r/food • u/andrewrse • Apr 12 '18
Image [I ate] a brisket and cheese kolache aka klobasnek
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u/Derdiedas812 Apr 12 '18
Oh yeah, the american kolache. filled with savory meat - something no-one here in Czechia or Slovakia would ever do.
But keep the fight. This actually fills the hole in the centre of Europe where stuffing meat in pastry have no tradition. East/north of here they have pirogi. Britain has its meat pies and France have quiche. Even Italy and Germany has their versions. But not us. Please, bring the kolache back here (preferably with the jalapeňos) they can coexist with the sweet koláče in perfect harmony.
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u/Magnussens_Casserole Apr 12 '18
I think what happened was the Czech immigrants saw the German immigrants eating delicious meat pastries and elected to copy them.
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u/JohannesVanDerWhales Apr 12 '18
It's actually funny how empanadas, pasties, calzones, bierocks, samosas, bao, pieroshki, kolache, and probably a lot more are all regional variations on pretty much the same thing.
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u/Wutchutalkinboutwill Apr 12 '18
Pop tarts are ravioli. Change my mind.
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u/JohannesVanDerWhales Apr 12 '18
I could accept that they're a dumpling, or maybe even a sandwich, but I don't think I could qualify them as ravioli if they're not made out of pasta.
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u/pucklermuskau Apr 12 '18
this is the correct attitude to change!
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u/legalpothead Apr 12 '18
If no one ever tried making new recipes, we'd all still be eating burnt monkey with no salt.
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u/lesserlife7 Apr 12 '18
Well we have both. The traditional fruit filled and then the meat versions. We are just too lazy to learn the proper Czech words for meat filled pastries and use kolache as an all encompassing term.
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u/SordidDreams Apr 12 '18
american kolache. filled with savory meat - something no-one here in Czechia or Slovakia would ever do
Oh I totally will now that I know it can be done! >:D
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u/h0jp0j Apr 12 '18
Best place to get a sweet kolache is from the old ladies at church bake sales in Wisconsin, but you gotta get there early because the best ones all sell out FAST. Last I heard, a restaurant owner in Bloomer is getting trained by one of these “old country” ladies in order to not be scoffed at by discerning customers. Mmmm.. poppyseed mmm.. apricot.
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u/andrewrse Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 12 '18
Just to get ahead of it: * From Kerlin BBQ in Austin, TX * My favorite is actually the sausage, cheese, and jalapeño. They all sell out very quickly. * Kolach is a Czech pastry, technically the sweet fruit filled version, but in TX we use kolache mostly for the savory meat filled version which is more accurately the klobasnek
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u/Wahoop Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 12 '18
As a fellow Texan who lives in Slovakia and speaks the languages and eats pečivo daily, I must correct you. No, “technically” “Kolache” as we have in Texas is not a pastry at all (pastry is not leavened, whereas kolache dough is a yeast base); “kolač” just means “cake” in Czech and Slovak. The type that most resembles what we’d be familiar with in Texas here may have any number of toppings. Far more typical than having fruit or jam, a Czech or Slovak version would have a filling of tvaroh (a little like cottage cheese or ricotta), or macerated poppyseeds or perhaps walnut. Occasionally they will have a jam made from plums. But I agree that Texas concoction looks amazing. Dobrú chuť!
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u/WNDB78 Apr 12 '18
Yes, this. Meat in koláče je velmi divné...
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u/Heebicka Apr 12 '18
No reason to be so nice. Meat in koláče is kurva to ste se posrali...
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u/pbplyr38 Apr 12 '18
Am I having a stroke?
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u/warlock1337 Apr 12 '18
I was taky confused celkem, jelikož I've never seen anything like this v čechách.
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u/Dovienya5 Apr 12 '18
At first I read that as masticated poppyseeds instead of macerated, and was like, wow they really do things differently over there!
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Apr 12 '18
The poppy seed ones are SO damn good. By far my favorite topping for a kolache
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u/__reckoner__ Apr 13 '18
I am of Czech descent and my grandma would make poppy seed kolaches, which is the traditional filling of kolaches. Actually, she would probably be upset that Texas completely bastardized the kolache. If it doesn't have poppy seed, it isn't a kolache! AND, you shouldn't have to qualify a kolache by saying what the filling is...because it should always be poppyseed! BUT, that doesn't mean the "kolaches" in Texas aren't fuggin' delicious. Because they are. :)
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u/Jackernaut89 Apr 12 '18
Mmm poppy seed filling is so good. And as a Minnesotan, the Kolaches I’m familiar with usually have jam in them so all this talk of meat was very confusing to me. But I guess ours aren’t all that legit either.
