I've been following this thread about the beef on Weck, chicken wings, weather, etc., and wonder why no one mentioned Paczkis eating on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. They're really big in the Detroit area but I don't remember having them during my 5 years in Williamsville. Grace ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Beef on Weck > I've said this before but this list is a real education. The help people > give and the info and websites that you can pickup reading this list along > with a geography lesson etc etc. The last hundred e-mails about food and > weather and taverns was off topic but it does give you a flavor of the > area your ancestors lived in. I mentioned Dyngus day and someone had a ? > mark. Dyngus Day is a Polish tradition celebrated Monday after Easter > and big in Buffalo area (Google it) When I lived out of this area and > someone would say they were Polish; I'd put them to the test by asking > them how they celebrate Dyngus Day and what they thought about Czarnina. > If I drew a blank look; I knew they had lost their Polish traditions which > is too bad. I happened to be German on all sides but grew up in > Cheektowaga which was mostly Polish. > > Kevin > > Kevin > ---- Betty P Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > > ============= > I agree and the reunion sounds good to me. > Betty > On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:28:14 -0800 Ruth Madar <[email protected]> > writes: >> This has got to be the busiest and friendliest mailing list on the >> net and >> if it keeps up we'll have to have a NYERIE reunion at Schwables. By >> then, >> we'll all know each other well enough. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >