What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?
Interesting question today. Interesting to me because I don’t know much about my cultural heritage other than snippets of words that my paternal grandmother used when I was a kid. When I would spend time with her I would hear her mention Yugoslavia and things being Hungarian.
I also know that two of the things she cooked with me as a child were from her family—kolaczkis. Which she helped me make for a 4th grade cookie contest. I won the award for “most original”.
Pierogis were also a family thing, though they are typically more associated with the Polish culture.
That’s really all I’ve got. I don’t know much else about my heritage. And that’s only on my father’s side. I honestly don’t know anything about my mother’s side of the family. No idea where they’re from.
I kind of wish I had more knowledge of my heritage so I could have pride for where I came from, like the Irish. Man they are definitely proud to be Irish! I just don’t know what mine is. That’s ok too. Maybe one day I’ll do an ancestry “thing” and find out for sure. Until then, maybe I’ll make a batch of kolaczkis soon. Haven’t had those in at least 20 years.
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