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- From: abbott@priory.enet.dec.com (Robert Abbott)
- Subject: Re: Challah/tsoureki
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.132937.23100@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Date: 26 JAN 93 08:30:08
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- In article macrakis@osf.org (Stavros Macrakis) writes...
- >In article barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
- >
- > ... Arlington turns out to be a reasonable place to get a few
- > Jewish items. You can get real challah at Quebrada...
- >
- >Isn't challah the same thing as tsoureki (Greek) or choreg (Armenian)?
- >That is, a somewhat sweet braided egg-bread? It is traditional for
- >Orthodox Easter (with a red-dyed egg baked into the top).
- >
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- That's an accurate description of challah. I hadn't known about
- the other verions of it.
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- I've tried the challah at Quebrada and was not impressed.
- They do however, make the best croissants that I have tried
- outside of France or Quebec.
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- Robert K. Abbott
- abbott@tps.enet.dec.com
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