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By: Novart

Novart — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:38:51 +0000

It is very good and I was happy to find article about Paska, I had no receipt to bake for this Easter would you be able to provide one at least I can make it for next year or one today if I receive a quick response. I live in UK and shops are not baking this kind of cakes for Easter, I always wanted to bake one, last year I bought the baking tin hoping that I can adapt my ususal cake making receipt but unfortunately it did not work, inside of the cake was not baked, it made me determine to find out so I searched the web I am hoping that you can help.

Happy Easter to you

Many Thanks
Novart

By: Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:39:39 +0000

Hi there, I really enjoyed reading your thoughts on “being Armenian”. It even brought a tear to my eye. I have been searching high and low for a recipe for Paska, and if I’m lucky enough to find it, Hopefully it will be close to what my mother used to make. She was not much for writing down recipes,nor having the patience to share them. I did manage to get a few recipes from her, but there are literally dozens of recipes that I search endlessly for, because I miss not having these dishes, pastries, etc. in my life. Right now I’m on a quest to find a recipe for Paska.
Thanks for letting me be Armenian again.

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By: Russian Lady

Russian Lady — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:21:55 +0000

I agree with Nigar, the easter bread is called KULICH .
For your info Paskha is a mixture of butter, sour cream, eggs, vanilla, candied orange
peels, blanched almonds and farmer cheese which is spread on the kulich. Together , it is heavenly. I am a Russian who grew up in Iran, and all Armenians there for some reason called the easter bread “Paskha” , maybe because it means Easter, and I always had to correct my Armenian friends and relatives , but to this day I have not succeeded . Look into any Russian cook book and .

By: Nigar

Nigar — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:47:39 +0000

First off, happy Easter to everyone celebrating!

I read this article by Liana (an Armenian of Iranian origin from LA) in Istanbul and, asked my (Azeri) mother if she knew (how to make) it. She said, “you mean kulich”, I said “I mean paska”, and she told me that Russians, Ukrainians etc. used to make it back home in Baku and bring it to work during Easter and that when they made it at home, her (Russian) mom used tin cans to give it the long shape. That people were already 10 pounds heavier thanks to all the Nowruz desserts from the previous week did not help matters. So we went to a little Polish village right outside of Istanbul for the sunny Sunday, hoping to find some kulich/paska. We found it at a Greek restaurant, next to the Jewish challah-like bread Turks call “Easter bread.” Somehow diversity in spring turns out to mean eating A LOT of awesome doughy stuff

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By: Lily Lubeznyj

Lily Lubeznyj — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:10:37 +0000

A wonderful article on diversity! Thank you. My parents are from Ukraine and my mother left me her handwritten recipe for Paska. She passed away 10 years ago. Her paska was the best I’ve ever tasted so of course I try to replicate it, but I never succeed. Funny thing is my mother left all the ingredients, but no information on how to do what (when to add the yeast, eggs or milk, etc.) So I was online searching for Paska recipes that might help me when I saw your article. Thanks again for sharing your culture. Blessings to you this Easter!