{"id":3394,"date":"2018-12-30T10:54:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T20:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2018-12-30T15:09:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T00:39:12","slug":"traditions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=3394","title":{"rendered":"Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I suppose that every family has it’s traditions around the food served at this time of year. And of course I have them too, although the older I get, the less important some of them seem. But there are certain foods which are essential, like these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I realize that this does not look especially festive, but I make this every Christmas, and only at Christmas. I don’t put any decorations on it, so it doesn’t look like much,but it is really quite delicious. And here is the recipe I use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This recipe appeared in the St. Louis Globe Democrat, just a tiny item, not even a featured story. But my mom thought that it sounded tasty, so she made it for Christmas one year and I loved it. The newspaper stopped publication in 1986, so this recipe probably dates from the late 70’s or early 80’s when I was still going back to St. Louis for Christmas. I cut the recipe out of the newspaper, took it home and promptly lost it. So I sent a letter to the food editor, she dug this up from the back issues, sent it to me, and I have been making it ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Krakowska from Piekutowski’s is another important ingredient for a proper Christmas feast. I have been eating this for at least 60 years (although I don’t understand how this is even possible, as I am surely not that old). The owners were friends of my grandparents, and the store is still in the same location as it was then (which puts it in a very bad neighborhood). The Polish Pope himself said that this was the best Krakowska outside of the stuff from Krakow, which is high praise indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also one must do something to attract luck in the coming year, so at the end of the holiday season, one must eat some black-eyed peas for New Year’s Day. This seems to especially bring luck to farmers of black-eyed peas, but no matter (really, they don’t taste like anything special). But it’s part of the ritual of the season, so I do this every year (maybe this is the year I win the lottery). \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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