Bohemian food

[Bruce Dykes]

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: Bohemian food


>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.


Usually referred to as 'spanakopita' (sp?) in the Greek places in my area. I
don't know if that refers specifically to feta+spinach, or if, like pizza,
variations are allowed...

bkd