Brisket & Pulled Pork!

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Every Friday, our recruiting firm (TekSystems - Thanks Melanie!) brings us boxes of breakfast treats from Kolache Heaven (in Frisco). Most of the time it's a mixture of something sweet (donuts or cinnamon rolls) and something not so sweet... which is the best part!

They've got these little hollowed-out "rolls", for lack of a better description, that are filled with shredded brisket or pulled pork . OMG, these things are fantastic. So good so, that no one even touches the "sweets" until all of the brisket and pulled pork rolls are completely gone.

You have got to try these! You can't get the small ones without special ordering them a day in advance, but you can go into the store and get their "sandwich size" version anytime.

Highly recommended... unless you're on a diet... because you won't stop eating them.

- Wil

[venchka]

That's really not nice. Unless the FedEx box is on the way to my office.

Frisco? Isn't that in Oklahoma?????????????????????

[Wil_Bloodworth]

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- Wil

[dmcantrell]

I've had these, and Wil speaks the truth.

[venchka]

OK. That is totally We Todd It!

[DEMDeepEllumMusic]

They've sold these in West for years, they call them Chubbies or Klobasneks (called that because the sausage in them is called Klobase)-even have em with cheese and meats-czech country style sausage ones are some of their best.

Kolaches are always fruit/cheese or poppyseed-started out as small wedding cakes that were consumed I believe before the wedding as a breakfast. (may have been after the wedding).
Kolache - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/texascz...%20kolache.htm
Of course they came over to Texas in the 1860's or so and Texans have added their own twist to the original pastries.

My grandmother used to bake them for sale and she would have people drive in some cases over 30 miles to buy them, this was back in the 1960's and early 70's because they liked her pastry. Her poppyseed were my favorite as a child/young adult where she ground the dried seeds to make her filling followed by her cheese. (btw you use cottage cheese which has been drained in that type).

The meat filled pastries are rather new (last 20 or so years) and they are still being added too with jalapeno/sausage and cheese one of the newer types.

If you want Czech Style Sausages you can go to Rudolphs Meat Market on Elm Street in Deep Ellum in Dallas and get several styles-that market has been making them for over 80 years now, if your in central Texas the meat market in West by the RxR tracks makes a good sausage too.

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Hmm. Good to know. I'll have to try that if I ever get down to 'ellum' again.

- Wil

[heathercaptures]

I have had these in West and in Frisco....ummmmm hmmmmm good!!

[Steelsun]

Nom, NOm.

Best part about driving through the side roads and small towns on either side of I-10 between Houston and San Antonio/Austin: All the Czech and associated cultures' kolache/snack shacks. There's one on 36 about 1/2 way between Bastrop & Columbus that has great variety and flavor.

Yesterday I drove from Houston to San Antonio and back, stopped in Luling on the way back and had one of the best Brisket plates ever at Luling BBQ.

[Tim Lookingbill]

OMG! That's a genius way to make one glorified roll and fool everyone from grabbing them first due to their boring appearance.

If I were you, Wil, I wouldn't let on to the contents of those rolls so there's more left over.

[Wil_Bloodworth]

Tim,

People around here have gotten really creative when it comes to hoarding these! You'll see people walking around with what looks like billiard balls in their suit pockets.

- Wil

[cooltouch]

Those round things look just a whole heckuva lot like Chinese bao, which are either steamed or baked buns with filling. I've never had the Czech equivalent, but I can imagine that they're awfully good.

When it comes to eats, the rest of the country just doesn't know what they're missing. All the folks from Czechoslovakia and Germany who settled in South-central Texas and who brought their traditions with them have gifted us with some of the best food that exists anywhere. Kolaches are a great example, and so are the myriads of different locally produced sausages one comes across when visiting the small towns between Houston and San Antonio or Austin. And the BBQ? Man-o-man.

Hehe, I was born in La Grange, which is your typical small SC Texas town with a mix of Czech and German stock. I get back there on occasion, and whenever I do, I make it a point to sample the local fare.

[wilded]

Originally Posted by DEMDeepEllumMusic

They've sold these in West for years, they call them Chubbies or Klobasneks (called that because the sausage in them is called Klobase)-even have em with cheese and meats-czech country style sausage ones are some of their best.

Kolaches are always fruit/cheese or poppyseed-started out as small wedding cakes that were consumed I believe before the wedding as a breakfast. (may have been after the wedding).
Kolache - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What is Kolache?
Of course they came over to Texas in the 1860's or so and Texans have added their own twist to the original pastries.

My grandmother used to bake them for sale and she would have people drive in some cases over 30 miles to buy them, this was back in the 1960's and early 70's because they liked her pastry. Her poppyseed were my favorite as a child/young adult where she ground the dried seeds to make her filling followed by her cheese. (btw you use cottage cheese which has been drained in that type).

The meat filled pastries are rather new (last 20 or so years) and they are still being added too with jalapeno/sausage and cheese one of the newer types.

If you want Czech Style Sausages you can go to Rudolphs Meat Market on Elm Street in Deep Ellum in Dallas and get several styles-that market has been making them for over 80 years now, if your in central Texas the meat market in West by the RxR tracks makes a good sausage too.

And your Grandmother's recipe is.....:)

[Daniel W.]

Michael, the Bao (pronounced bow tzhuh) has a thicker and denser dough than the kolache, which is more of a lighter airy bread dough. The meat appears to be loosely packed and baked within the bread, while the bao will usually have the pork (or any meat or bean) mixture formed into a patty and stuffed inside.

But all in all, what red-blooded American doesn't love one food stuffed in another? Brisket in bread, sausage in an egg pouch, BBQ in rice balls.

Related (SFW) youtube link: YouTube - Lobster Stuffed WIth Tacos

[Dobick]

the middle school here in Slaton used to make a very large version of this roll that they called a "Western Burger." Seeing those pictures reminded me very much of this lunch item. Basically a big ol' homeade dinner roll stuffed with hambuger meat and spices and cheese. Was truly a messy glorious lunch.

Our town was spoiled back then, because Mrs. Custard who ran the kitchen was a little old Texas grandmother who knew how to cook for a crowd, and turned out some of the greatest food ever produced from a school cafeteria.