"MareCat" > wrote in message
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> "Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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> > Anyone heard of the "Kolache Factory?" One opened in the Cincinnati
> > suburbs. It's not exactly on my beaten path, but if it is any good, I
> would
> > try it.
>
> There are several KF locations in the Houston area. Very good kolaches
> (especially their breakfast ones--stuffed with egg, cheese, sausage,
etc.).
>
> Kolaches are very popular in central/southeast Texas (not sure where else
in
> TX, since I live in the Houston area), because of the German and Czech
> influence. If you're not familiar with kolaches (some people have no idea
> what they are), they're yummy dough things with various savory fillings,
> like sausage or ham (with or without cheese) and breakfast fillings
> (including Tex-Mex ingredients like chorizo, jalapenos, and salsa).
Kolaches
> may also have sweet fillings like fruit or chocolate.
>
> At places where I've worked in the past down here, people were just as
> likely to show up in the morning at the office with a box of kolaches as
> they were with a box of donuts.

I grew up eating kolache because my mother's side of the family is from
Prague and many of them spoke English as a second language. I was sort of
wondering if a trip across town would be worth it since I can make them
myself. I guess I will just have to give the place a try and decide for
myself. How bad could they be? The other issue is that there doesn't seem
to be any standard definition for the item - sort of like cookies, they
could be just about anything. I hadn't though of them being savory. We
only had cheese, fruit, poppy seed, and nut.