Patty, no, you do not have to be poor to eat this. But it was mostly given to small children- at times with chocolate sauce or crushed chocolate. And to sick folks, rather light food. Guess similar to "chicken soup" by some. In Croatia rice was rather expensive. Margaret, as Croatian desserts go, my brother's favorite was "plum dumpling"= dumpling with a plum inside. He and his friends could eat quite a few of those! Tatjana

Tatjana, my mom always made the plum dumplings in August and September when the "Italian" plums were in season and we ate like pigs. In later years, we would eat them warm with vanilla ice cream. My son, Paul, is after me to make them and I intend to do it when the plums are in season. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [CROATIA-L] family discussion > Patty, no, you do not have to be poor to eat this. > But it was mostly given to small children- at times with chocolate sauce > or > crushed > chocolate. And to sick folks, rather light food. Guess similar to "chicken > soup" by some. > In Croatia rice was rather expensive. > > Margaret, as Croatian desserts go, my brother's favorite was "plum > dumpling"= > dumpling with a plum inside. He and his friends could eat quite a few of > those! > Tatjana > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005 > >