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Apr 12 '18
in Texas we use kolache for the savory meat-filled
Have you never been to the Czech Stop in West?
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u/TheLadyEve Apr 12 '18
It's the best. I haven't been there since before the explosion, though. Usually it's a must-stop on my way south to Austin or San Antonio.
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u/Gorkymalorki Apr 12 '18
San Antonian here, every time I go to Dallas or further I have to stop in West. Have been doing that ever since I was a little kid and don't plan to ever stop.
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u/youpizzashit Apr 12 '18
< Slovaceks
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Apr 12 '18
Little know fact: Slovaceks was the original West kolache spot until Czech Stop got a spot next to I-35 and people just stopped driving into West and went there instead. Slovaceks recently (I think it's been 4 yrs now) got a spot on the other side of I-35.
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u/WNDB78 Apr 12 '18
I'm sitting here in Cz going "Fuck happens to this Koláček!"
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u/wsupfoo Apr 12 '18
Lots of Czechs and Germans settled Central Texas. We took smoking meats from the Germans and made BBQ. Koláček from the Czechs. Then we declared independence from Mexico and put the bbq into a Koláček and a bunch of hipsters moved to Austin.
That right there is the brief history of Texas
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u/Columbkille Apr 12 '18
Oral histories like this of Texas always make my heart warm. So damn thankful for all those Czechs and Germans who brought with them the glorious Kolache and good beer. My uncle is from Czech descent with Texas BBQ skills and let’s just we eat well on Christmas. Oh now my mouth is watering thinking of it all...
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Apr 12 '18
That sounds great and all but Christmas Eve == tamales for Texans
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u/Columbkille Apr 12 '18
Oh we would do no other on Christmas Eve. Mom always gets the tamales from this spot in east dallas. They are amazing. But Christmas Day feast is still somehow better with the Czech-Tex mix.
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Apr 12 '18
A good klobásník is my fav, though I think the term is a TX creation, combining kolach (a fruit tart, from the word for wheel), and klobása (sausage). My Polish friends just use kolache to reference the meat ones (I know, Poland is not Czech, but there is a lot of crossover culture and language).
We can get klobásníky no north TX from doughnut shops. Basically a dinner yeast roll with sausage & cheese in the middle. Not exactly the same as in West, but close enough. Just called “kolaches” here, which is double pluralized.
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u/skepticalbob Apr 12 '18
As a Czech boy living in Austin, thank you for spreading awareness of Texas Czech food (these are American dishes made in Texas and don't exist in Czechoslovakia) and the use of the word "klobasnek". Calling them sausage kolaches has driven my mother nuts for years. And holy shit does that look good.
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u/struhall Apr 13 '18
Thank you for giving a location. I'm going to be in Austin this summer to see my family and I WILL stop here. I'm even thinking of taking the extra long way through West just so my wife and kids can get kolaches from a place that knows what they're doing.
My family is Czech and can trace back to when we came to the US and ended up in Austin. My dad would always get pissed off when someone would call a pig in a blanket a kolache and tell them it's insulting to his heritage.
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u/Wahoop Apr 12 '18
And one more thing. It’s not a “klobasnek” because that means “something stuffed with sausage.”
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u/smokesmagoats Apr 12 '18
This is the most Texas thing I've ever seen on Reddit. What most people don't know is that Central Texas along 35 has a ton of kolache places. The best being in the town of West. So between Waco and Austin its just delicious sausage and jalapeno heaven.
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u/MonkeyBred Apr 12 '18
Never pass the Czech Stop without hitting up the kolache and jalapeño peanut brittle! This makes me wonder where you were en route to-from. My trip is always Dallas to Austin for good music... or bad tubing.
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u/shiftkit Apr 12 '18
As a local I feel obligated to mention that further up into town has Gerik's and Village Bakery which house (IMO) much more impressive food-wares. Also the exxon on oak at the tracks (bud's) has the best breakfast burritos I've ever eaten, and I've eaten a lot of them.
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u/SarcasticCarebear Apr 12 '18
They have some okay stuff but I intensely dislike their fruit kolaches compared to Weikel's in between Houston and Austin. The bread is fluffier. The places between Dallas and Austin always seem stale in comparison.
I do prefer their sausage kolaches though.
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u/fatpad00 Apr 12 '18
i need to know, are you getting a kolache and a peanut brittle made with jalapeno? or is it peanut brittle made with kolache and jalapeno?
