- HAPPY EASTER
UPDATE UPDATE – OUR PLANS CHANGED AND DAUGHTER WILL BE HOME TONIGHT. SO IT”S KIELBASA AND SAUERKRAUT TONIGHT AND BRUNCH ON EASTER MORNING! Hoorah!
As you will see upon reading this entry, it too is from my old blog which is just over a year old now. Where did the time go? Well Easter is upon us once again and it’s time to think about food traditions.
Upon re-reading this, I sadly have to report that we will not be having Kielbasa this Easter, due to daughter’s school schedule, we will be meeting mid-way between home and Amherst, MA (where she attends UMASS) for a family Easter Brunch. As I originally said, this will not be the first Easter brunch so it is still a bit of tradition.
We have a location picked out in Worcester, MA (pronounced “wooster” not “worchester”) and I will report about that next week. The menus sounds wonderful and I think we will all enjoy it!
Enjoy your Holiday and keep traditions alive. Oh, by the way, I WILL be making Babka!
Thanks and ABC
Chef Rob
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Easter to many is a time of reflection, celebration and a new beginning, What better time to start my weekly blog posting? Most of my posts will be food or nutrition based, today’s post will take a different slant on that aspect. I would like to talk about family holiday traditions and how food is a major part of that. Yesterday, I learned the value of that. We all have memories of Holidays past. We remember the aromas of the kitchen, the anticipation of a delicious meal, the noise of pots and pans. They’re probably are one or two items that are on every table every year. To me, that is part of the tradition.
This year I was almost guilty of breaking a tradition and now that I reflect on Easters past. I am glad I did not. Let me explain. On Friday my daughter came home for the weekend from college. When we started talking about weekend plans, to include dinner she nonchalantly asked, “did you go to Little Poland yet?” You see this is where we get our traditional Polish sausage “Kielbasa”.
(This freshly made, garlic laden wonderful sausage has NOTHING to do with the store bought brand in the hot dog section of your local grocer. It is night and day. ‘Nuff said.) When I told her no, she was
astonished and said “you’re kidding right?” I once again said no and a look of
disappointment came across her. She then said “BUT WE HAVE KIELBASA EVERY EASTER!” I told her that it wasn’t every Easter; (we did attend some Easter brunches where I did not cook.) The conversation changed after that and I thought the subject was closed. Later that evening my daughter tells me that she texted my son in TX and he too was surprised about the lack of Kielbasa. It was then that I realized my faux pas. All the hard work I did over the years,
fostering this old country tradition of Easter Kielbasa and Sauerkraut, was not
in vain. The tradition brought from Poland/Lithuania lives on, and I must keep
the flame alive.
Well I did get up early on Saturday and drove to Little Poland (not South Boston this time but Worcester, MA, Check out Golemo’s Market
top notch European deli and homemade sausages) , picked up Kielbasa and cooked it off last night. I went a step further and made Babka (Polish
Easter Bread) as well.
astonished and said “you’re kidding right?” I once again said no and a look of
disappointment came across her. She then said “BUT WE HAVE KIELBASA EVERY EASTER!” I told her that it wasn’t every Easter; (we did attend some Easter brunches where I did not cook.) The conversation changed after that and I thought the subject was closed. Later that evening my daughter tells me that she texted my son in TX and he too was surprised about the lack of Kielbasa. It was then that I realized my faux pas. All the hard work I did over the years,
fostering this old country tradition of Easter Kielbasa and Sauerkraut, was not
in vain. The tradition brought from Poland/Lithuania lives on, and I must keep
the flame alive.
top notch European deli and homemade sausages) , picked up Kielbasa and cooked it off last night. I went a step further and made Babka (Polish
Easter Bread) as well.
I absolutely love Polish cuisine and am always in search of different recipes to try out in my kitchen. Luckily our family enjoys the meals which I make too so it’s a win win scenario. I’ll certainly have to try some new recipes.