Posted on 06/05/2021 4:55:49 AM PDT by mylife
If it ain’t sweet, it ain’t a kolache. As I found during a recent quest to find out more about why we call savory kolaches the wrong thing, the klobasnek, the proper term, is widely believed to have been invented in the heart of the Texas-Czech Belt in West. But Village Bakery owner Wendel Montgomery’s klobasnek—originally created as a simple sausage wrapped in kolache dough—has come a long way from its humble beginnings. Here’s a roundup of some of the more unique klobasniky we found around the state.
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Is this one one of the great Texas foods I missed while I was there?
apparently.
the czech stop on I-35 is a truckers favorite
Ping.
We were going to make a grand tour of Texas to view the bluebonnets and hunt up the top five BBQ purveyors. My wife’s collogue suggested we hunt up a town famous for bakeries and kolaches.
Well in advance of that, we saw a shop on the outskirts of Austin advertising them in it’s name. We stopped on the way out on the road to get a feeling for what they actually were.
The bakery was very small. The woman at the counter was Korean and spoke with a heavy accent. The baker to whom she shouted our order was Hispanic and spoke Spanish to his helper who gathered up our order. As I was paying, I noticed in the corner what was obviously a Thai shrine. I mentioned it and the Korean lady told me yes, the actual owner was a Thai lady but she hadd not come in yet.
So what we actually got was nothing like actual ChechTex Kolaches we sought as a reference
just keeping Austin weird.
when I 1st moved to Tx, I was told of the wonderful Mexican food.
it was all texmex, made by Asians..
Brisket kolaches are pretty darned good.
hard to eff that up!
Read and drool later.
Just like Babushka used to make.
slather with butter, grab coffee, enjoy!
I am lucky I get home made perogi here.
Found some around Greenville but I’m not sure what town. Tried to find the place the last time I drove to Lake Fork and could not find it. Sausage in simple roll.
Wish we had such in central Missouri.
Lots of places just stuffa sausage in a roll
My Ruthenian grandmother (PA) made pierogis and kolache that looked just like yours. It took me a while (at least 2 or 3 bites) to get used to the Czech-style kolaches once I came to Texas.
This can’t be repeated enough. Donut shops everywhere are calling little, tiny sausages wrapped in donut dough “kolache”.
Morons.
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