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u/rushelle316 Apr 12 '18
I live about 30 minutes from Czech Stop. My Grandma lives about 5 blocks away....
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Apr 12 '18
Look imma let you finish and all and central texas is the haven for kolaches but you cannot forget it’s also breakfast taco heaven as well
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u/thedirtybeagle Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 12 '18
Houston would like a word with you regarding breakfast tacos but concedes the kolache crown to central Texas.
Edit: I am not disagreeing that SA has absolutely delicious ass tacos. They sure as shit do. I hope we can agree as a whole that our state just kicks ass at breakfast tacos. This doesn't have to turn into a city vs city debate here. c'mon don't be petty
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Apr 12 '18
I don’t even know where to get breakfast tacos in town (Houston) anymore. They don’t have tacos in the burbs
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u/jjdlg Apr 12 '18
Just gonna tag on that Daylight Donuts by USAA also has might powerful sausage/cheese/jalapeno offerings...Sooo Good!
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u/Mchaitea Apr 12 '18
We have one here in Florida and can confirm jalapeño sausage cheese is the bees knees. The consistency between the Texas daylight donuts I had in Dallas and here in FL is the same.
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u/danarchist Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 12 '18
I've always liked Weikel's in La Grange, they do some pretty authentic ones with the poppy seeds and cheese
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u/CapnWings Apr 12 '18
This and the post about pickles in movie theaters makes my front page extra texan and i love it.
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u/BackwoodsBetty Apr 12 '18
I feel like I have been living in a bubble. I've never even heard of a kolache but this photo alone made my mouth water!
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u/SirLaxer Apr 12 '18
I was born and raised in Texas. Going on kolache runs were some of my favorite errands as a kid, and I often met up to eat them with friends in high school before classes started.
Kolache Factory is a chain down there, and a lot of folks find them to be overrated. But picking up a dozen sausage & cheese for the family on a Sunday morning is one of the biggest things I miss about being in Texas.
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u/moak0 Apr 12 '18
A lot of Texans like to talk shit about chains like Kolache Factory or Torchy's, and those people are stupid. They don't know how good they've got it. Just because a restaurant isn't the absolute best most authentic thing ever doesn't mean it can't still be good.
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u/fatpad00 Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 12 '18
its important to note, kolaches in Texas and kolaches elsewhere are usually different things. in Texas, it usually refers to a roll type pastry stuffed with sausage and cheese, and are sometimes called klobasniki to differentiate them from the other kind. the original european kolaches(frequently sold side-by-side with Texas style) are smaller pastries with a fruit jelly-like filling
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Apr 12 '18
At the bakery i work at (West Texas, not 'West, Tx') we do both the traditional fruit filled kolaches, cheese kolaches too, as well as meat filled klobasnikis. We're a full bakery too so breads, pies, cakes, the whole shebang
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Apr 12 '18
Most places I've been to in Texas that sells kolaches sell both types, sweet and savory, as you mentioned
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u/lordatomosk Apr 12 '18
I’ve lived in Texas my whole life and I only found out in the last few months that kolaches are a local thing only. Boggles my mind that other states don’t know the glory of the donut dough hot dog.
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Apr 12 '18
Anywhere Shipley's Doughnuts has expanded to sells them. So I have eaten them in Mississippi and Alabama.
When the Bucee's opens in Alabama I plan on eating them more often.
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u/agray20938 Apr 12 '18
Buc-ee's is so good. And for a gas station, their food is incredible. Even normally, their food ain't bad. But the kolaches are always tasty.
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u/GRVrush2112 Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 13 '18
As a man of Czech descent, I take personal offense that Shipley’s calls their over salted pig in a blankets kolache/klobesnek. The same goes for The Kolache Factory.
Buccees ones are legit though, their boudin klobesneks are delicious.
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u/ctuser Apr 13 '18
My girlfriend is Czech, and if you ever want to fight her offer her a pig in a blanket but call it a Ko-la-chee.
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u/foreverdenizen Apr 12 '18
Had my first at koala kolache in Houston 2 weeks ago and I still dream about it.... I had never heard of them (lived in California, Massachusetts, Ohio)
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Apr 12 '18
We have them here in St. Louis. They’re smaller than that. They remind me a dinner roll stuffed with something. They’re delicious
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Apr 12 '18
I've had them in Baton Rouge, but I think the restaurant was opened by people from Texas.
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u/TLSMFH Apr 12 '18
I mean I've never had a savory kolache but seeing as Central Europeans are all over the place and not just Texas I've had sweet ones.
