Christmas

Got Czech Christmas? / Mate ceske Vanoce?

It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner…AGAIN! I was listing through my old Christmas posts to see which one is worthy of re-posting. Although I was searching through them for a long time I found myself unable to decide which one is the winner. Therefore I am posting the whole link to anything about Czech/Slovak Christmas on this blog. Click on it and see what catches your eye: is it the recipes? My personal experiences with Christmas? Czech Christmas music (YouTube/free links)? Take your pick:

http://czechmatediary.com/tag/christmas/


CZ: Vanoce jsou OPET za rohem, tak jsem si rikala, ze by bylo dobre re-postovat nejaky vanocni clanek z minula, ktery mel hodne ohlasu. Takovych clanku jsem ale nasla par, a jelikoz jsem se nemohla rozhodnout, ktery z nich re-postovat, tak vam tu nechavam cely link na cokoliv vanocniho, o cem jsem kdy v minulosti  psala. Rychle temi clanky proletnete a uvidite, ze vam neco padne do oka. Bud nejaky ten receptik, nebo YouTube video ceskych koled, nebo me osobni pribehy z Vanoc (a pribehy jinych)….

http://czechmatediary.com/tag/christmas/

 

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A Wonderful christmas present: Czech CD with a traditional Czech music/ Nadherny darek k vanocum: Ceska tradicni hudba

Take a pick for the most wonderful Christmas gift ever :) .

CZ:Vyberte si ten jekrasnejsi vanocni darek ze vsech :) .

1. Czech Christmas Carols – volume 1/ Ceske Vanocni koledy – volume 1 (28 songs)

1. Já bych rád k Betlému, k Ježíšku malému

2. Jak jsi krásné, neviňátko

3. Štěstí, zdraví, pokoj svatý

4. Narodil se Kristus pán

5. Půjdem spolu do Betléma [click to continue…]

Tagged as: children, Christmas, music, STORE

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Green light for Beehive cookies / Pro vceli uly je to “go”

If you are celebrating Christmas the Czech way, you have GOT to make Czech Christmas cookies. And if you are making Czech Christmas cookies you have GOT to make Beehives. Along with vanilla crescents and linz tarts, they are a must.

The only problem is that you need to have a specific mold to make them which I used to think one could not buy in the US. Well, I was wrong! You can buy the cookie mold from a website called beehivecookies.com (www.beehivecookies.com). For a very reasonable price you not only get the mold but also a cookbook and a plunger tool to make a well for the filling.

The owner of the website is Jan who not only has a Polish heritage but also married a Polish husband. Jan is an expert on beehives. She has been making them for past 8 years and the beauty of her recipes is that you don’t have to bake them at all. [click to continue…]

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Another Czech Christmas cookie recipe: Bear Paws / Dalsi recept na ceske cukrovi: Medvedi tlapky

Czech Bear Paws are completely different from the American bear claws which I used to get at Starbucks sometimes. Our bear paws are part of the cookie selection which one prepares during Christmas time.

The only hurdle to make this delicatessy abroad is the cookie mold. But that hurdle was crossed when one of you guys (thanks Dagmar!) told me to use the Madeleine cookie pan. It works great but I have to admit that you get bear claws that are a big bigger then the traditional ones, probably a size of a real bear claw ;) . [click to continue…]

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New Czech music CDs available! / Nova CDcka s ceskou hudbou jsou tu!

Czech Christmas carols, Czech folk music and Czech lullabies are always in a high demand and  that’s why they are available again on Czechmate Diary. This year the selection is a bit different from the last year’s selection, so nobody can complain of boredom ;)

CZ: Uz je to tady – novaVanocni selekce ceske hudby! Koledy (dil 1. a dil 2.), ukolebavky a dechovka. Tato nabidka je trosku jina, nez co byla k mani rok minuly, takze si nikdo nemuze stezovat na nudu ;) . [click to continue…]

Tagged as: children, Christmas, CMD store, Czech Christmas carols, Czech folk music, music

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Watch out – flying carps! / Pozor – litaji tu kapri!

Our buddy Jamie sent me yet another enticing news that I have to share with you..and it’s about CARPS again! The following video will seem to you like it is from a different planet. Perhaps it is a short glimpse of Czech heaven (especially during Christmas)? [click to continue…]

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Google search: who eats ca…? /Kdo ji k……?

Last night I took a long look at our fat cat. And then I started thinking about how did she become so fat (we give her the same food but then she is getting older…) and that train of thought made me ask myself: “Who eats cats?”. Certain nations eat dogs but I had no clue about cats. So I asked my smart husband and he didn’t know either. And so we started a long quest that took us days to accomplish….just kidding! [click to continue…]

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Listen to the Czech Christmas Carols and more! /Poslechnete si ceske vanocni koledy a jeste neco navic!

Hi Folks,

I hope you are enjoying Christmas season and all of you have finished your letters to Santa (or Jesus). To make these moments complete I selected a few YouTube videos of Czech Christmas carols. The last song is sang by Karel Gott (also known as the Golden Voice of Prague), probably the most famous current Czech singer whose career has spanned over four decades. He sold over 30 million records and became one of the first multimillionaires in the socialist Czechoslovakia.

CZ: Doufam, ze si vsichni uzivate predvanocni pohody a ze jste jiz dokoncili dopis Jeziskovi. Aby byla ta vanocni pohoda uplne dokonala, tak jsem si pro vas pripravila par klasickych vanocnich pisinicek. Nejdriv je to samozrejme Rybova mse, pak par koled a pak nas nezapomenutelny Gottik :0)

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A Great review of Slovak Christmas cuisine / Vyborny prehled Slovenske Vanocni kuchyne

A an inventive blog called ’52 weeks in Slovakia’ posted an article on Slovak cuisine, especially when it comes to the Christmas time. It is very educational and detailed but also fun to read.
Go ahead, test your knowledge about Slovak food. Do you know what are:

A/ Lokše ?
B/ Mastný Chlieb ?
C/ Langoš ?
D/Pagáč ?

If you know these terms through and through then you are off the hook. If not, your homework is to read the whole article (click here) and make notes. A review test is coming soon….and the teacher’s grading methods are pretty strict ;0)

CZ: Blog zvany ’52 weeks in Slovakia’ nedavno publikoval velmi pekny clanek o Slovenske kuchyni, zejmena behem Vanocnich svatku. Vite napriklad, co to je lokos nebo pagac? Nebo jak pripravit ‘mastny chlieb’? Jestlize ne, vrele doporucuji si tento clanek nastudovat. Test prijde pozdeji a pani ucitelka je pry velmi prisna :0).

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Another Czech Christmas Cookie Recipe: Bear paws / Recept na medvedi tlapicky

I thought I would translate yet another delicious Czech Christmas cookie recipe but after searching the internet for a bit I realized I don’t have to. I don’t have to translate anything or convert the European measurements because it has already been done! Barbara Rolek, who is apparently a well-known food editor, food writer and restaurant critic for daily newspapers and magazines, has done it all for us. Since her parents were Polish I bet the Czech food is close to her heart (as it is on the map) and that is why she searched for our bear paws. Or maybe the recipe has been with the Polish culture for quite some time? Either way, thank you Barbara for this recipe!

When I was a child, Christmas cookies were my grandma’s specialty. [click to continue…]

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