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| CROATIAN CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA By Sjor Adam Eterovich Christmas is a very happy time of year for Croatians and the celebration of Christmas. Croatians express themselves thru their food and cuisine. These recipes are a very important part of their culture and have been passed down for generations. Bozo Bozic says “the ingedients contain no fat or chemical additives and have been approved by the Hrvatski Institute Za Pijani”. CROATIAN VIRGINS BRIDAL RIBBONS (Hrstule) 6 eggs 1/2 cube butter 1 tablesoon oil 6 tablesoons sugar 1 tablespoon lemon rind 1 tablespoon salt 6 cups flour, unbleached 2 tablespoons sour cream 3 tablespoons plum brandy 3 tablespoons brandy 3 tablespoons whiskey 3 tablespoons gin 3 tablespoons orange juice 1 teaspoon lemon juice 2 teaspoons vanilla Mix together eggs, butter, sugar, oil, and flavors. Use blender or wooden spoon until well blended. Add flour and knead until well blended. Divide into four balls, working each ball until smooth for about 5-10 minutes. When handling dough, dust with flour to keep from getting sticky. Place each ball into a container with lid for about 2 hours or overnight. Keep covered at room temperature. Heat oven and turn off. Place balls in lukewarm oven for 1 hour. Roll out first ball from center to edges, turning as necessary, until thin. Cut into into strips 1 1/2 “ wide. Hang strips on sheet or tablecloth over backs of chairs. Stretch each strip before hanging. This will allow for slight drying. Repeat with other balls. Cut each strip and make 2 bows or knots and drop into moderately hot oil turning to keep from darkening. When a light golden color, remove from oil, drain and place on tray. When all have been fried, use equal amounts of granulated and powdered sugar in sifter to dust finished Hrstule. Will keep for several weeks. BRAC DOUGHNUT HOLES---THE HOLE, NOT THE DOUGHNUT (Prsurate) Place 2 pounds of flour in large bowl. Into hole in the middle, add gradually about a quart of hot water. Beating as you go, and sides are cleaned of batter. Whip the batter thoroughly with the wooden spoon and add water until the mixture begins to ball. Gradually add: 1 cup raisins 1 cup sugar 1/2 Army cup brandy or whiskey, or vodka or gin or scotch or cognac or........... 1/2 nutmeg, grated Zest of 1 lemon (grated peel) 2 tsp. vanilla Blend in and whip 1/2 cup tepid water in which you let soak 6 teaspoons of dried yeast as you begin the recipe. Let batter stand (about 15 to 20 minutes while oil heats). Heat about 1 1/2 plus quarts light cooking oil in pan. Whip the dough again. Have teaspoon and cup warm water handy. When oil is hot enough (stops speaking), take a small fistful of dough and squeeze upward a ball about double, filling the teaspoon that had been dipped in the warm water, then drop in hot oil. Continue, dipping spoon in water before scraping off the ball of dough, until your pan surface is nicely filled but not crowded. Whip some more air into your dough. Turn your prsurati when they are golden brown. When both sides are golden brown, remove and let cool slightly before rolling in confectioners fine sugar to coat. BOZO’S (Chris’) WINE AND BRANDY MIXER (Vino i Vinjak Gemished) 2 barrels 2 bottles, empty 37 corks 2 glasses, large 2 Croatians,1 male,1 female Serves two, mixed company 2 aspirins, later 1 Church, go in morning, take female, confess, repent, sing Mix ingedients as needed, sing; say Hvala Bogu often Empty contents of barrel into bottles, sing; cork at room temperature, sing; dip Kolaci, Hrstule, Prsurate, Kifli i Salame into full glass, large, sing; drink and eat before chilled, sing. Vinjak served best on Badnjak (Christmas Eve); Wine on Bozic (Christmas Day). All of the above can be repeated on New Year’s Eve. Vocabulary: trezan-sober; pijan-soused; aspirin-ahspereen; wife-zena, don’t sing; cura-girlfriend, sing; confession-ispovijed, sing Thank God-Hvala Bogu. distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com |
