Czechmatediary

WARNING: if you you want to stay clear of garlic breath stop reading right now. This recipe is so potent that it will give you one just by reading these words! Traditional cesnecka (Garlic soup) doesn’t have much in it but garlic and few herbs. I don’t know what the magic is, but at the end it ends up tasting so yummy and rich! This particular recipe came from Sher who is an American expat living in Prague with her Czech husband and who also has a fun blog called Sher off the Beaten Path. Dobrou chut! And don’t forget, the more garlic the merrier!

Click HERE for the Cesnecka recipe.

CZ: Tak uz je to tady - cesnecka!!! Jestlize se bojite cesnekoveho (neboli tzv. zabijackeho) dechu, radsi tyto slova ani nectete, protoze tento recept je tak silny, ze vam v krvi zacne kolovat cesnek, aniz byste pozreli jedine sousto. Ja cesnek miluju, takze pro mne to neni problem :0). Recept je prevzaty od Sher, tedy spise od jejiho blogu zvaneho Sher off the Beaten Path. Sher je Americanka, ktera uz nejakou dobu zije se svym ceskym manzelem v Praze.

Recept na Cesnecku najdete zde (kliknete zde).

Over the years I have gotten the notion that Czech/Slovak girls are desirable goods. The party boys would say something like “Czech girls are hot, dude!” Not only that we are ‘hot’ but we are also great wife material (OK, maybe I should get confirmation from my husband first): we are great cooks, we don’t complain too much, we are frugal and we tend to be quite the hard-workers.

So, the million-dollar question is: How do you get a Czech girl to like you? We like guys that are (rated from the highest to the lowest importance):

-  smart

-  funny

-  handsome

- everything else (more…)

Katie is my blogging buddy (you can check out her Makingthishome.com blog right here) and she is also an American married to a great Czech guy  named Martin. He was kind enough to write his little reflection on what it means to be Czech to him. I hope you will enjoy his writing as much as I did:

CZ: Katie je moje blogarska kamoska (jeji blog se jmenuje Makingthishome.com) a je take vdana za super ceskeho kluka Martina. Martin byl moc hodny a napsal nam kratkou esej o tom, co to pro nej znamena byt Cechem. Doufam, ze se vam to bude libit tak, jako se to libilo mne:

Being Czech has been a major element in defining the person I am becoming. When I met my wife, Katie (an American), I convinced her to spend part of a summer with me in the Czech Republic teaching local kids English. I believe that this experience taught both of us a lot about my character as a Czech. When we are young, we generally think that everyone is more or less like us. Our time with these children showed me just how unique Czechs are and how very much I live life with Czech values. I understood the Czech students and people around us–both in language and ideas about life. I felt comfortable interacting with the locals and enjoyed visiting small shops to pick up supplies for class. To my delight, the meals at camp were traditional Czech food. I would generally be found in line for seconds when the meals included any kind of knedliky, and when they didn’t, the cooks would save me leftovers from the meals before. (more…)

She is an American and she has been living in Prague with her Czech husband Radek for the last 7 years. Her Czech language skills are proficient enough to order food in Czech restaurants, conduct transactions at the post office and talk to her daughter’s preschool teacher. Emily knows one thing for sure, however: no matter how long she lives in Czech or how much time she dedicates to studying the language, she will never be Czech. If you want to find out why, read the Prague Daily Monitor’s article right here (click here).

CZ: Emily je Americanka a zije v Praze se svym ceskym manzelem Radkem jiz 7 let. Cesky umi dostatecne dobre, aby si mohla objednat obed v restauraci, domluvit se na poste nebo se bavit s dcerinou ucitelkou ve skolce. Vi ale jednu vec na jisto: at v Cechach zije jak dlouho chce, nikdy z ni Ceska nebude. Proc? Odpoved si prectete v Emiline clanku (Prague Daily Monitor) zde (kliknete zde).

Sue is my fellow blogging buddy from Atlanta (sueczech.wordpress.com) who happens to be married to a Czech guy. I asked her if she would be nice enough to jot down some thoughts about this Czech experience from her point of view and here is what she wrote: (great story! Thank you Sue!!)

CZ: Jake to je byt Americankou vdanou za Cecha? Sue - moje blogarska kamoska - je jednou z techto zen. Poprosila jsem ji, zda-li by nam o tomto celozivotnim zazitku mohla neco prozradit….

SUE’S STORY

I’ve known my husband for 10 years, and in that time I’ve seen him grow from very Czech, to very American, and now to a happy medium of the two. (more…)