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Default Chrusciki -- Polish Angel Wings Cookies

On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:37:39 -0800, "Dimitri" >
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>"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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>>>> Martha Stewart made them with her mother and there is a video of them
>>>> online. A friend has used this recipe and says they were terrific.
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>>>> http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/...th-mrs-kostyra
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>>>> Boron
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>>>Martha'a mom may be on to something. Regardless of her 'WASPy'
>>>name....Martha Stewart is a North Jersey Pollack.

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>> Yup. Grew up in Nutley, not far from where I am now.
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>> And I know all the best Polish delis around, too.
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>> Boron

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>That's the problem - you can take the boy out of New Jersey
>But you can't take New Jersey out of the boy......
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>I think he's been looking for Chrisciki since he came to CA.
>
>Dimitri


Then you have done him a great service. I love those things. My kids
used to call them "cruise ships" when they were young.

I grew up in Detroit, which at that time had a very large emigrant
Polish population, yet I have no memory of getting chrusciki growing
up. Paczki, yes, but no chrusciki.

Boron