vendredi, avril 07, 2006

Paska days are here again!!

I love to bake, and have learned alot of "tricks of the trade" from my precious Oma. Before she was admitted to the Menno Home late last year I would frequently phone her for a tip on mixing up a batch of anything Mennonite- from wereneki (perogies) to her famous peppermint cookies!!
Paska, for those of you who aren't aware, is a traditional Easter bread. I claim it as "mennonite", but I'm sure it originated somewhere back in Russia/Ukrain- my mother-in-law insists that it is indeed Ukrainian! (as she does with perogies and borscht and...) I suppose we mennonites have picked up a little of everything good along our route from Holland- back in our early formative years of culture and doctrine- through the Prussia/Russia/Ukrain days of persecution and hardship, and the mate` from Paraguay (for some of us) and on to our Canadian days of abundance and prosperity. Have you read the book "Chariots in the Smoke" by... I can't recall the author's name just now. Great historical novel on the journey of the Mennonite people.


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