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DetlefK

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19. Trivia: Potizza belongs to a "family" of cakes found everywhere in Eastern Europe.
Wed May 24, 2017, 09:19 AM
May 2017

It's yeast dough, rolled flat, sprinkled with ground walnuts and sugar (and maybe raisins), rolled up and baked. Sometimes the roll is one long piece, a strudel. Sometimes the roll gets bent into a circle, like the Potizza.

You will find cake-recipes similar to this from Austria ("Nuss-Strudel&quot to Iran ("Koloocheh&quot .

I love our new Pope! He knows secondwind May 2017 #1
My grandmother was born in Slovenia in 1889 and immigrated to America lamp_shade May 2017 #2
Do you use sour cream for the dough? Drahthaardogs May 2017 #23
Nope. scalded milk lamp_shade May 2017 #45
The Pope called him fat to his face Botany May 2017 #3
Yep. "You look a lot fatter in person." L. Coyote May 2017 #36
With TWO scoops of ice cream and a bucket of KFC on the side! Buns_of_Fire May 2017 #4
This is hilarious! Ilsa May 2017 #5
Knuckle sandwich Scarsdale May 2017 #7
Why is Melania wearing a veil here out of respect, but not in Saudi Arabia? femmedem May 2017 #6
I don't think she was raised Catholic, but Ilsa May 2017 #8
Catholicism is the biggest religion in Slovenia hack89 May 2017 #9
Because she feels like it? J/S. WinkyDink May 2017 #11
Because screw the Saudis IronLionZion May 2017 #13
HA! Thank you for that 7962 May 2017 #17
True and now it is not even required of treestar May 2017 #20
Choice is a powerful thing IronLionZion May 2017 #24
I thought the head veil, covering of the knees and shoulders was protocol in the Vatican. woodsprite May 2017 #39
You are likely right treestar May 2017 #42
I thought the same thing. Bet it's being noted by the Muslims. brush May 2017 #25
Two words: Ligyron May 2017 #10
BTW, this shows Melania knows Italian. WinkyDink May 2017 #12
Or maybe the Pope spoke to cyclonefence May 2017 #16
No, he spoke in Italian. Like many Europeans, M. probably knows more than her native Slovenian and WinkyDink May 2017 #26
So we continue to be told cyclonefence May 2017 #34
Check out the video posted in the thread "Holier than thou visit" cyclonefence May 2017 #44
Maybe she was bewildered by the suggestion that its her job to feed the big cheetoman. milestogo May 2017 #49
I believe she knows 5 languages; Italian is one of them nt 7962 May 2017 #18
I know that. I posted for those who denigrate her knowledge simply because of how she's risen in the WinkyDink May 2017 #28
Got it. I agree. 7962 May 2017 #30
Well, I'm a college graduate, for what that's worth, and she's not. nt cyclonefence May 2017 #35
Which means you successfully completed college. Good job on that. 7962 May 2017 #46
She knows Slovenian, English, French, German, and Serbian IronLionZion May 2017 #21
Well, except for this bit of Italian conversation she had with the Pope. WinkyDink May 2017 #29
Maybe she knows Italian, that would be 6 languages IronLionZion May 2017 #37
Or, at least recognizes the word potizza dhol82 May 2017 #22
She understood the Pope's Italian enough to know he was making a joke. Do you not know he would WinkyDink May 2017 #32
Did she actually reply to him in Italian or just do a nervous giggle? dhol82 May 2017 #43
It also shows how much... Aviation Pro May 2017 #14
Potizza yuiyoshida May 2017 #15
Looks good to me Renew Deal May 2017 #47
yup...btw yuiyoshida May 2017 #48
Trivia: Potizza belongs to a "family" of cakes found everywhere in Eastern Europe. DetlefK May 2017 #19
Well, now I want some! WinkyDink May 2017 #33
Doesn't the Pope have an ORB? underpants May 2017 #27
Nice write-up dalton99a May 2017 #31
"Say lady, what do you feed this water buffalo?"...... "You mean other than my soul?" nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2017 #38
Or maybe lots of Putin whistler162 May 2017 #40
I wanted the Pope to perform an exorcism on Donnie while he was there. n/t woodsprite May 2017 #41
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