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Spidra Webster - Dec 18, 2005 5:52:26 pm PST #3167 of 10002

I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

Too much Flash on that Horlicks site. So what's the difference between Horlicks and Ovaltine? I'm a big fan of malt flavor. Except in beer. I don't like beer much at all (exception made for fruit lambics).

I get into these weird jags. I'm getting cold feet about making the Czech Christmas Bread so I thought I'd google to try to find Czech bakeries that do mail order. They're harder to find than you might think. I already knew there was a significant Czech-American population in TX, but now I also know about Wilber, NE.

msbelle - Dec 18, 2005 5:53:38 pm PST #3168 of 10002

I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Perkins, can you hop on IM?

kat perez - Dec 18, 2005 5:55:55 pm PST #3169 of 10002

"We have trust issues." Mylar

Ovaltine. That stuff is fantastic.

What is Czech christmas bread?

Jesse - Dec 18, 2005 5:55:56 pm PST #3170 of 10002

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's the only time I've seen Nick Arrojo truly flummoxed by a head of hair. He just looked horrified, sitting there picking at it.

Oh god, that girl. Poor Nick did what he could...

My guess was, she had spent some of her chidlhood speaking Russian or something Slavic, and then moved to the US before age ten, so her accent is there but not strong.

Interesting. It was definitely something.

§ ita § - Dec 18, 2005 5:56:35 pm PST #3171 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Horlicks is more like Carnation Malted. I'm not sure what's in Ovaltine, except it tastes like crap. I do hate it.

JenP - Dec 18, 2005 5:59:03 pm PST #3172 of 10002

I had a chocolate malted at the Charcoal Pit yesterday. It was delicious.

Happy Birthday, kat p!

kat perez - Dec 18, 2005 6:02:29 pm PST #3173 of 10002

"We have trust issues." Mylar

How can you hate the Ovaltine? Nestle Quick. Now that stuff is heinous. But Ovaltine is the bomb-diggity.

§ ita § - Dec 18, 2005 6:03:18 pm PST #3174 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I grew up with Ovaltine as the alternative to Milo. That's so no contest.

beth b - Dec 18, 2005 6:05:17 pm PST #3175 of 10002

oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

We went out for Indian. I had not had any for awhile. I think it was intense food taste day. but my lemon bar reciepe is a bit too sweet for me. Almond chocolate truffles - intense. eggnog ice cream - nice. Now I want to try horlicks.

Spidra Webster - Dec 18, 2005 6:06:15 pm PST #3176 of 10002

I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

My friend's dad calls it "hostitchky" (sp?). Online, it's variously called "hoska" "houska" or "vanocka". It's a braided fruit bread. I've never found raised breads easy to make but this one is even harder for me since I've never tasted it as made by a Czech or Czech-American. So I'm not sure exactly what I'm going for. I was told by my friend's dad that the last batch I made was spot on, but I'm thinking he might have been salving my ego.

Here's a Radio Prague report (presumably by a non-Czech) on his experience making vanocka:

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