci Prusac from New Generation caught up with Tonka Saric - Geelong Melbourne who holds a Croatian Culinary class at the Croatian Dom Geelong. regards Mary

Donald your link does not work.--Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Marinkovich" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 10:19 PM Subject: [CROATIA-L] cook book > http;//mirror.veus.hr/darko/etf/cook.html I hope that thing still > works. > Donald Marinkovich >

Sheesh! All this talk about food! Ok folks, so I broke down and ordered a Croatian Cookbook! Gotta love it..... ;-) Lori -- "Jerome Buza" <[email protected]> wrote: Let me see, Vegas is only 6 hours away! Hmmm! Now I want to go just to eat. The Russian place should have piroshki and we love them. There is a place in Phoenix, too, that has them, and I do make them, but it would be nice to sit in Vegas (after winning on a penny slot) and eat some piroshki. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "nharamija" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix > GOULASH POT, THE (Hungarian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest > > 6135 W. Sahara Ave. > > Las Vegas > > RED SQUARE (Russian) -- Ethnic -- Strip > > Mandalay Bay > > 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South > > Las Vegas > > RUSSIAN RESTAURANT ELISEEVSKY -- Ethnic -- Southwest > > 4825 W. Flamingo Road > > Las Vegas > > LOL ;-) > > HABIB'S (Persian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest > > 4750 W. Sahara Ave. > > Las Vegas > > > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "nharamija" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:33 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one > in > Phoenix > > > There is one Hungarian and two Russian restaurants and if you want to far > back one Persian restaurant. > the Goulash Pot > Red Square > Russian Restaurant Eliseevsky > and Habib's > Nick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:46 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one > in > Phoenix > > > > Hello Andy, > > Took a look through the "Las Vegas Weekly" ... sorry, but I could only > find > one Bulgarian restaurant. So ... we go hungry. :( > I was told over four thousand come to the valley and surrounding area in a > month. > One of the 'newbies' ... > Sandra > > In a message dated 4/4/2005 10:02:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Ok, fellow food-loving Croatians, does anybody know of a Croatian or > Slavic > themed restaurant in Las Vegas? Years ago there was one in a strip mall > off > Flamingo and Audrey called Angelinas (pronounced with a hard "G"). > Angelinga > would sing Croatian folk songs upon request between cooking and serving > meals. She was a fun-loving ribald lady. But that was decades ago, and > with > all the population growth in Las Vegas (6,000 new residents per month) > over > the past decade, and an influx of Croatians since the 1990s war, I've yet > to > see another similar restaurant. Does anybody in this fine network know of > one? > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005 > >

No way William Penny slots are ALL over the place, the pay back is lousy and the casinos like that. Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "William F Kane" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix Margaret , I think it would be harder to find a penny slot machine in Vegas than a Croatian restaurant. Bill

And THANK YOU for the welcome, Andy! With 'all' the newbies coming here to live ... keep your fingers crossed ... you will have your Croatian Restaurant one day. Sorry to have added to your population growth; but you must admit ... a GREAT place to live! Just out of the pool ... in the far southeast ... closer to Boulder City, Sandra In a message dated 4/5/2005 9:04:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Thank you Sandra, and Nick, and welcome to Las Vegas. But STILL no Croatian restaurant that I know of. Andy

My apologies ... I thought we were looking for a Croatian restaurant in Vegas. The Goulash Pot is now the "Goulash Hungarian Restaurant" ... same address ... and yes, I have eaten there several times! It is owned and operated by a family from Budapest. The food ... excellent!!! I will have to try the others someday. Not knowing the different languages; I can only hope the menus are in English. :) Regards, Sandra In a message dated 4/5/2005 5:47:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: GOULASH POT, THE (Hungarian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest 6135 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas RED SQUARE (Russian) -- Ethnic -- Strip Mandalay Bay 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas RUSSIAN RESTAURANT ELISEEVSKY -- Ethnic -- Southwest 4825 W. Flamingo Road Las Vegas LOL ;-) HABIB'S (Persian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest 4750 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas

Does anyone know where I can find a web based translation service that will translate my English letter into Croatian? Please advise. Thanks! Stojanovich British Columbia