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| http://www.hrt.hr/hrt/index.html> .POVRATAK<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" / Putem telefona do 5. prosinca 2001. u 16.00 sati primljeno je 159 472 poziva, tj. prikupljeno 797.360 kuna Pocela akcija "Dajmo da cuju", najveci humanitarni projekt u Hrvatskoj Dana 3. prosinca u 11 sati, u dvorani Vijeca HRT-a, odrzana je konferencija za medije koja je oznacila sluzbeni pocetak velike humanitarne akcije "Dajmo da cuju". Predstavnici nositelja projekta Ivica Pancic u ime Ministarstva hrvatskih branitelja Domovinskog rata, Mirko Galic u ime HRT-a, Juraj Hrvacic u ime Narodnog radija, Ivica Mudrinic ispred HT-a i Ninoslav Pavic ispred EPH-a, javnost su izvijestili o potankostima vezanim uz akciju, njezinu iznimnom znacaju i ciljevima. Na Press konferenciji su bili i Marija Nemcic, izvrsna producentica projekta, Andreja Pavlovic, glasnogovornica Ministarstva branitelja i akcije "Dajmo da cuju" te Dusko Radic, glavni urednik Hrvatskog radija. Akcija "Dajmo da cuju" svojevrstan je nastavak humanitarne akcije Ministarstva branitelja, "Anamarija u svijetu zvukova" kojom su prikupljena novcana sredstva za kupnju 30 umjetnih puznica cijom je ugradnjom u tridesetero gluhe djece hrvatskih branitelja vracen sluh. Cijena jedne umjetne puznice je 150.000 kuna. Cilj akcije je prikupiti dovoljno novca za kupnju jos oko 85 umjetnih puznica, koliko je gluhe djece na listi cekanja za njihovu ugradnju, od cega su njih 35-ero djeca hrvatskih branitelja. Akcija ce trajati puna tri tjedna, od 3. do 25. prosinca, i za to vrijeme gradjani mogu donirati novac na slijedece nacine: - uplatama na poseban ziro-racun 30104-637-5951 s naznakom "donacija za umjetne puznice", poziv na broj 111946-1; - uplatama na devizni ziro-racun - Privredna banka Zagreb d.d. 702000-9182800-132344-1388; - telefonskim pozivima na broj 060 900 000 (cijena jednog poziva je 5 kuna (PDV ukljucen), a gradjanima ce se iskazivati na telefonskom racunu za prosinc). Tijekom trajanja akcije, na gradskim trgovima u Zagrebu (8. prosinca) te Osijeku, Rijeci i Splitu (15. prosinca) odrzat ce se prigodni programi s ciljem animiranja gradjana za sto sire ucesce u akciji. Vrhunac akcije je veliki koncert u zagrebackom Domu sportova, 21. prosinca, kojeg ce HRT uzivo prenositi, a za tu su prigodu svoje sudjelovanje potvrdila najveca imena hrvatskog estradnog, kulturnog i sportskog zivota. Koncert je poklon akciji Narodnog radija, koji je svoju proslavu petogodisnjice rada odlucio u potpunosti posvetiti akciji "Dajmo da cuju". Pomoci djeci koja su do jucer bila osudjena na svijet tisine iz razloga sto njihovi roditelji nemaju dovoljno novaca, velika je stvar. Pokusaji senzibiliziranja hrvatske javnosti za probleme i iznalazenje nacina pomoci gluhoj djeci vec se pokazuje kao dobar model suradnje medija, velikih gospodarskih subjekata, drzavnih institucija i samih gradjana. Stoga, u ime Ministarstva kojem sam na celu, mogu samo iskazati neizmjernu radost zbog cinjenice da se nas pokusaj pomoci gluhoj djeci hrvatskih branitelja pretvorio u najsveobuhvatniju mogucu akciju koja bi mogla vratiti sluh svoj gluhoj djeci Hrvatske, rekao je Ivica Pancic, obracajuci se okupljenim novinarima. Najavljujuci ucesce HRT-a u projektu, Mirko Galic, njegov direktor, rekao je: Nase ucesce u akciji bit ce najbolja potvrda istinske trasformacije HRT-a u javnu televiziju, cija uloga nije samo kvalitetno informativno servisiranje gradjana Hrvatske, nego u najsirem smislu biti na raspolaganju svakom clanu zajednice, osobito u akcijama od opceg dobra. Nasa kuca je u projekt "Dajmo da cuju" stavila svoje najbolje kadrove, tehniku i termine i sukladno snazi, brzini i dometu elektronskih medija ulozit cemo maksimalne napore da akcija uspije. Govoreci o ulozi Hrvatskog telekoma u akciji "Dajmo da cuju", Ivica Mudrinic je naglasio: Nasa uloga je u prvom redu, sukladno nasim tehnickim mogucnostima, omoguciti da se donacije gradjana na najbolji i najbrzi moguci nacin usmjere prema onima kojima su potrebne. Stavljanje tehnologije u funkciju kvalitetnijeg zivota jedan je od temeljnih postulata Hrvatskog telekoma te cemo se i dalje, koliko god je to moguce, staviti na raspolaganje gradjanima u realizaciji plemenitih ciljeva poput ovog. Ninoslav Pavic, predsjednik Uprave Europapress holdinga rekao je: Dajmo da cuju najveca je humanitarna akcija od vremena Domovinskog rata do danas. To je akcija svih gradjana Hrvatske, i upravo u toj cinjenici lezi njezina najveca vrijednost. U ovom trenutku iznimno je vazno pokazati da se hrvatsko drustvo brzo i lako mobilizira na akcijama od opceg dobra. Dakle, istinski junaci akcije "Dajmo da cuju" su gradjani koji ce donirati novac za pomoc i djeca koja je cekaju. Mi, nositelji projekta, samo smo posrednici na tom putu, maksimalno angazirani i posveceni, jer to je, imajuci u vidu nasu velicinu, snagu i utjecaj, nasa obveza i najmanje sto mozemo uciniti. Autorska prava HRT - Hrvatska radiotelevizija, 1994.-2001. Sva prava pridrzana. Copyright Croatian Radiotelevision, 1994-2001. All rights reserved. distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com |
