Here’s a klobáseria… that’s what the Czechs call a klobása (kolbasa/kiełbasa/Wurst) stand on the street where you can get great stuff to eat as you walk about town (to get the taste, use a Polish kiełbasa or a German bratwurst, they’re the closest to a Czech klobása, especially the former) …
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What do they serve? The best of the wurst! I know, I should be shot for such a BAD pun. That’s smoked pork on the spit above the grill…
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You wash it down with… PIVO! Plenty of it… as Arnold Schwarzenegger famously said, “Milk is for babies, when you grow up, you can drink beer!”
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How ’bout some šunka (vetchina/szynka/Schinken) on the grill? Oh, that’s “ham” in English!
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This is a bit fancy, but you can get smoked pork knuckle (rulka/golonka/Eisbein) at most better klobáserias. The normal “side” is kysané (kapusta/Sauerkraut); make sure that you drink plenty of pivo to be certain that it “goes down right”…
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You can get some guláš (gulyash/gulasz/Gulasch) (click on the names for recipes)…
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or some houbová polévka (gribnoi sup/zupa pieczarkowa/Pilzsuppe) (click on the names for recipes)…
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Max and Moritz: “Fishing” whilst the Widow Bolte’s at the Sauerkraut Barrel
Wilhelm Busch
1865
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To end it all on an appropriately light and happy note, here’s those two merry rascals from the 19th century, Max and Moritz… look at what they’re “fishing” for whilst Widow Bolte is in the basement attending to the sauerkraut barrel… not a good idea, guys…
By the way, the Neoliberal Free Marketers tried to close down the klobáserias as they weren’t plastic enough or sanitised enough for their oh-so-refined tastes (and the sight of ordinary folk hunching over and ENJOYING their food was too much for them)… besides, it was taking business away from their American-style fast-food franchises (they’re NOT against government intervention if it’s in their favour). To say the least, the common folks in Praha let their wishes be known! “We want to chow down on klobása on the main square, and you’re NOT closing down our klobáserias!” The commies and socialists led the fight FOR the mom n’ pop stands; they fought back against the megabucks multinational corporate fat-cat attempt at a fast-food putsch. Ronald McDonald and the American Way LOST. Václavák (Wenceslaus Square) is safe for klobása… and for párky (a frankfurter-like sausage always sold in pairs… good eats!) too… thanks to the Reds!
Take joy in the “little things”… they’re as much God-given as the “serious” ones… perhaps, even more so… and don’t trust the “respectable”… EVER…
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