Mmmm Sausage KOLACHES!

Delicious!

https://instagr.am/p/BdVqFzqAEsC

Not to start a kolache war, but that is not a kolache

They are credited with it. Doesn't mean others didn't already use that term.

Do you always PM people who disagree with you on this site? I think there is a meme about that.

If others used that term prior to Village Bakery it still means sausage. Sausage in Kolache dough still = Sausage Kolach.

All the arguing started when the Texas Monthly article circulated on social media. Before that magazine came out nobody cared because there was no reason to care.

My gif failed.

I have an old ancient recipe if you want to try it out?
If I have time I can take a picture of it and post it later!
Already making me hungry, I can just smell the goodness!

Nobody cares that nobody cares. Calling a klobasnek a kolache is simply exposing subject matter ignorance. Nothing more nothing less. That is all i am pointing out.

Attempting to shed a little light on the subject. Accept it or dont. No worries.

Is a chalupa a taco?

One of my favorite events in the late 70s was the Fort Bend County Czech Fest at the county fairgrounds. The had the best sausage sandwiches; a roll about 6" long stuffed with a sausage, mustard and sauerkraut. Paired with a couple of cups of beer, dinner was taken care of. After touring the vendors and all the exhibits, we would stop by the Jordan's Bakery stand for a box of kolaches to take home. We also would buy a couple of pieces of apple strudel from some other vendor, which was delicious as well. We regularly drove from Sugar Land to Rosenburg to pick up kolaches from Jordan's.
Another favorite was to go to the East Bernard Kolache Festival at Riverside Hall. That was a bit of a trip home after a few beers, but my wife would drive, so we were safe. I don't think the Czech Fest is still operating, and we haven't been to the Kolache Festival since the early 80s at best.

"Pigs-in-a-blanket" just doesn't market well to the masses.

But that's still how it's written on the Czech cave walls.

Green's in Zabcikville has the best fruit and meat kolaches in Texas.

Excellent article OP. Felt like I was listening to Paul Harvey.

I still remember the fellow who picked me up on the side of the road when my fuel pump went out. He didn't ask for compensation, which was wonderful because I was broke. He told me to help out the next guy, which I have done many times since.

This peek behind the scenes shows how small communities function.

Nope, but they are very good! Nanny's or Aunt Helen's or even Aunt Marcella

Aunt Helen won the Kolache competition several times in the Caldwell Kolache Festival back in the day.

My mom's, her own admission, not so good. She does not have the required patience for proper Kolache dough production.

Dobre Den

Try the 4 Czechs Bakery in Fate, Tx.
Thank me later.

Nothing beats a good kolache thread, especially at Christmas...

OilManAg91 said:

---

Nothing beats a good kolache thread, especially at Christmas...

---

Maybe a Christmas tamale thread

I married a Czech girl from that area thinking it would mean fresh kolaches for the rest of my life.

She makes a batch every few years.

Of course, I would probably weigh over 400 pounds if she made them any more often…

BBQ said:

---

Nope, but they are very good! Nanny's or Aunt Helen's or even Aunt Marcella

Aunt Helen won the Kolache competition several times in the Caldwell Kolache Festival back in the day.

My mom's, her own admission, not so good. She does not have the required patience for proper Kolache dough production.

Dobre Den

---

Dough making is the key in my opinion. I can remember many a time when my Granny (Kubacak) promised kolach but we didn't get them because the " weather wasn't right for making dough". She just knew if she attempted it they wouldn't be what a kolach is supposed to be.

SunrayAg said:

---

Of course, I would probably weigh over 400 pounds if she made them any more often…

---

And she would too

Its all about the dough, if the dough is not "dobre" the kolache is not "dobre"

Patience and proper lack of humidity is key. Nanny would put the dough near the fireplace for warmth and cover it with a heavy "flouered" cotton cloth and let the yeast do its thing. Once it rose according to her approval she would "knock it down" and let the yeast do its thing again. Kolache baking took pretty much the entire day.

Fate, Tx ... i learned something today! I had to look it up. Being a very small town boy myself, I pride myself in my knowledge of small town Texas.

So was Fate gobbled up by Rockwall? Do the students attend Rockwall ISD or Royse City ISD?

I think its where abouts slipped by me because its not so much small town Texas any longer. Or at least its not part of 1A or 2A texas football. That is my variable in which I judge small town texas.

When I worked in southern Brazoria County, this was a favorite stop. They were excellent. I didn't realize they had added a store in Brazoria to go with the one in Clute.

https://www.thekolacheshop.com/our-story

BBQ said:

---

Its all about the dough, if the dough is not "dobre" the kolache is not "dobre"

Patience and proper lack of humidity is key. Nanny would put the dough near the fireplace for warmth and cover it with a heavy "flouered" cotton cloth and let the yeast do its thing. Once it rose according to her approval she would "knock it down" and let the yeast do its thing again. Kolache baking took pretty much the entire day.

---

Yeast and risen breads love humidity. I put mine in the oven to rise with a pan underneath. I'll get a kettle of water boiling and then pour into the pan so the steam and heat get trapped in the oven. Just goes to show getting your own technique perfected is more important than a recipe.

Awsome, i just know Nanny always fussed when the weather was not right. I was 7/8 years old listening to her fuss "jezis a maria"

Which directly translates into Jesus and Mary but is basically equivalent to using the lords name in vain so not very proper at all.

I am not a baker at all for these exact reasons. Baking is like a chemistry experiment, i am a cook

BBQ said:

---

Awsome, i just know Nanny always fussed when the weather was not right. I was 7/8 years old listening to her fuss "jezis a maria"

Which directly translates into Jesus and Mary but is basically equivalent to using the lords name in vain so not very proper at all.

I am not a baker at all for these exact reasons. Baking is like a chemistry experiment, i am a cook

---

My Czech grandma would say "Christmas" instead of Jesus Christ.

Thanks for all the feedback and sharing your own kolache tales.

Merry Christmas!

BBQ said:

---

Fate, Tx ... i learned something today! I had to look it up. Being a very small town boy myself, I pride myself in my knowledge of small town Texas.

So was Fate gobbled up by Rockwall? Do the students attend Rockwall ISD or Royse City ISD?

I think its where abouts slipped by me because its not so much small town Texas any longer. Or at least its not part of 1A or 2A texas football. That is my variable in which I judge small town texas.

---

Can't help with your questions, I only know they have great kolaches there. The owners are my brother's ('81) children, and their recipe is one that has been handed down over generations. All their ingredients are hand made and they don't have a freezer…when they sell out, they shut down 'til the next day.
https://fourczechsbakery.com/

In East Tenn - you take what you can get. All we have is Buccees. Good enough for me!

Put the Kolache festival on your bucket list if you like these little bites of heaven!

https://www.kkfest.com/

My neighbor when I was growing up in the mid 70's was a Czech lady from East Bernard. About once every couple of months she would show up at our front door with pan of Apricot. I literally ate the whole pan in a single sitting one time. She passed a few years ago but was making her Kolaches up until the end. That is always going to be a part of my memories and I would give anything to have just one more pan of those heavenly delights