Re: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: August 22, 2012

I suppose Tuica is the same as Sliwowitz, a hefty plum liquor. It's even kosher for Pesach
Frieda

--- On Thu, 8/23/12, andy halmay <andy_venivici_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: andy halmay <andy_venivici_at_yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: August 22, 2012
> To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
> Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012, 9:47 AM
> The List and Hardy are my post grad
> education.  I've never before heard the word Powidl. I
> guess since dad was Hungarian and insisted on Hungarian
> cuisine, there is much of the real Czernowitz that I missed
> out on.  I do recall a dark spread and, of course, Kompote
> of all kinds but Powidl is new to me.  I wonder if the
> Ukrainians in Chernivtsi still make it? I visited Bucharest
> in 1994 and stayed with a friend in the center of town where
> they had a small disaster right after I arrived.  Someone
> in the neighborhood used a ton of plums to make Tuica
> (Tzuica) and flushed the residue and skins down the toilet
> which clogged up the whole street's sewage system. The last
> time I bought a bottle of Tuica (for medicinal purposes) was
> in Tel Aviv in 2007 and it was imported from Romania.  Bon
> apetit. Prosit!
> Andy

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