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| This came from USA Today from Nov. 26; a similar story appeared in the NY Times. John Kraljic Croatian shocks men's slalom field with Aspen win By David Leon Moore USA TODAY ASPEN, Colo. -- There's another Croatian sensation in World Cup skiing, this time on the men's tour. Ivica Kostelic, the older and largely ignored brother of 19-year-old defending women's World Cup champion Janica Kostelic, stormed into the spotlight Sunday by winning a World Cup men's slalom at Aspen Mountain in 1 minute, 38.81 seconds. The result was historic and as unexpected as any World Cup finish in years. Kostelic, 22, has spent more time in rehab than on the slopes, having accumulated four major knee injuries since 1998. His best previous result in a World Cup was 21st, and Sunday he started way back in the field -- 64th out of 75 skiers. But he skied as flawlessly as his little sister and won with the highest bib number in a slalom race in World Cup history. After his victory over second-place Giorgio Rocca of Italy and third-place Mario Matt of Austria, Kostelic's mother, Marisa, beamed in the finish area. ''Last year it was my daughter,'' Marisa said, referring to Janica's slalom victory in Aspen. ''This year it is my son. We love Aspen.'' Aspen felt likewise, showering the modest, oft-injured skier with warm ovations. ''I feel like I'm still in a dream,'' he said an hour after the race. ''But it looks like it's real. It looks like I won.'' Ivica often trains with his champion sister, who has won 12 World Cup races. ''I'm her rabbit,'' he said. ''She catches my times, but I'm better than the rest of the girls, I guess.'' Sunday, he was better than the guys, too. ''That's what dreams are made of,'' said Paul Casey Puckett, who posted the top American finish, 14th. Today, Aspen hosts another men's slalom, the last major ski race in the USA until the Salt Lake City Olympics in February. distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com |
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| From: <CroWorldNet@aol.com> Hi Nenad! This would likely be well received for readers in Southern California. Soccer fans in Southern California may get the opportunity to see their team play - LIVE - next month. This is the lowdown: Croatia and Mexico are finalizing plans for a friendly match in Los Angeles between Dec. 12 and 16. Stay tuned!! Julie Gobin ########################## Julie Gobin Editor, Chino Valley Daily Bulletin 4200 Chino Hills Parkway #645 Chino Hills, CA 91709 Phone: 909.597.8250 Fax: 909.597.7340 distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com |
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| Ivica Kostelic First in ASPEN ASPEN, CO, UNITED STATES : Ivica Kostelic of Croatia celebrates his victory in the World Cup Slalom 25 November, 2001, at Aspen, Colorado. Racing from the 64th position Kostelic won the race with a time of 1:38.81 seconds. Subject: Ivica Kostelic PRVI U ASPENU PRVI SLALOM SKIJASA ZA SVJETSKI KUP U AMERICKOM ASPENU ZAVRSIO SENZACIONALNOM POBJEDOM HRVATSKOG SKIJASA IVICE KOSTELICA Ivica kao Janica! * Nitko jos nije u Svjetskom kupu pobijedio sa startnim brojem 64, jer je to - nemoguce. Tako smo barem mislili do jucer Nevjerojatno! Ivica Kostelic u prvom je slalomu sezone za Svjetski kup pobijedio! Drznuo se, u stilu svoje sestre, odrzati skolu skijanja usred najmondenijega svjetskog zimskog centra, Aspena u Coloradu. Jedan od najvecih rezultata hrvatskog sporta, a postigao ga je sportas koji je protekle cetiri godine vise vremena proveo druzeci se sa kirurzima nego sa skijasima iz Svjetskoga kupa. No, njegovo je vrijeme moralo doci. Startni broj 64, pocetak koji nikako nije bio obecavajuci. Svjezi snijeg na stazi u Aspenu, snijeg i u zraku, uvjeti za sve samo ne za probijanje medu 30 najboljih. Ivica