Bill, When we went last year, we found penny slots at the new Alladin and at one of the smaller casinoes wedged between the larger ones up near the Mirage. We had a ball for over an hour and actually won a little. The big surprise was finding the penny slots at the Alladin. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "William F Kane" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix > Margaret > , > I think it would be harder to find a penny slot machine in Vegas than a > Croatian restaurant. > Bill > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005 > >

'Tis true, Sandra. No hurricanes, tornados, few bugs, clean air, good temperatures (perhaps a little warm in the summer), water skiing 30 minutes to the south, snow skiing 30 minutes to the north... though traffic is a bit congested and each newbie drives by the rules from back home. It is a great place to live. I'm in the Northwest, near Summerlin. But the nearest Croatian restaurant seems to be in PHX or CA. Andy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix And THANK YOU for the welcome, Andy! With 'all' the newbies coming here to live ... keep your fingers crossed ... you will have your Croatian Restaurant one day. Sorry to have added to your population growth; but you must admit ... a GREAT place to live! Just out of the pool ... in the far southeast ... closer to Boulder City, Sandra In a message dated 4/5/2005 9:04:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Thank you Sandra, and Nick, and welcome to Las Vegas. But STILL no Croatian restaurant that I know of. Andy

Rob your piggy bank before your next visit to Vegas, Bill. Penny slots have returned with a vengeance, even at some of the major Strip casinos. You can find a slot machine for any denomination coin - except dimes. Alas, however, the same (availability) cannot be said of a Croatian restaurant. Andy -----Original Message----- From: William F Kane [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix Margaret , I think it would be harder to find a penny slot machine in Vegas than a Croatian restaurant. Bill

We were (are). Keep your eyes peeled. I'll give the Goulash Pot/Hungarian Restaurant a try and let you know my reaction. BTW, caddy corner to the Goulash Pot, in the strip mall behind the 7-11 is an Italian restaurant called Nora's. It too is family owned and fabulous. Andy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 7:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix My apologies ... I thought we were looking for a Croatian restaurant in Vegas. The Goulash Pot is now the "Goulash Hungarian Restaurant" ... same address ... and yes, I have eaten there several times! It is owned and operated by a family from Budapest. The food ... excellent!!! I will have to try the others someday. Not knowing the different languages; I can only hope the menus are in English. :) Regards, Sandra In a message dated 4/5/2005 5:47:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: GOULASH POT, THE (Hungarian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest 6135 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas RED SQUARE (Russian) -- Ethnic -- Strip Mandalay Bay 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas RUSSIAN RESTAURANT ELISEEVSKY -- Ethnic -- Southwest 4825 W. Flamingo Road Las Vegas LOL ;-) HABIB'S (Persian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest 4750 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas

Margaret , I think it would be harder to find a penny slot machine in Vegas than a Croatian restaurant. Bill

LAURI� Joy Durrett <[email protected]> wrote: Robert, How would my grandmother's maiden name be spelled in Croatian. Thank you. Joy Durrett Granddaughter of Lukra Lucy Lauric (Laurich) Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a wonderful tour of Croatia! http://www.kollander-travel.com/

Her is one of the best Croatian cookbooks I have in my collection http://croatiagifts.safeshopper.com/38/1285.htm?703 Robert Lori <[email protected]> wrote: Sheesh! All this talk about food! Ok folks, so I broke down and ordered a Croatian Cookbook! Gotta love it..... ;-) Lori -- "Jerome Buza" wrote: Let me see, Vegas is only 6 hours away! Hmmm! Now I want to go just to eat. The Russian place should have piroshki and we love them. There is a place in Phoenix, too, that has them, and I do make them, but it would be nice to sit in Vegas (after winning on a penny slot) and eat some piroshki. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "nharamija" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix > GOULASH POT, THE (Hungarian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest > > 6135 W. Sahara Ave. > > Las Vegas > > RED SQUARE (Russian) -- Ethnic -- Strip > > Mandalay Bay > > 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South > > Las Vegas > > RUSSIAN RESTAURANT ELISEEVSKY -- Ethnic -- Southwest > > 4825 W. Flamingo Road > > Las Vegas > > LOL ;-) > > HABIB'S (Persian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest > > 4750 W. Sahara Ave. > > Las Vegas > > > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "nharamija" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:33 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one > in > Phoenix > > > There is one Hungarian and two Russian restaurants and if you want to far > back one Persian restaurant. > the Goulash Pot > Red Square > Russian Restaurant Eliseevsky > and Habib's > Nick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:46 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one > in > Phoenix > > > > Hello Andy, > > Took a look through the "Las Vegas Weekly" ... sorry, but I could only > find > one Bulgarian restaurant. So ... we go hungry. :( > I was told over four thousand come to the valley and surrounding area in a > month. > One of the 'newbies' ... > Sandra > > In a message dated 4/4/2005 10:02:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Ok, fellow food-loving Croatians, does anybody know of a Croatian or > Slavic > themed restaurant in Las Vegas? Years ago there was one in a strip mall > off > Flamingo and Audrey called Angelinas (pronounced with a hard "G"). > Angelinga > would sing Croatian folk songs upon request between cooking and serving > meals. She was a fun-loving ribald lady. But that was decades ago, and > with > all the population growth in Las Vegas (6,000 new residents per month) > over > the past decade, and an influx of Croatians since the 1990s war, I've yet > to > see another similar restaurant. Does anybody in this fine network know of > one? > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005 > > Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about a wonderful tour of Croatia! http://www.kollander-travel.com/

