Clockwise from left: Lily Liu along with her father; Alan Mishell together with his son; kljukusa on a plate; and Erin Rhode’s household getting ready specken dicken.

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Clockwise from left: Lily Liu along with her father; Alan Mishell together with his son; kljukusa on a plate; and Erin Rhode’s household getting ready specken dicken.

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All Things We’re Cooking is a sequence that includes family recipes from you, our readers and listeners, and the particular tales behind them. We’ll proceed to share extra of your kitchen gems all through the vacations.

A scallion pancake recipe is layered with ideas of household, China and a tiny secret

Left: A household photograph of Lily Liu and her father, Tai. Right: A plate stuffed with scallion pancakes held by Lily’s niece.

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Left: A household photograph of Lily Liu and her father, Tai. Right: A plate stuffed with scallion pancakes held by Lily’s niece.

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A daughter remembers her immigrant mother and father and her father standing by the range making scallion pancakes on Sunday mornings. Her siblings now make the pancakes for his or her kids.

Oh, sweetie! Bubaleh is a pancake to have fun freedom. And it is a time period of endearment

Left: A household photograph of Alan Mishell’s grandparents, Florence and Sam Mishell. Right: Alan and his son holding bubaleh they ready collectively.

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Left: A household photograph of Alan Mishell’s grandparents, Florence and Sam Mishell. Right: Alan and his son holding bubaleh they ready collectively.

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A candy and savory pancake for Passover may also be eaten year-round. And Alan Mishell discovered the recipe from his grandmother, whose household escaped Poland forward of the Nazi German invasion.

Grandma Velma’s German pancake recipe is immortalized in a cherished residence video

Left: Erin Rhode’s mom, Kathy Rhode (left); Erin’s maternal grandmother, Velma Freisleben Thein; and Erin’s uncle, Bob Freisleben. Right: Bob Freisleben prepares specken dicken.

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Left: Erin Rhode’s mom, Kathy Rhode (left); Erin’s maternal grandmother, Velma Freisleben Thein; and Erin’s uncle, Bob Freisleben. Right: Bob Freisleben prepares specken dicken.

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Specken dicken, the not-too-thick, not-too-thin sausage-filled pancakes, are a breakfast favourite that her household makes on New Year’s Day.

Savory Bosnian pancakes referred to as ‘cousin’ bridged a language hole with Grandma

Left: Merjem Mededovic in her hometown of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Right: Kljukusa on a plate.

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Left: Merjem Mededovic in her hometown of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Right: Kljukusa on a plate.

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While rising up, Merjem Mededovic cooked along with her grandmother and discovered names of varied issues in Bosnian. One recipe she discovered is kljukusa, a potato and onion dish just like a latke.

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

All Things We’re Cooking is a series highlighting household recipes which have particular which means to you, our readers and listeners. Earlier this yr, we requested you to share your most prized recipes and clarify why these dishes evoke such fond household reminiscences. Working in collaboration with NPR member stations, we obtained responses from throughout the nation. We’ve been interviewing some contributors and can proceed to share their tales by means of the vacation season. All recipes and photographs had been offered by NPR viewers members.

CREDITS

Reporting by Wynne Davis, with Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and Maison Tran

Editing by Desiree F. Hicks and Pam Webster

Design and artwork course by Daniel Wood, Emily Bogle, Kaz Fantone and Alyson Hurt

Development by Daniel Wood

Project administration by Caroline Kelly

Social media engagement by Matt Adams

Audio variations of tales produced by Rose Friedman and Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, with help by Maison Tran

Additional modifying by Gerry Holmes, Nicholas Charles and Neda Ulaby

NPR member stations collaboration by Franklyn Cater