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as a child i loved my Bobbas kreplah, iam a 70 year old widower and saw your recipe, i will now pass this onto my children who unfortunatly dont even know what they are. but when they taste them and know what they mean in our wonderful yiddish tradition i am sure i have passed something on, no matter how small.
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I am now 8 years without my beloved mother, z"l, who made the most mouth-watering kreplach in the world. She learned how to make them from her own mother in the shtetl of Blyzen, Poland a lifetime ago, and it is one of my deepest regrets that I never took the time to really watch how these were made (my mother said she had no recipes to hand down -- she just made the food by feel and memory). My own children do not even know the "tahm" (taste) of good kreplach, and I will try this recipe in the hopes that I may pass this tradition down to them.
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Just reading your recipe reminds me of my grandma who always made kreplach for the holidays. She died more than 35 years ago and I have not eaten kreplach since, as no one else in my family made them. I am now so tempted to make them this holiday for my daughter. It reminds me so much of my cherished grandma who was from Romania.
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For Jack Klein. I also called my grandmother Bobba. Most people say Bubba or Bubby. I have been tracing my roots and am interested in where in Europe your family was from. I would very much appreciate it if you would share that information with me.
Happy New Year
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It is with comfort and love that I think of my bubby and the time in her kitchen that we would spend making the kreplach for the holidays ahead. A small butcher block island comes to mind. Standing and rolling , I remember the damp cloth, floured table top and tasting them in a big bowl of chicken soup.
She too was from Poland spoke little English and left us much to young. With my mother gone so many years and traditions have changed. My sons don't know that special time in the kitchen but we as mothers now must bring them back to a little of that tradition and quality time spent with aparent or grandparent. A healthy and happy New Year to all.
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