"Krumpir Taske" that my grandmother and mother made in Croatia were like shaped like the Italian ravioli. Taska is a handbag so in translation these were "potato filled bags". I still make them the same. Toss them in fried breadcrumbs with sour cream over them. We also did the same with ricotta cheese filling. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerome Buza" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:06 PM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Mlinci and turnovers, please > My mom and grandma made a soup that they called "Krumpira Tarskal". Not > sure what the correct word for Tarskal is as I have never found it in a > cookbook. It was like a seasoned mashed potato in a thick noodle dough > and they browned bread crumbs and cooked the dumplings and breadcrumbs in > the pot that the potatoes had been cooked in with onions. They were yummy > and my kids and I love it. I only tried to make it once and had a mess > and am determined to try it again soon. Does anyone have any soup recipes > that sound like this? > Margaret > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ashley tiwara" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 7:43 PM > Subject: [CROATIA-L] Mlinci and turnovers, please > > >>A good story, Robert, and, Bill, I also saved the mlinci recipe, but could >>someone kindly start a discussion of turnovers and stuffed dumplings, ban >>cuon or ravioli, whatever? I eat them hot or cold. >> >> Ashley >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Robert Jerin >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:56 PM >> Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Mlinci >> >> >> Bill, >> >> I am very fond of Vietnamese, especially bun Cha#777; giò and cafe su da >> for dessert. That brings up a genealogically related point, well kind >> of. When we lived in "The Cities" we befriended a family who owned >> several restuarants. The husband had worked for the US distributing corn >> oil to the villagers, seems lard was thier main oil until the US got >> there. They were quite the family, the wife spoke little English. But >> they would sit with us when we ate there... they used us to describe the >> new dishes they put on their menu. They had 4 children all attending U >> of M in math and science programs... that was expected by Mr. Ngoc! He >> lamented the fact that his children were becoming American and were not >> interested in their family history. I assured him that in later life >> they would find that interest. When the first grandson was born we were >> invited to their restuarant which they had closed on the day of the >> baptism. We lost contact with them but I can still recall,! >> s! >> itting >> and drinking cafe su da (sp?) with Mr Ngoc while he chain smoked his >> Pall Malls! I learned that orientals, in general, have strong families, >> at least the ones I have known. >> >> Guess I am like the old man I once met who commented that he only liked >> 2 kinds of pies.... they were ... hot and cold :) >> >> Robert >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 >> >> > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.0 - Release Date: 31/03/2005 > >

Robert, How would my grandmother's maiden name be spelled in Croatian. Thank you. Joy Durrett Granddaughter of Lukra Lucy Lauric (Laurich)