je, medutim, vrebao, stigao na start kada je vec pola publike nestalo, a kamere su odavno zavrsile prijenose prve voznje. Fenomenalna, mekana i precizna voznja, 49 stotinki sekunde zaostatka, miris senzacije! Matt, Aamodt, Rocca, Schilchegger, Albrecht, Kosir, Kostelic... Sale vise nije bilo. Bilo je jasno da je ni u drugoj voznji nece biti. Nesto ritmicnija staza nego u prvoj voznji, ali ipak teska i jedna od onih koja ne oprasta pogreske. Bilo je skakanja, odustajanja... No, momci su dobro ocistili stazu od novog snijega, koji je pao izmedu dvije voznje. Ivica Kostelic krenuo je jednako dobro kao i u prvoj voznji, samo je staza ovog puta bila odlicna, spremna za senzaciju. Zavoj po zavoj, bilo je jasno da ce to zavrsiti odlicnim plasmanom. Ali, 1.22 sekunde prednosti!? Ocito, nas je skijas zadao pretezak zadatak sljedecoj sestorici. Kosir, Albrecht, Schilchegger, Rocca, Aamodt, Matt! Sekstet asova, ali - u borbi za drugo mjesto! Ivica je fenomenalan, senzacionalan pobjednik. Sa startnim brojem 64. Nitko i nikada dosada. San ili java? - Ovo je fenomenalno, Svjetski kup to dosad nije dozivio. Sa tim brojem! Ne, to doista nitko nije ocekivao, druga je voznja bila savrsena. Joj, svi smo sokirani, ovo stvarno... - u potpunom transu pricao je Vedran Pavlek, direktor skijaske reprezentacije nakon Ivicinog trijumfa. Sve se izvrtilo i Ivicinoj glavi, posve smo sigurni. Ozljeda jedna, pa druga, treca, cetvrta. Dvije teske upravo u Coloradu (Beaver Creek). Glasnogovornik Hrvatskoga skijaskog saveza, Ozren Müller, tiho je spomenuo kako bi bilo dobro da se Ivica, koji se proteklih godina iz Amerike vracao s novim savovima, ovog puta vrati s jednim pravim rezultatom. To nije pravi rezultat, to je cijela zivotna prica, smjestena u minutu i 38 sekundi. Da prica do kraja bude senzacionalna, Ivica nije samo vodeci u poretku slalomasa za Svjetski kup, on trenutacno vodi i u ukupnom poretku! Sa 103 boda u dvije utrke. D. Figenwald distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com |
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| Slovenia's Kucan urges Croats to sign border deal ZAGREB, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Slovene President Milan Kucan urged Croatia on Wednesday to avoid international arbitration and ratify a border deal with Slovenia, vital for the European integration prospects of the two neighbours. "Both countries are mature and responsible enough to be able to arrange their relations on their own," Kucan told Croatian parliament in an address during his two-day visit. "They do not need special envoys and there is no reason to burden the international community with our problems," he said. The two former Yugoslav republics must resolve a set of open issues prior to their integration into the EU. Slovenia is among front-running candidates to join, possibly as early as 2004, and Croatia signed an associate membership deal last month. Ratifying the land-and-sea border accord reached by Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan and Slovene Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek in July is a priority. Other issues include a jointly-owned nuclear power plant at the Slovene town of Krsko and money owed to Croatians by Slovenia's Ljubljanska Banka from before Yugoslavia's 1991 split. Racan told reporters on Wednesday each issue should be dealt with separately. "We agreed that the things we currently cannot resolve, that is the borders, should not stand in the way of resolving other issues," he said after meeting Kucan. Earlier this year, Croatia's parliament refused to endorse the border deal, saying it gave Slovenia too large a part of Croatia's northern Adriatic waters in the Piran bay. Drnovsek has said the failure to ratify the border agreement may endanger efforts to resolve the other issues. Croatia and Slovenia jointly proclaimed independence from the Socialist Yugoslav federation in 1991. Their relations have been strained ever since and a precise border was never agreed. 12:27 11-28-01 Copyright 2001 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. op-ed There is no rush on this issue. Ljubljanska Banka and Krsko on the other hand ARE a rush issue. Does our Croatian Government know this? If President Kucan is so eager to sign a treaty, he should show some good will (read respect) and solve two big problems like Krsko and Ljubljanska banka before any other discussions about the borders. Does our Croatian Government know how to handle this? Nenad Bach distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com |
