On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 03:00:26 GMT, Puester >
wrote:

>Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 21:13:33 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>> > wrote:
>> >That whirring sound you hear is my mother spinning in her grave.
>>
>> Speaking of grave-spinning, a few years ago I suggested (to Barbara)
>> that we make a mock gawumpke (I don't know how to spell it) [Polish
>> stuffed cabbage] when visiting her folks.
>>
>
>(Unusual variation idea snipped)
>
>Just had to reply to this as "gawumpke" is exactly how the Polish
>folks (2nd generation) in S.E. Massachusetts (Emeril's hometown)
>spell and pronounce the dish. I've even seen it spelled that way
>in mom-n-pop grocery store windows.
>
My inlaws are in central CT, not that far away. I was trying to render
it the way it sounds there. I guess I succeeded.

>gloria p


Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a


"Nuke the *** whales for Jesus" -- anon T-shirt