Thank you Sandra, and Nick, and welcome to Las Vegas. Also, if anybody lives in Las Vegas or is visiting Las Vegas and still has enough money to eat out after the casino experience; Red Square is very pricey but outstanding, and Habib's is also very good. For Middle Eastern with a Greek and Armenian flavor I also like El Basha located in the Target strip mall at Flamingo and Maryland Parkway near UNLV. Also in the UNLV area is Paymon's Mediterranean Room (They recently opened a second location on West Sahara near Durango). And yes, the newbies continue to arrive at a record pace. Between October of 2003 and 2004 nearly 80,000 new residents arrived. Next school year the local school district plans to hire more than 2,000 teachers and new schools open at the rate of one or more per month. But STILL no Croatian restaurant that I know of. Andy -----Original Message----- From: nharamija [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix GOULASH POT, THE (Hungarian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest 6135 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas RED SQUARE (Russian) -- Ethnic -- Strip Mandalay Bay 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas RUSSIAN RESTAURANT ELISEEVSKY -- Ethnic -- Southwest 4825 W. Flamingo Road Las Vegas LOL ;-) HABIB'S (Persian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest 4750 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas ---- Original Message ----- From: "nharamija" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix There is one Hungarian and two Russian restaurants and if you want to far back one Persian restaurant. the Goulash Pot Red Square Russian Restaurant Eliseevsky and Habib's Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix Hello Andy, Took a look through the "Las Vegas Weekly" ... sorry, but I could only find one Bulgarian restaurant. So ... we go hungry. :( I was told over four thousand come to the valley and surrounding area in a month. One of the 'newbies' ... Sandra In a message dated 4/4/2005 10:02:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Ok, fellow food-loving Croatians, does anybody know of a Croatian or Slavic themed restaurant in Las Vegas? Years ago there was one in a strip mall off Flamingo and Audrey called Angelinas (pronounced with a hard "G"). Angelinga would sing Croatian folk songs upon request between cooking and serving meals. She was a fun-loving ribald lady. But that was decades ago, and with all the population growth in Las Vegas (6,000 new residents per month) over the past decade, and an influx of Croatians since the 1990s war, I've yet to see another similar restaurant. Does anybody in this fine network know of one? Andy

GOULASH POT, THE (Hungarian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest 6135 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas RED SQUARE (Russian) -- Ethnic -- Strip Mandalay Bay 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas RUSSIAN RESTAURANT ELISEEVSKY -- Ethnic -- Southwest 4825 W. Flamingo Road Las Vegas LOL ;-) HABIB'S (Persian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest 4750 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas ---- Original Message ----- From: "nharamija" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix There is one Hungarian and two Russian restaurants and if you want to far back one Persian restaurant. the Goulash Pot Red Square Russian Restaurant Eliseevsky and Habib's Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:46 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix Hello Andy, Took a look through the "Las Vegas Weekly" ... sorry, but I could only find one Bulgarian restaurant. So ... we go hungry. :( I was told over four thousand come to the valley and surrounding area in a month. One of the 'newbies' ... Sandra In a message dated 4/4/2005 10:02:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Ok, fellow food-loving Croatians, does anybody know of a Croatian or Slavic themed restaurant in Las Vegas? Years ago there was one in a strip mall off Flamingo and Audrey called Angelinas (pronounced with a hard "G"). Angelinga would sing Croatian folk songs upon request between cooking and serving meals. She was a fun-loving ribald lady. But that was decades ago, and with all the population growth in Las Vegas (6,000 new residents per month) over the past decade, and an influx of Croatians since the 1990s war, I've yet to see another similar restaurant. Does anybody in this fine network know of one? Andy

