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Forest Song CookbookTABLE OF CONTENTSBeveragesElsa Baumann’s AleJudy’s Dandelion Wine Tranoc’s Mead BreadsMatka Lasu’s Apple PancakesElsa Baumann’s Biscuits Matka Lasu’s Matzoh Matka Lasu’s Oat and Barley Pancakes Matka Lasu’s Pumpernickel Bread Judy’s Rye Bread Gerda Felden’s White Bread Elsa Baumann’s Whole-Wheat Bread DessertsGerda Felden’s Apple DumplingsMatka Lasu’s Apple and Dried Fruit Meringue Matka Lasu’s Apple Walnut Pierogi Matka Lasu’s Berry Jam Judy’s Blueberry Pierogi Matka Lasu’s Charoset Judy’s Cherry Jam Gerda Felden’s Chocolate Layer Cake Judy’s Chrusti Matka Lasu’s Kolaczki Matka Lasu’s Korovki Matka Lasu’s Mazureki Matka Lasu’s Pepparkakor Matka Lasu’s Sweet Cakes Tranoc’s Sweet Rolls Meat and Fish DishesMatka Lasu’s Beef BrisketGerda Felden’s Roast Beef Matka Lasu’s Orange Glazed Chicken Matka Lasu’s Gefilte Fish Matka Lasu’s Roasted Goose Matka Lasu’s Lammstek Elsa Baumann’s Pork and Sauerkraut Salads and CondimentsJudy’s Apple Radish Borage SaladJudy’s Borage Salad Malgorzata’s Cabbage Dandelion Salad Matka Lasu’s Beets and Horseradish (Cwikla) Matka Lasu’s Harvest Salad Matka Lasu’s Herb Salad Gerda Felden’s Luncheon Salad Matka Lasu’s Pepper Cabbage Judy’s Picnic Salad Matka Lasu’s Pressgurka Matka Lasu’s Sauerkraut Gerda Felden’s Spinach Walnut Orange Salad Side DishesMatka Lasu’s Orange Glazed BeetsMatka Lasu’s Pickled Beets Matka Lasu’s Spiced Beets Matka Lasu’s Bruna Brönor Matka Lasu’s Corn and Bell Peppers Matka Lasu’s Carrots and Sweet Potatoes Matka Lasu’s Green Beans with Bacon Gerda Felden’s Green Beans with Garlic and Thyme Matka Lasu’s Pickled Green Beans Matka Lasu’s Hasselbackpotatis Judy’s Kapusta Judy’s Mushroom Golabki Matka Lasu’s Potato Croquettes Elsa Baumann’s Potato Pancakes Judy’s Potato Pierogi Elsa Baumann’s Mashed Potatoes Matka Lasu’s Spinach Bake Matka Lasu’s Spinach Pierogi Matka Lasu’s Stuffed Zucchini Soups and StewsMatka Lasu’s Apple Lentil SoupTranoc and Matka Lasu’s Barley Vegetable Stew Crones’ Bean Soup Crones’ Second Bean Soup Matka Lasu’s Bean and Mushroom Soup Judy’s Beet Borscht Klaus and Gerda’s Cabbage Stew Elsa Baumann’s Cabbage Potato Soup Gerda Felden’s Chicken Soup Matka Lasu’s Chicken Soup Matka Lasu’s Kale Soup Tranoc’s KupalaStew Matka Lasu’s Mushroom Soup Anna and Judy’s Root Soup Matka Lasu’s Seafood Chowder Vegetable Broth Tranoc and Matka Lasu’s Vegetable Soup Elsa Baumann’s Vegetable Stew Babcia’s Zupa ze Moreli Sneak peekBREADSMatka Lasu’s Apple Pancakes
Matka Lasu and I clung to each other like floundering shipwreck survivors. Buoying each other up with false hope, we spent hours cooking dishes we knew Tranoc would love and left them on the ground, blowing steam to the four winds so wherever he was he would smell it and come home. We spoke in whispers so we’d hear the faintest sound at the door, going taut when we thought we heard a scratch or a bump, racing into the night every time a wolf bayed, however distant the cry. - Excerpt from Forest Song: Finding Home DESSERTSGerda Felden’s Apple DumplingsYield: 6 dumplings
MEAT AND FISH DISHESMatka Lasu’s Beef BrisketServes 12
“Hello the manor lady!” Bozena twittered like a chaffinch from somewhere in the woods. For a breath we all looked at each other in shock, then in greed, as if each would grab the last of a dessert. Smashing into each other, we raced to the exit, all three of us squeezing through the doorway at once. - Excerpt from Forest Song: Little Mother SALADS AND CONDIMENTSJudy’s Apple Radish Borage SaladServes 4-6
I dabbled my toe. The water was like a river of snow, which, of course, is exactly what it was, having flowed down the mountain from the white-crested peaks. I edged one foot forward and then the other, icy water rippling around my ankles. My feet went immediately numb. I took another step as if I were a house cat testing something it doesn’t altogether trust. I was up to my calves and hardly able to walk. One more step and I lost the bottom and was over my head in glacial water. My heart stopped. Something punched the air from my lungs. I couldn’t move my arms. My legs were paralyzed. Panic flailed inside me, as fierce and as solid as a swarm of bees. Something pushed me from beneath, and I surfaced with a sputter, gulping oxygen and grasping at air with my fists as if it were substantial and I could cling to it. Malgorzata wriggled to the surface like a tadpole. Matka Lasu supported me under my arms, humming a whisper that I was fine, just fine. - Excerpt from Forest Song: Finding Home SIDE DISHESMatka Lasu’s Orange Glazed BeetsServes 4-6
Tranoc kissed the backs of my hands as he had the night before then turned them over and kissed my palms. The gallantry of his gesture embarrassed me, and I felt a giggle bubbling in my mouth. But the grief in his eyes squeezed my titters to a lump that settled painfully in my throat. I took a deep breath and swallowed hard. The lump remained. - Excerpt from Forest Song: Finding Home SOUPS AND STEWSMatka Lasu’s Apple Lentil SoupServes 6-8
Suddenly the Nazi menace was as real as a kiln-fired earthen bowl. For the first time I could smell the acrid fear inside the thing. For the first time I staggered under its weight. I wanted to smash it against a stone and watch it shatter into tiny sharp-edged bits. - Excerpt from Forest Song: Little Mother |