Joy, I am with you.........I have learned so much and constantly check my email to see what the latest topic. Also I have learned that with all of this talk of food to never check the email when I am hungry. I am going to try that green bean soup recipie. It sounds fantastic. Kathy Joy Durrett <[email protected]> wrote:Robert, How true. Thanks. Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Jerin" To: Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 4:19 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Mlinci > Joy, > > You're welcome! But that is what these forums are about... sharing. If > it were not for my new Croatian friends I would never have known this, > having Croatian born people such as Tatjana help on these forums is a real > blessing. Some folks go through life thinking celebrating their Croatian > (and other Central and East European) heritage is eating "kielbasy", > listening to the Pennsylvania polka and consuming lots of beer! They > think all those folks are the same, folk dress, food, music, etc.! So if > they are interested we can help them learn. > > Robert > > Joy Durrett wrote: > Bill, > > > That is what I like about this group. I learn so much about my ancestors > and > the culture and history. I would not know it if Robert did not take the > time > and others here to explain it and give us links to go and check things out > for ourselves. Thanks Robert for teaching us a little history lesson along > the way. > > Joy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William F Kane" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] Mlinci > > >> Robert, >> I loved your story of the restaurant in Twin Cities. My daughter in law >> is Vietnamese. They have a dedication to learning. When the family came >> here as refugees her father could not find work so the mother worked in >> an electronics factory while he stayed home and saw that the family all >> got a good education checking homework, talking to teachers, volunteering >> at school, etc. A few years later the family started a restaurant that >> became very successful. My daughter in law got her MA in electrical >> engineering before she was twenty. My grandson is now taking college >> level courses for credit in high school. >> I don't know how my mother in laws soup came out Zaftig Juan in my e-mail >> it was supposed to be Zafrigana Juha. I think it was my spell check that >> did it. Sorry. >> As a professional geographer I have promised myself to stay out of the >> Balkan argument. But I must say you are all right. The Balkans have no >> definite boundaries and anyone writing about the area seems to just >> decide on their own what areas to write about. Just say it is an >> indefinite area in Southeastern Europe. All I can say is that Grandma >> Santek (with a mark over the S) almost went into mourning when one of her >> daughters married a Serb. She still did not talk kindly of him up to the >> time of her death. Nothing against the Serbs but I must say this was not >> a good man as he turned out to be a wife abuser. Of course grandma blamed >> it on his being a Serb. >> We are getting away from genealogy but history and geography and culture >> are all part of learning about our past. >> Bill Kane >> > > > > Interested in visting Croatia? Click on the link below to find out about > a wonderful tour of Croatia! > > http://www.kollander-travel.com/ >