Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-16 Thread helen kerner
, August 15, 2011 5:27:30 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Do u remember how she cooked with the straight handle one?  Mine is a pizelle maker that I'd like to experiment with at least once but can't figure just hiw to use

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-16 Thread Maria Lima
: Maria Lima maria.lima...@gmail.com To: azores@googlegroups.com azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, August 15, 2011 5:27:30 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Do u remember how she cooked with the straight handle one? Mine

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-16 Thread Katharine
MUITO OBRIGADA to everyone who chimed in with information to help me solve this mystery (and whet my appetite!). I emailed some of your info to a friend who's a native of near where the novel is set on São Miguel, as well as Helen's link with all the photos -- and he confirmed that those are

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Nancy Couto
My mother used to make these--not often, because the hot oil was a nuisance to deal with, but I remember how delicious they were. We called them patties. I wasn't aware at the time that they were an Azorean treat. I've seen the irons sold as Swedish Rosette Irons, but there's no way my

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Katharine Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:58 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? I left my native Bay Area for back East long ago (long before I knew

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Katharine
Rick, to the best of my knowledge (after 34 years), there are no Portuguese bakeries within hundreds of miles of where we live :-( Gail, I recall reading an article re malassada-making during Hawaiian Carnaval online a year or two ago. I gather there are a number of Portuguese bakeries at least

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Edward Rodrigues
Katharine if you go on line and do a search of Malassada they have a few different site that show different variation. http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-make-malasadas/ Ed On Aug 14, 2011, at 12:58 PM, Katharine wrote: Muito obrigada para todos!!! (Thank you very much, everyone) The

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread mnk
Helen, I also have my mother's 'iron' for making the rosettes. Although I have never tried making them, I sure enjoyed eating them when I was a child. Maria Natalia On Aug 15, 9:15 am, Edward Rodrigues edward.s.rodrig...@att.net wrote: Katharine if you go on line and do a search of Malassada

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Jason Fraga
, who is italian, much prefers malassadas to filhos. Jay - Original Message - From: Edward Rodrigues edward.s.rodrig...@att.net To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Gail Elizares
Of helen kerner Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 7:07 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Below is a link showing the iron that my Mom used to make the rosettes. Be sure to view all the pages

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread helen kerner
my membership. From: mnk kamis...@comcast.net To: Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, August 15, 2011 7:57:16 AM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? -- To unsubscribe from

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Debra Wolgemuth
: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? To: azores@googlegroups.com Maria Natalia, The last time I had rosas (that's what I grew up calling them) was when I went to a bridal shower last year. Most of the guests were Azorean from

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Maria Lima
Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, August 15, 2011 7:57:16 AM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Helen, I also have my mother's 'iron' for making the rosettes. Although I have never tried making them, I sure enjoyed

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Maria Lima
, August 14, 2011 9:52:35 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Portuguese Bakery is still in business in Santa Clara. I was going to the bakery at least 30 to 40 years ago. I have not been there in at least 15 years

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Linda Norton
_ From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of helen kerner Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:47 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Maria Natalia, The last

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Linda Norton
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:55 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? there is two small bakeries in Maui that also makes Malasadas that are very good. The one up country Maui is ran by Japanese

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Gail Elizares
Luck, Gail From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Karen Boggs Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:55 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? there is two

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Maria Lima
. My grandmother was born in Haukula in 1908. They came to the mainland in 1913. From: Gail Elizares geliza...@hawaii.rr.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, August 15, 2011 8:13:58 AM Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread Maria Lima
@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, August 15, 2011 7:57:16 AM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Helen, I also have my mother's 'iron' for making the rosettes. Although I have never tried making them, I sure enjoyed eating them when I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-15 Thread helen kerner
Santa Maria From: Debra Wolgemuth wolgemut...@msn.com To: Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, August 15, 2011 10:33:20 AM Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Rosettes are so easy

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread Debra Wolgemuth
! Debbie Wolgemuth Researching Azoreans: Jorge (Flores), Freitas (Flores), Enos (San Miguel), Silveira Matos (Faial), Rodrigues (unknown) Immigrated to: Merced, CA Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:44:23 -0700 Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread Donna Moody
Hey Katherine, My VoVo made malassadas every year when my Dad and uncles were slaughtering hogs, but she also made it every Sunday morning. She was from Sao Miguel. Donna Quoting Katharine katharine.f.ba...@gmail.com: Obrigada, Gayle! It sounds rather like the Portuguese recipe above.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread Joaquin Mendonca
Portuguese Bakery is still in business in Santa Clara. I was going to the bakery at least 30 to 40 years ago. I have not been there in at least 15 years. Sopas must be a new item. Last 15 years or so. I enjoy all the food from the bakery. Jack Mendonca -- To unsubscribe from this group, send

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread helen kerner
They are called  malassadas in Santa Maria.   From: Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, August 13, 2011 10:06:58 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread Steve Gomes
(unknown) Immigrated to: Merced, CA Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:44:23 -0700 Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? From: katharine.f.ba...@gmail.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Obrigada, Gayle! It sounds rather like the Portuguese recipe

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread helen kerner
but have never made them. helen santa maria From: Joaquin Mendonca ftw...@sbcglobal.net To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, August 14, 2011 9:52:35 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread Katharine
Muito obrigada para todos!!! (Thank you very much, everyone) The novel I'm translating takes place in Nordeste, São Miguel, although as someone whose father was ¾ Florentino, I appreciate Debbie's information as well, from a personal viewpoint -- since I know so little re my family's hidden

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread Gail Elizares
To: Azores Genealogy Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Katherine, My relatives from Flores always had a FILHOS FEAST on Ash Wednesday. We'd meet at the family ranch, have filhos hot out of the frying pan...drizzled with butter

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread Katharine
Thanks, Margaret! Do you know of a specific dough cutting implement (perhaps similar to a cookie cutter) that's used to create specific shape? Are there a certain number of flower-petals, or is the item circular, perhaps with a scalloped edge? If someone can have better luck finding an image

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-14 Thread helen kerner
To: Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, August 14, 2011 6:24:24 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses? Thanks, Margaret!  Do you know of a specific dough cutting implement (perhaps similar to a cookie cutter) that's used

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-13 Thread Katharine
Obrigada, Gayle! It sounds rather like the Portuguese recipe above. Does your cookbook mention anything about oleo (frying in oil)? To me they sound sort of like the pre-Lenten treats called filhós or malassadas, dependking on the part of the Azores one's in. The strange thing is that the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-13 Thread Katharine
FYI, Ana has another (fairly similar) recipe online -- the ingredients are 1 cup each of flour and milk, 2 egg yolks and 2 teaspoons of sugar: Rosas do Egito http://cybercook.terra.com.br/rosas-do-egito-i-na-comunidade.html?codigo=14466 Ingredientes - 1 copo de farinha - 1 copo de leite - 2

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-13 Thread Gayle Machado
The cookbook is just one recipe after another. As far as I can tell, there's no mention of any ritual associated with it. The book isCozinha Tradicional da Ilha de Sao Miguel by Augusto Gomes. I bought it years ago at a shop in San Jose, CA. Gayle On Aug 13, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Katharine

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Dessert called Rosas do Egipto [Rosas do Egito] or Egyptian Roses?

2011-08-13 Thread Gayle Machado
I have just located two recipes in the book for Mal-assadas, the first one does use the phrase frigir com oleo. The second one says untam-se os dedos de oleo. Also, there is Manteiga in both recipes, and banha de porco in one. Time to get out the dictionary again. So, the three recipes do