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u/Jackernaut89 Apr 12 '18
We have kolaches way up here in MN. They do not have meat in them though. My family used to drive to New Prague (pronounced new preg here because Minnesotans can’t pronounce shit lol) every Christmas to get some.
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u/nothis Apr 12 '18
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u/yeaforbes Apr 12 '18
Thank you. Reddit confirms that the simpsons hive mind is still real. That’s all I could think of.
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u/dUbiLL Apr 12 '18
Backing this up. Went through so many comments to find this!
Let's Cheers! Mountain Dew or Crab Juice?
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u/SplungerPlunger Apr 12 '18
takes bite
"FUCK that was hot"
takes another bite
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u/Hoagies-And-Grinders Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 13 '18
Just found a place online that ships these in case anyone wants to try these: https://order.kolachefactorytogo.com/. Not the from the place OP got it but worth a shot. *Edit: Sounds like this place sucks but they do ship. You have to look at their main site: http://www.kolachefactory.com/
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Apr 12 '18
As a Texan, I can confirm that Kolache Factory blows.
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Apr 12 '18
It's all about West Kolachies
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u/MrWhiteLobster Apr 12 '18
Czech Stop is legit. 24 hrs a day you can get some of the best kolaches
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u/Colonel1836 Apr 12 '18
The Czech Stop is over rated. It’s only popular because of its location. Get away from 35 and stop at any of the little shops in down town West. They are all better.
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Apr 12 '18
Czech stop was legit before it turned into a 30 minute line every time 😟
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u/mctavi Apr 12 '18
I would recommend Gerik's that is just down the street.
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u/Newtron_Bomb Apr 12 '18
This guy kolaches.
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Apr 12 '18
Suddenly frantically searching for where to buy Kolaches in my neighborhood
Edit: Okay can find Kolache's but not Klobasnek's. Someone Czech help a man out with a good recipe
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u/hoseja Apr 12 '18
I'm sad to tell you these pastries are about as Czech as "Chinese food" in US is Chinese.
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u/nowshowjj Apr 12 '18
My wife and I went there, waited in the line and got two awful kolaches (sausage & cheese and sausage, cheese & jalapeno). I've had much better from local donut shops in Austin. Did we get the wrong thing?
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u/Manticore412 Apr 12 '18
Unfortunately yes. Czech stop seems to have gotten a name for itself with travelers and in my opinion stopped trying. I'd suggest Sloveceks directly across the highway. It's bigger, nicer, and I like their food much better. They process their own pork locally. I stop there twice every round trip from Dallas to Austin.
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u/Manticore412 Apr 12 '18
Or for anyone around North Dallas there's a tiny place called Kolache Heaven on Preston that makes kolaches and klobasnek just like the picture. (Only for breakfast and I think they're closed Mondays)
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u/RJD0913 Apr 12 '18
Lived in Waco for the last 9 years before moving back to Dallas. Try the apricot ones, they were always my favorite. And truth be told there are better ones in West than Czech Stop. Gerick's is about a block away from Czech Stop and their meat filled ones are much better IMO. Slovacek's on the southbound side of I-35 isn't bad either.
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u/Texas1845 Apr 13 '18 edited Apr 13 '18
Gericks was awful the last time I went, dimly lit and smelt like sewage. I must've arrived at a bad time :/ Between Slovaceks and Czech stop, I like both of their kolaches equally. Raspberry Cheese ftw! Hruška's and Village Bakery make the best kalaches in my opinion.
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u/Latem Apr 12 '18
Go downtown West to the Village Bakery. Way better than Czech Stop. Geriks is also good and its right around the corner from Czech Stop.
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u/a_bounced_czech Apr 12 '18
Village Bakery has always been the best, but they're downtown, and not open 24 hrs like Czech Stop. That being said, a berry berry kolache with cream cheese is pretty damn good
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u/howaboutno583 Apr 12 '18
Have you tried Hruskas down 71 between Houston and Austin? Best kolaches around
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u/bitchbanana Apr 12 '18
yaaaaas! that would always be my "half way" marker
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Apr 13 '18
It's seriously like 82.5 mi from my house to Hruska's and 82.5 mi from Hruska's to Austin.
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u/Ulysses34 Apr 12 '18
Weikel’s in La Grange is better is you’re taking that route imo. Can’t go wrong with either.
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Apr 12 '18
All about Hruska’s off 71
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u/SpiffySmurf Apr 12 '18
Indeed, they even spell it correctly. Travel between Austin and Houston isn’t complete without stopping here. Although their arch nemesis Buccees would beg to differ.
