lynnef@teklabs.UUCP (09/06/84)
To those of you "back east" (of the Mississippi River!) --
Exactly what is smetina? Is it the same as smetna? I have
this cookbook that my mother-in-law gave me that often calls
for this stuff in an otherwise promising recipe, and I have
absolutely no idea what it is!
Thanks much, and please MAIL the reply --
I haven't the time to be reading
news these days . . .
--
Lynne Fitzsimmons
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CSnet: lynnef@tek ARPAnet: lynnef.tek@rand-relayedelson@mhuxi.UUCP (edelson) (09/18/84)
> Thank you all for taking the time to reply to my request about smetina. > The general consensus is that all it is is SOUR CREAM. All the above > words mean sour cream in Yiddish, Polish, Russian and Czech. Regarding the variations in spelling, the Russian is CMETAHA in the cyrillic alphabet.
wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (09/19/84)
This is a trade name for a type of sour cream. It might be sour-half&half or some such concoction that the FDA thinks shouldn't be labelled "sour cream", or it might just be a brand name. Anyway, if this sounds to be the right thing, go ahead and substitute generic sour cream in the recipes you have. (This stuff comes in a cardboard container, sort of cream-colored, with red lettering. I've seen it around here (St. Louis, MO) all my life, so it's been around a while. I sort of thought it was "Smetana", but I haven't paid attention to it for years. My mother used to buy it, but I buy ordinary sour cream. This stuff is still in the stores, in the dairy case right next to the sour cream, though.) Will Martin PS - If the recipes you have indicate that you are looking for crackers or leaves or some sort of spice, we are talking about two different things. If so, never mind...