Thank you so much. I have read much of that before in my Croatian cookbooks and it is much the same as my husband's Polish traditions. We do most of that except for the wheat and have a wonderful Easter every year. It is such a beautiful time and we love the traditions and the family gathering and the blessing of the food. The crowd grows bigger every year at our local parish that blesses the food and the younger generation is trying to return to those wonderful traditions. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 7:15 AM Subject: [CROATIA-L] EASTER TRADITIONS CROATIAN STYLE > Hi All > > Sorry this one is a bit late writing but so much happening around me at > the moment. thought you may enjoy reading this. > > > Christmas and Easter are the two biggest festive occasions in the year for > us Christians. Whilst Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ. Easter > celebrates Christ's resurrection and his victory over death and the fact > that he is once again amongst the living. Easter has its own special > significance and is essentially celebrated in two stages. The period > leading up to East is Korizma (Lent) which starts off with Ash Wednesday > while the week leading up to Easter is known as Veliki tjedan (Holy week) > and commences with "Cvjetnica" (Palm Sunday). > > For Christmas we give each other presents remembering the Three Wise Men > who came to visit Jesus in Bethlehem bearing gifts. For Easter we also > give each other presents but in the form of hard-boiled eggs. > > "Prisanice" (Painted Easter eggs) are a symbol of Easter. Not only are > they given to children, but they were also given to boyfriends or > girlfriends as a sign of mutual attraction or devotion. > > Giving "Sarena jaja" (checked or speckle coloured eggs) was seen as a > symbolic way of warding of evil spirits. In other words, if you gave > someone these eggs, you were protecting them from all forms of evil. > > Giving "Sareno jaje" was once seen as providing a token gestures, a key, > which unlocked any doors that figuratively prevented good neighbourly > relations in the villages. Therefore if you were in a dispute with your > neighbour, by giving them these multicoloured eggs, it was a sign of a > truce. > > In most households, people used to decorate a small table in the corner of > the room by putting "pisanice" small flat bread loaves called > "blagoslovnice" or "pogace", "kokice" (corn) tied up with a bow and > "psenica" (wheat) on the table. Wheat being a sing of brad or food, meant > that if you planted it in small containers or tubs on these specially > decorated tables it would ensure that your household would always have an > abundance of food for the year ahead. If someone else planted the wheat > for you, it meant that others would bring you food all year round. > > Although it is a predominately a Christmas custom, in many parts of > Croatia wheat would be planted prior to the Easter holidays as well. > > In many cases the 'blagoslovnica' (in some parts of Croatia known as a > 'sirnica' or 'pogaca' would be baked in the shape of a lamb - a lamb being > a sign of love and tenderness. On the same table, one would usually find a > small basket made fromt he same yeast and flour as the 'blagoslovnica'. > > As far as eating breakfast on Easter Sunday morning was concerned, one was > not allowed to eat at all until the food had been specially blessed. The > tradition was that everyone in the household had to have breakfast > together, irregardless of what time one had gone to bed the previous > evening. > > Following the communal eating of the blessed bread, there would be other > traditions such as 'tuckanje' (a competition between two people who knock > their hard=boiled eggs together. Whoever's egg remained uncracked was > proclaimed the 'winner') before the remainder of breakfast would continue. > In some parts of Croatia, people would take meat, ham and prsut to the > Blessing, as well as the staple bread and eggs. > > written by Tonci Prusac from New Generation caught up with Tonka Saric - > Geelong Melbourne who holds a Croatian Culinary class at the Croatian Dom > Geelong. > > regards > Mary > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005 > >

Let me see, Vegas is only 6 hours away! Hmmm! Now I want to go just to eat. The Russian place should have piroshki and we love them. There is a place in Phoenix, too, that has them, and I do make them, but it would be nice to sit in Vegas (after winning on a penny slot) and eat some piroshki. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "nharamija" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 5:47 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one in Phoenix > GOULASH POT, THE (Hungarian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest > > 6135 W. Sahara Ave. > > Las Vegas > > RED SQUARE (Russian) -- Ethnic -- Strip > > Mandalay Bay > > 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South > > Las Vegas > > RUSSIAN RESTAURANT ELISEEVSKY -- Ethnic -- Southwest > > 4825 W. Flamingo Road > > Las Vegas > > LOL ;-) > > HABIB'S (Persian) -- Ethnic -- Southwest > > 4750 W. Sahara Ave. > > Las Vegas > > > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: "nharamija" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:33 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one > in > Phoenix > > > There is one Hungarian and two Russian restaurants and if you want to far > back one Persian restaurant. > the Goulash Pot > Red Square > Russian Restaurant Eliseevsky > and Habib's > Nick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:46 AM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Croatian restaurant in Chicago and a Bosnian one > in > Phoenix > > > > Hello Andy, > > Took a look through the "Las Vegas Weekly" ... sorry, but I could only > find > one Bulgarian restaurant. So ... we go hungry. :( > I was told over four thousand come to the valley and surrounding area in a > month. > One of the 'newbies' ... > Sandra > > In a message dated 4/4/2005 10:02:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Ok, fellow food-loving Croatians, does anybody know of a Croatian or > Slavic > themed restaurant in Las Vegas? Years ago there was one in a strip mall > off > Flamingo and Audrey called Angelinas (pronounced with a hard "G"). > Angelinga > would sing Croatian folk songs upon request between cooking and serving > meals. She was a fun-loving ribald lady. But that was decades ago, and > with > all the population growth in Las Vegas (6,000 new residents per month) > over > the past decade, and an influx of Croatians since the 1990s war, I've yet > to > see another similar restaurant. Does anybody in this fine network know of > one? > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005 > >