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| Hi. I'm a music professor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. I was supposed to go on a music tour of Slovenia and the Czech Republic, but it was called off after 9/11. This left me with some disposable cash and a certain amount of time. I'm not Croatian, but over the years have had friends and co-workers who are C-Amer. I decided that if I wanted to go anywhere, it would be the place they've always talkedabout -- Dubrovnik (probably for one week). I am trying to find other people who may be going there around the end of May. Could you please let me know if there is any way I can hook up with anyone going at the same time? This is a once-in-a-lifetime for me and I'm very hopeful. I've never gone out of the country by myself alone and would rather not if I can help it. (I usually am in a music group...) Thanks for any help. Dr. Suzanne Lord lordlord@siu.edu distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com |
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| A small amount of effort can achieve a lot... for a while the BBC had been publishing stories about Croatia with links to their special report on Yugoslavia (i.e. post-Milosevic Serbia) and also linking to the BBC World Service in Serbian. Philip Magas of the CIO sent an e-mail questioning these links to Croatian stories. Here is the response: Dear Mr Magas Thank you for your email and the point you raise. I have added our World Service Croatian news to the links on the story, and it should now appear on all future versions. The original Serbian link was added because it was on a mini-section dedicated to Milosevic himself, and absolutely not because we in any way fail to respect Croatia or any other ex-Yugoslav state as independent nations. WIth thanks again, and best wishes Regards BBC News Online <A HREF="http://64.4.16.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN& lah=d5710546fc1528a9b2b156044e16883c&lat=1006815734& hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fnews%2ebbc%2eco%2euk%2f">http://news.bbc.co.uk/</A> ; <A HREF="http://64.4.16.250/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN& lah=d5710546fc1528a9b2b156044e16883c&lat=1006815734& hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fnews%2ebbc%2eco%2euk%2f">http://news.bbc.co.uk/</A> ----Original Message----- From: CIO London [mailto:<A HREF="http://lw11fd.law11.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=F000000001& a=cb455e508d7015234a6b86970000ac34&mailto=1&to=ciolondon@hotmail.com& msg=MSG1006515381.15&start=564537&len=4678&src=&type=x">ciolondon@hotmail.com </A>] Sent: 14 November 2001 23:29 To: NewsOnline Subject: DUBROVNIK STORY Dear Sir/Madam, Why is it the link to World Service news on the story about a Yugoslav general in the Hague over the bombing of the Croatian city of Dubrovnik is only for BBC News in Serbian? Why not BBC News in Croatian? Croatia is no longer a part of Yugoslavia and hasn't been for a decade, but you only seem interested in the "Future of Yugoslavia" and pay little attention to Croatia or Bosnia as nations in their own right. Philip Magas CIO London E-mail from the CROATIAN INFORMATION OFFICE LONDON distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com |
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| From Nov. 27 New York Times. John Kraljic OIL PROJECT ADVANCES Russia advanced an oil pipeline project to ship Russian crude directly to Western European markets; the oil will go through the Croatian pipeline system to that country's Adriatic Sea port of Omisalj. In a meeting with Croatian officials, the Russian energy minister, Igor Yusufov, agreed to guarantee shipments of Russian crude for the pipeline and to hold talks with other participating countries. Under the project, pipeline and storage equipment would be upgraded to ship 100,000 barrels of oil a day from Russia's main oil artery into Central Europe to the Croatian oil terminal by 2003. Sabrina Tavernise distributed by CROWN (Croatian World Net) - CroworldNet@aol.com |
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