Bohemian food

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:00 AM -0400 5/8/00, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote from Prague:

>   Some food & other items found here:
>PAREK--"hot dog pastry."

Interesting Czechification of "börek" (that's an O-umlaut in the first
syllable; stress is on the second syllable), the original Turkish name for
this tasty morsel, in which a concoction of feta cheese and spinach or some
other filling is rolled in phyllo leaves, each having been individually
brushed with butter (as I recall all too well from my days on the börek
assembly line for school benefits featuring this little item).  The "hot
dog pastry" must refer to its shape, and I have no idea whether the item as
well as its name were altered for the Prague version.

larry