[Leaning Right]

I’m with you on this. I had stuffed cabbage a lot as a kid (post #6). Never once was it served with sour cream. It was always ground beef in rolled cabbage covered in tomato sauce. And of course the paprika.

Now an unnecessary side story: My older Hungarian relatives carried no obvious grudge against the Ottoman Empire. But boy, did they dislike Romania. It was really odd. Bring up most any topic, and they’d work in complaints about Romania.

This was all due to the loss of Hungarian territory to Romania right after WW1.

[nopardons]

My family came to American a bit after the Civil War and they still HATED the Ottoman Empire. Then, others were added to the list, even though we had been here a long time.

This European "BLOOD HATRED" is something Americans of other heritage don't understand, but you and I do. :-)

You and I obviously have the same "family recipes". Perhaps it depends on WHERE the family originally came from. But that sour cream made me want to scream!

Some Hungarians DO top cucumber salad with a dolop of sour cream, but my family never did. I've only seen that in recipe books.

Did your family make "dirty noodles"? Boiled, flat egg noodles, covered in lekvar, walnut pieces, and sprinkled with cinnamon? My grandfather loved that for brunch.