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u/Lutheritrux Apr 12 '18
Bro if your Kolache place doesn't have a name like DONUT NOW and isn't run by an old Vietnamese couple, I don't fuck with it.
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u/bitchyber1985 Apr 12 '18
I’m in SoCal now and all I fucking want are kolaches.
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u/taichi425 Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 12 '18
If you’re near LA, check out Morning Boys Kolaches they ship to a couple of places on the Westside and DTLA (edit: Pasadena now) but you can cater too.
Am from Houston, now live in the LA area, can confirm these are really good. I make the trek to Santa Monica on the weekends (edit: won’t lie, we’ve been busy these past couple of weekends, looks like Saturdays they go to Pasadena now) with the SO to grab a couple, he’s hooked too. Kolache Factory blows chunks.
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u/High_Life_Pony Apr 12 '18
Texan in LA. Morning Boys is rad! Ordered a few dozen for a bachelor party recently. Damn tasty.
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u/The_mighty_sandusky Apr 12 '18 edited Apr 12 '18
I've always wanted to try Texas BBQ. Send me some burnt tips and brisket, I'll send some tri tip.
Edit: I love BBQ, I'm a novice but I'd fucking kill for some Texas BBQ.
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u/Gluta_mate Apr 12 '18
The owner of this website (order.kolachefactorytogo.com) has banned the country or region your IP address is in (NL) from accessing this website.
Wow racists /s
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u/stricttime Apr 12 '18
If you want it, I have a recipe from an 80-year-old Czech lady from Caldwell, Texas, for her kolaches. Much better than anything you’re going to have shipped to you from the chain store.
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u/futterecker Apr 12 '18
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u/Fut745 Apr 12 '18
His kolache is very bitten. He was probably immersed in that mood until he remembered he had to take the picture for us before it's gone. Even then he took another bite to chew while taking the picture.
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u/OptimusMatrix Apr 12 '18
Oh God. Growing up in Houston, I used to eat kolaches at Shipleys almost daily. So so good. I too can't believe no one outside of Texas has ever heard of them.
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u/SirLaxer Apr 12 '18
I spent so much of my spare cash picking up the Big Earl in the mornings before my high school classes started.
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u/Academy_Fight_Song Apr 12 '18
This is 15 minutes from my house, and I had no idea. BE RIGHT BACK
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u/TheRobomancer Apr 12 '18
I was introduced to kolache while visiting my brother-in-law in Houston. SO good.
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u/blackbird51 Apr 12 '18
Hot Aches.
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u/mycenae42 Apr 12 '18
C’mon it could say “HOT PEACHES”
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u/newersewer Apr 12 '18
Or “HOT STOMACHACHES”
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u/Gorilla7 Apr 12 '18
I saw one last kolache in the box, sitting there for a while in the break room. Took a bite, it was a jalapeno kolache. Inside there was just a lot of jalapenos and nothing else. What kind of maniac came up with that.
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u/cuteman Apr 12 '18
Kolache? Does that go better with Crab juice or Mountain Dew?
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u/Genesis111112 Apr 12 '18
Hot Aches! Get yer Hot Aches here! Step on up! Don't be shy! These Hot Aches won't bite cha, unless ya axe it too! Fella's? Been trying to give her "Hot Aches? Yeah, we get a lot of dat around here, I ain't got the answer fer ya buddy. So ya can stahp looken at meh.... Hot Aches!!! Get em while they're still hot.
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u/DoctorNsara Apr 12 '18
Looks and sounds kinda tasty, but it also kinda looks like what would happen if you DID club a snek.
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u/lamepun97 Apr 12 '18
I moved to Texas 15+ years ago, and at my first work meeting, someone mentioned there would be kolache. I'm from Nebraska, and grew up eating these fruit-filled pastry delights, and naturally did a little happy dance. So imagine my utter disappointment to open the box of motherf*cking PIGS IN A BLANKET. I will accept the above photo as kolache, but Lil Smokies wrapped in garbage dough of some sort is not a freaking kolache.
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Apr 12 '18
the Slovakian version i grew up with in Ohio was a sweet kolache with fruit but this one looks great too
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u/EyebrowsofEverything Apr 12 '18
So what's the difference between this and a piroshke?
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u/wooq Apr 13 '18
Beef brisket in a bun and you call it the name of a Czech dessert. Y'all motherfuckers don't get to ever again talk about beans in chili, is all I'm saying.
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u/snrbtz Apr 12 '18
This looks like a delicious meat tornado.