Re: [CBQ] What's for lunch?

["George N." <georgecrawfordsr@comcast.net>]

Pete,

+When I was in college in Omaha, the Bohemian Cafe was one of our favorite places. I would always start out with the Duck Liver Dumpling soup. Loved it.

A couple of years ago it was closing so my friend from college and I rushed down to get the last night in.  The crowd wound around the block and the wait time was unbelievable so we gave up. Very sad evening. Other places in Omaha we liked were the Virginia Cafe and Tung Fat. Tung Fat is the oldest Chinese restaurant in Nebraska .  Over a 100 plus years.

Noel

On 10/22/2020 12:35 PM jpslhedgpeth via groups.io <jpslhedgpeth=aol.com@groups.io> wrote:

Charlie;   You may recall that I once introduced you to my wife.  I wanted to do that specifically since you both "hale" from the same part of the world.  Where the use of vowles is limited.   Her maiden name is  Sicner. Which doesn't sound Czech, but it is.

You mentioned   Koprova which I am not familiar with but Svickova is one of my favorite Czech meals.  When the old Bohemian Cafe in Omaha was operating I always had that dish when we went there.  

Now on the other hand there is JATERNICE.  which my late wife loved, but which in my estimation is the most vile combination of unspeakable animal parts and various and sundry spices.  She even used to make it herself.   

Once when we were babysiting for my daughter at her house Sharon friend up some Jaternice.   When my daughter came home the odor still lingered and she said.  "Mom don't you ever fix that stuff in my house again.  

Our kids never did learn to eat any of those exotic Czech dishes, but we didn't push the issue.   

When we lived in the Chicago area we went several times to Cicero and ate at some of the Czech places whose name escapes me now.

Pete  

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Vlk <cvlk@comcast.net>
To: CBQ@groups.io
Sent: Thu, Oct 22, 2020 10:13 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] What's for lunch?

Pete and All-

Now you went and did it!!!    I haven’t thought about Ox Tail Soup for decades…..what memories it brings back!  

My mom (rest her soul!!!) was not the greatest cook….few things from her table I recall fondly (she, like many of her generation, would take a thin pork shop and pan fry it to an inch of its life…and when my dad was not having dinner with us she would do the same to lamb chops….he had enough mutton in Australia during his service in WWII to abhor anything that once had wool on it!!).  I was in my 40s before I learned to enjoy properly prepared lamb…

But I do remember enjoying her Ox Tail Soup….and sucking the marrow out of the bones.   Of course today, our kids and grandkids will turn their nose up at OUR ethnic recipes but go out of their way to try “trendy” dishes from “other cultures”.

Thanks,

Charlie Vlk

(who would kill for a Koprova (marinated beef with dill gravy) or Svickova (marinated beef similar to Sauerbraten…..or even a decent Philadelphia Reading Market Pastrami).   Nashville is a “foody” town but only for the trendy crowd.

 

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