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KOLACHY ( Grandma's Recipe )
2nd PlaceKOLACHY ( Grandma's Recipe )
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Challenge: Comfort Food (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Date: Nov 4, 2012
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2012
The Recipe is very simple but is does require some local ingredients..

here it goes...get in the car and from my house drive to the local store that has some great baked goods. pick a box from the shelf. pay at the counter , and drive home.

my personal culinary expertise does not go past coffee or tea.

OH!..I did add powdered sugar to the baked goods.


Statistics
Place: 2 out of 42
Avg (all users): 6.8113
Avg (commenters): 8.5000
Avg (participants): 6.7667
Avg (non-participants): 6.8289
Views since voting: 2436
Views during voting: 236
Votes: 106
Comments: 22
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 11/13/2012 01:53:20 PM
Nicely done! Congrats on your ribbon, Dean!
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 11/13/2012 10:14:31 AM
Congrats on your win! These look a lot like the PA Dutch kiffels my grandma used to make only I think she used to grind up raisins and walnuts for the filling. These look like raspberry jam filled which I prefer. Yes, these are readily available at the grocery store, esp around the holidays.
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 11/12/2012 01:47:21 PM
Ha! I love your recipe! Congrats on the ribbon. The photo is beautifully done, I love the harmonious colour scheme..
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 11/12/2012 10:36:01 AM
Originally posted by vawendy:
Drat, drat, drat!! I've been looking for a very good recipe for the cookie part of a kolachy (though my spell checker says that you've spelled it wrong, and suggests oligarchy :)

Now I have to keep looking. :(

But congrats on a beautiful red! I hear that the red and blue ribbon winners have to share the food with the yellow ribbon winner...


I spelled it just the way it was spelled on the box I got them with.....But look what I found //amuseinmykitchen.com/2011/12/22/kolachy/

As far as sharing...somehow all the cookies miraculously disappeared while I was processing the image

Message edited by author 2012-11-12 15:47:40.
 11/12/2012 08:12:55 AM
Damn I love these. My favorite is apple.
Congrats on the red!

And I think Wendy is mistaken, it's the red and yellow ribbon winners that have to share their food with the blue. Express mail to Hawaii isn't that expensive...just sayin'
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 11/12/2012 07:26:30 AM
Drat, drat, drat!! I've been looking for a very good recipe for the cookie part of a kolachy (though my spell checker says that you've spelled it wrong, and suggests oligarchy :)

Now I have to keep looking. :(

But congrats on a beautiful red! I hear that the red and blue ribbon winners have to share the food with the yellow ribbon winner...
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 11/12/2012 06:29:08 AM
Congratulations!!
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 11/12/2012 05:51:51 AM
Nice lighting,Congrats.
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 11/11/2012 07:31:07 PM
It looks delicious and inviting.Congratulations on your Red.
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 11/11/2012 07:03:05 PM
Clever recepie! Cant believe this didnt win!! Congrats on second though!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/11/2012 06:36:26 PM
They look yummy, best shot IMO!

I can almost taste them. 10
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 11/11/2012 05:20:03 PM
hope it comes with the recipe (slovakian?). they look positively delicious
bump
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 11/11/2012 04:22:12 PM
Very well done, love the reflections and the b/g colors. The light is perfection and so is grandma's recipe, evidently, as they look SO good!!!
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 11/06/2012 03:08:25 PM
There is something about this photo that sets it apart from all the rest by a long shot. The perfect positioning of each element in the photo, the perfect lightig, the angled lighting in the background, the perfect focus of the plate. I dont think this couldve been done any better. This should take 1st easily. Great job!
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 11/06/2012 08:33:44 AM
Comforting and cosy atmospehere! Very nice! Not sure about the broad black frame -7
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 11/06/2012 05:36:49 AM
The tilt! Everything is going to slide off the table! Nice light though
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 11/05/2012 08:44:21 AM
Top 3
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 11/05/2012 06:22:22 AM
nice yummy-lookin pastries, love the jar of honey and preserves to balance the shot.
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 11/05/2012 05:53:27 AM
Wonderful image! Looks so appetizing and the lighting is simply perfect... :) 10
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 11/05/2012 05:34:35 AM
Oh goodness that looks tasty. Perfect job with the lighting and use of depth of field.
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 11/05/2012 01:17:04 AM
Ohhhh... my baba use to make these... so yum. Miss here dearly. Thanks for the memory of my grandmother, and the beautiful photo.
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 11/04/2012 07:04:57 PM
Beautifully lit. So... nostalgic and romantic!


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