If you follow our personal Facebook adventures you will notice that we often go on road trips and post all of the great things we see along the way.
On so many of our road trips to the west coast we have driven through Texas and we have noticed that we always see billboards along the highway with Czech greetings advertising bakeries, towns, and people who have set up Czech shops.
When the first Czechs came to America a large amount of them went to Texas, so now their children and their children’s children keep running or have opened up Czech businesses to carry on the tradition.
Most recently we went to Texas for business (yes, we drove) and of course, because we are Czech, we had to exit every time we saw a Czech billboard. It is fun because here in America it is hard to find many European and Czech shops, but Texas is filled with them.
At almost every Czech place we went to we found Kolache. A Koláč (English – Kolache) is a pastry filled with a fruit center, surrounded by a soft warm dough…
They are delicious, especially in Texas.
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Dear Zynnia – I appreciate you bringing Czech culture to the world, however, in doing so, please be sure to use accurate CZECH spellings – the word KOLACHE does not exist – neither in the Czech nor the English language. The word is Kolac, (with an accent on the a and a hacek above the c) (I don’t see an option for Czech spell check here, sorry). KOLACHE might be a phonetic pronunciation, as in the dictionary, but it is not a word. In fact, it is quite insulting to those of us of Czech heritage and upbringing when someone butchers our language in an effort to “Americanize” it. Please be mindful of that. Kolacky (again, accent on the a, hacek above the c) – are the small disc (or bow-shaped) pastries topped with poppyseed, povidla (prune), apricot, or cream cheese fillings/preserves. They are pronounced koh’-LAHCH-ky – not Ko-lackies. Not ko-lachies. It’s not an American word, nor Americanized. Please consult authentic Czech/Moravian/Slovak native speakers before printing anything regarding our language, customs, traditions, etc. Be mindful and respectful of the people you are representing. It’s wonderful of you to provide an outlet for Czech culture, just please – keep it authentic.
Hi Irene,
I’m responding here for Zynnia.
Yes, we are aware of the language difference, though often times when I go in and edit the posts, I purposefully use words that Americans will be searching. Czechs who know, realize that a koláč is just that, but many years of improper “branding” has made the term kolace in the USA and unfortunately, that is difficult to change when entire festivals, parties and websites exist under the improper term. Just look here…
Our goal is to reach the Czechs, Moravians and Slovaks in the USA who want to reconnect with their roots, and so we have to weigh that in when creating posts for the site. All Czech speaking Czechs know the proper grammar and most of our readers are American Czechs, many who are just beginning to get reaquainted with their roots. They use the search terms related to what they see and hear here.
But we appreciate your input and will be more mindful in the future to include both.
Thank you!
Have you heard of the Kolache trail? That is a listing of all the major Czech bakeries in Texas.
Look up the kolache trail of Texas it is a list of all the well known bakeries
Will do Jana,
Thank you so much!
Hi Jana,
Thank you – we will make sure and look that up and consider it for a future post.
:)