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- Thread starter richard-in-cincy
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steve2-in-la
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Look great, thanks.
Those are Ceske trdlo--it's sort of a cinnamon-roll dough wrapped
around a heated core. They tend to only show up at food fairs or in main squares on the weekend. My husband swears that they didn't exist, fifteen years ago. smileys/wink.gif I've never had one--maybe Richard did?
(Pardon me for barging in on the thread.) smileys/wink.gif
around a heated core. They tend to only show up at food fairs or in main squares on the weekend. My husband swears that they didn't exist, fifteen years ago. smileys/wink.gif I've never had one--maybe Richard did?
(Pardon me for barging in on the thread.) smileys/wink.gif
richard-in-cincy
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Erin, you barge right in anytime smileys/smile.gif more info...
afterall, you are the Czech expert here.
I did not try them, they looked interesting, but it's basically dough wrapped around a stick, roasted, and some sugar burnt on it. They're probably wonderful, but I was investing my calories in things richer, creamier, and more chocolately. They did smell wonderful. I just couldn't figure out why they weren't filling them with pastry cream after they came off the stick! I need to go to Prague, set up this concession correctly, and make big the Big Koruna.
I recently saw a food/travelelogue program where they were making these much further east. I looked them up and they originally came from the Transylvania area, migrated into Hungary (which was all Austro-Hungarian Empire then), then a Hungarian gerneral brought them into Slovakia (still Austria-Hungary). Appparently the migration continues and they finally made it to Prague, in Czechia, which was part of Austria-Hungary as well.
afterall, you are the Czech expert here.
I did not try them, they looked interesting, but it's basically dough wrapped around a stick, roasted, and some sugar burnt on it. They're probably wonderful, but I was investing my calories in things richer, creamier, and more chocolately. They did smell wonderful. I just couldn't figure out why they weren't filling them with pastry cream after they came off the stick! I need to go to Prague, set up this concession correctly, and make big the Big Koruna.
I recently saw a food/travelelogue program where they were making these much further east. I looked them up and they originally came from the Transylvania area, migrated into Hungary (which was all Austro-Hungarian Empire then), then a Hungarian gerneral brought them into Slovakia (still Austria-Hungary). Appparently the migration continues and they finally made it to Prague, in Czechia, which was part of Austria-Hungary as well.
It's always such a coup when you arrive in a foreign country at the only time of the
year when they produce special pastries. But when they're really exceptional, it's frustrating not to be able to get them at other times.
Well don't cha just love pastry on that side of the world?!!
year when they produce special pastries. But when they're really exceptional, it's frustrating not to be able to get them at other times.
Well don't cha just love pastry on that side of the world?!!
richard-in-cincy
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uh, in a word, YES!
Hmm, like big cannoli. Intriguing!
They do make pastry-cream-filled "horns," for lack of a better word, in CZ but I've never managed to find one that wasn't a) dipped in less-than-stellar chocolate and b) made from stale pastry dough. smileys/frown.gif So perhaps your market awaits!
They do make pastry-cream-filled "horns," for lack of a better word, in CZ but I've never managed to find one that wasn't a) dipped in less-than-stellar chocolate and b) made from stale pastry dough. smileys/frown.gif So perhaps your market awaits!