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Yep, I grew up in Texas and tons of German-Czech influence. Hruska's beats on kolaches for my money, if it's on your way :) There are also some hidden historic

by _bin_ 2y ago

Yep, I grew up in Texas and tons of German-Czech influence. Hruska's beats on kolaches for my money, if it's on your way :) There are also some hidden historic dance halls that are great if you can make it by. I know one dates to 1912 and a buddy's family refurbished it last year; lovely place.

dylan604 2y ago
Gruene Hall is the classic example. If you’re into red dirt and have not made the pilgrimage, then you’re just doing it wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruene_Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruene_Hall
- EdwardDiego 2y ago
  Red dirt?
  - dylan604 2y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dirt_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dirt_music
    - EdwardDiego 2y ago
      Thank you :)
- scarecrowbob 2y ago
  Gruene is good. Luckenback was always more fun for me, but I lived in Fredericksburg and enjoyed the picking circle. Coupland was cool- cooler than Gruene, at least to me. We played there once to about 4 people and I quit the band because that night was supposed to be the "paid" gig after the band hauled me all the way from Lubbock to play the Saxon for free.
MandieD 2y ago
Just before New Years, we were headed to The Woodlands from my hometown in Bell County, and passed through Zabcikville. I decided to get a hostess gift for the high school friend we were visiting, so dropped into Green's Sausage House for a dozen kolaches. I figured I'd be out about $30-40, given how expensive everything else had gotten both where I live now and where I grew up. It was still $16. The cottage cheese and the peaches and cream are the best two, in my opinion, followed closely by the cream cheese and the apricot. If you're eating lunch behind the wheel, their sausage and sauerkraut "kolaches" (more like sausage rolls, but made from the same dough as the sweet kolaches) are an excellent option. One is a heavy snack, two are a solid meal. Discovering that there were kolaches over the border in Czechia after moving to Central Bavaria: happiness! Discovering that those are more like what Americans would call a danish than a Central Texas kolache: heartbreaking.
- nvahalik 2y ago
  I live in Bell County now but I spent a lot of time in and around small TX towns (smaller even than Zabcikville or Cyclone) where a lot of the residents were 3rd generation or 4th generation immigrants. Growing up we learned some Czech and "Czech identity" was (is still, at least for my "elders") a big deal. Anyway those "sausage rolls" are called klobasneks (or Klobásniks). It's a bit of a shibboleth since the only people that seem to know that are the Czech. ;) Interestingly we never called anything a danish—but we did have a lot of strudels.
  - conductr 2y ago
    I mentioned it in another comment myself, but I think it’s funny how online every time I see this topic this comment about the misnomer comes up. IRL I’ve lived all over the Texas triangle my entire life and have never actually heard anyone say anything other than kolache regardless of sweet/savory. My Czech great grandmother died when I was about 10 though so maybe I just don’t remember hearing it.
    - stephenhuey 2y ago
      My kids have learned the precise term for the savory ones from me, but you're right that most Texans, even many Czech Texans, do not know it! To be fair, the origin is that Czech Texans used the same kolache bread and stuck meat in it. People might not think it matters, but many kolaches I've had from shops do not use the bread I'm familiar with from my grandmother (and cousins). I won't name names, but their bread doesn't taste very good, and only a few shops make the same bread I grew fond of at my grandmother's house, and that same kind of bread was used for both the sausage ones and the sweet ones at my grandmother's house.

by _bin_ 2y ago

dylan604 2y ago

Gruene Hall is the classic example. If you’re into red dirt and have not made the pilgrimage, then you’re just doing it wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruene_Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruene_Hall

EdwardDiego 2y ago
Red dirt?
- dylan604 2y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dirt_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dirt_music
  - EdwardDiego 2y ago
    Thank you :)
scarecrowbob 2y ago
Gruene is good. Luckenback was always more fun for me, but I lived in Fredericksburg and enjoyed the picking circle. Coupland was cool- cooler than Gruene, at least to me. We played there once to about 4 people and I quit the band because that night was supposed to be the "paid" gig after the band hauled me all the way from Lubbock to play the Saxon for free.

MandieD 2y ago

Just before New Years, we were headed to The Woodlands from my hometown in Bell County, and passed through Zabcikville. I decided to get a hostess gift for the high school friend we were visiting, so dropped into Green's Sausage House for a dozen kolaches. I figured I'd be out about $30-40, given how expensive everything else had gotten both where I live now and where I grew up. It was still $16. The cottage cheese and the peaches and cream are the best two, in my opinion, followed closely by the cream cheese and the apricot. If you're eating lunch behind the wheel, their sausage and sauerkraut "kolaches" (more like sausage rolls, but made from the same dough as the sweet kolaches) are an excellent option. One is a heavy snack, two are a solid meal. Discovering that there were kolaches over the border in Czechia after moving to Central Bavaria: happiness! Discovering that those are more like what Americans would call a danish than a Central Texas kolache: heartbreaking.

nvahalik 2y ago
I live in Bell County now but I spent a lot of time in and around small TX towns (smaller even than Zabcikville or Cyclone) where a lot of the residents were 3rd generation or 4th generation immigrants. Growing up we learned some Czech and "Czech identity" was (is still, at least for my "elders") a big deal. Anyway those "sausage rolls" are called klobasneks (or Klobásniks). It's a bit of a shibboleth since the only people that seem to know that are the Czech. ;) Interestingly we never called anything a danish—but we did have a lot of strudels.
- conductr 2y ago
  I mentioned it in another comment myself, but I think it’s funny how online every time I see this topic this comment about the misnomer comes up. IRL I’ve lived all over the Texas triangle my entire life and have never actually heard anyone say anything other than kolache regardless of sweet/savory. My Czech great grandmother died when I was about 10 though so maybe I just don’t remember hearing it.
  - stephenhuey 2y ago
    My kids have learned the precise term for the savory ones from me, but you're right that most Texans, even many Czech Texans, do not know it! To be fair, the origin is that Czech Texans used the same kolache bread and stuck meat in it. People might not think it matters, but many kolaches I've had from shops do not use the bread I'm familiar with from my grandmother (and cousins). I won't name names, but their bread doesn't taste very good, and only a few shops make the same bread I grew fond of at my grandmother's house, and that same kind of bread was used for both the sausage ones and the sweet ones at my grandmother's house.