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Angela Varesano 7/23/72

Mrs. Zahay

Holy Supper--Christmas Eve

Holy Supper foods included:

Pirohi

Bobalkis (with poppy seeds)

Mushroom soup

Kolachi, with grated American cheese or prunes or potatoes or cabbage

fish (baked, with a bit of oil)

apples (raw)

Oplatki: served with honey. This is eaten before the meal.

cf* We used to eat garlic with these (oplatkis).

[There are brackets around the following with "omit" written in the left margin: "(Zahay: in case bitten by a dog that had rabies, it wouldn't affect you. Eaten on Christmas Eve.) Honey had a meaning, too.]

We ate the soup with kolachi

Poppy seed & nut roll made for Christmas also.

To serve oplatki: put on a plate, each takes a piece & puts honey on it & eats it.

* Frank Zahay commented that they used to say if in case you got bitten by a dog
that had rabies in the coming year, it wouldn't affect you, because you ate garlic
on Christmas Eve. Honey had a meaning, too.