To those of you who like an occasional change of pace from the usual graham cracker crust, use an equivalent size amount of ground animal crackers instead.
Happy New Year to Calvalcade and all who enjoy a slice of life past and present . Finding this podcast has been my delight this past year . Ralph has the New Year spirit for 2023 " nothing to it but to do it " !
As I’ve been learning of my heritage of polish and Hungarian, I have learned so much of the two countries friendship and loyalty to one another. It’s really interesting. Thank you for sharing another great recipe❤😊
Hi Rose! I have never made a flan, but have had a number of them over the years. The ones I have had are sort of like a custard. I'm going to have to look for a recipe. Thanks!
You are right. I'm from Hungary. We use for most cheese products farmer's cheese, because you can buy it in every store here. It's not the same as cottage cheese.
Hi Laura! I think that farmers cheese was probably more available years ago. I almost never see it in the stores anymore (at least in my part of Michigan). I'm wondering if the recipes got adapted to use dry cottage cheese at some point. Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood I live on Long Island NY and I never seen farmers cheese in the store. When I looked at grandma’s recipe I asked my mom what it was 😂 she said use cottage cheese instead. I going to try your recipe it looks delicious 🤤 very similar recipe to grandma’s. Blessings to you and your family and a happy new year.
Looks delightful! Cottage cheese and sour cream are staples of many eastern European kitchens. I grew up in NJ in the 60s and it sounds much like Michigan, every town had a different culture group from all over Europe and the Mediterranean making for a rich food experience for us all.
Hi Briney! It was wonderful to grow up with so many different cultures in a city and getting to experience the different food, music, traditions, etc. Thanks!
Hi - Delray is a neighborhood within the city of Detroit, but some consider anything in the southern part of the city to be "downriver." Downriver also refers to the suburbs that are south of Detroit. Thanks!
That looks great, Kevin and Lisa! I'm wondering if the whisk attachment would work better to break down the cottage cheese? PS- Happy, Healthy New Year to you all!
Nothing better than a Foley measuring cup for pressing things down in a pan. This recipe looks great and it would be interesting to try the non-fat cottage cheese and lowfat sour cream just to see. I hope Santa was good to you this year. He brought me a new beater for my KitchenAid mixer. I wore the white coating off the tip of the old one! Happy New Year to all!
Hi Jonathan! It would be worth trying the low-fat/non-fat version. Santa was good to me this year, although I was on the naughty list, as usual! Sounds like your back in business with your KA mixer!! Happy New Year!
I have a Kitchenaide mixer from the late 70’s. It needs a new beater. Where do you find those? How do you identify the size or which one( if there are different models or year versions). The paint or whatever coating has flaked away. Thank you.
I know that you can purchase new KA beaters online. You should measure your beater and make note of the model of KA mixer you have to make sure you get the right one. Thanks!
Looks fantastic. I bake this with cream cheese. I alsi do your soir cream topping.i do mune in a traditional cheese cake pan I flash freeze mine and it cuts beautifully.
That recipe is very similar to a cheesecake I used to make back in the late 70s and early 80s, from the book "Recipes for a Small Planet" by Ellen Buchman Ewald. Cottage cheese, lemon juice and all! Except that it called for honey instead of sugar. That recipe used the blender for breaking up the curds. The recipe was flexible on what kind of crust to make--graham cracker was one of the options. And I made it in a springform pan. There was a yogurt topping, but I didn't do that topping, I generally made a blueberry sauce for it instead, sort of like the filling that you'd make for a pie.
Hi AugustMeteors! I have heard of that cookbook, but I don't believe I have a copy. Interesting idea about making the filling in a blender - I can see how that could work well. Thanks so much for letting me know!
I make a cheesecake similar from the Good Food cookbook (1985) It's a healthy cooking book when that type of cooking was not a fad Thank you for sharing your recipe, I didn't know it was based on Hungarian cooking
@@cavalcadeoffood when I was a kid my older relatives would go to the bakeries in Baltimore and buy it. It was made with a flour type crust on a full sheet pan. It had a delicious cheese type filling only about an inch or so thick. Very dense and rich. Usually sprinkled with cinnamon on top. They sold it in slabs about 5 by 8 inch rectangles. So good. By the way, I love your videos especially the Christmas windows. My most treasured memories of my childhood Christmases. My Mom had a 1954 GE range with a burner that would drop down for larger pots, I presume. Sure wish I had it today.
Another fantastic video, what else can I say? Every time you post a video it takes me right back to the Warrendale neighborhood, and all the post-WW2 Polish families I grew up with. And that sir is a very good feeling, thank you. God bless you, Ralph, Mar and Lisa.
My father’s family settled in that area until high school. His parents retired to Phoenix and then Scottsdale when it was just beginning and prior to it becoming very expensive. Love the recipes! Nostalgic…taking me back to my childhood which has been over 60 years ago. I’ve just found your channel. It’s been so delightful watching the two I’ve seen! (those wonderful Star of David plates and dishes)… Thank you for sharing your joy. You and MaryAnn have definitely lightened my heart tonight and left me with a smile!! I still love cabbage rolls which was a staple growing up. No one in Texas had eaten it or the ox tail stew which was unbelievably fantastic!! Can’t wait to try this recipe ❤
Looks very delicious, I am definitely going to make this. Good to see you all, thank you for another beautiful recipe. Happy Holidays. Love & peace to all.
It is so cool that you had your food friend Lisa cooking with you. Of course we love Ralph and Mary Ann, but involving more food friends is a great idea!
Hi Andrew! It was fun to have Lisa with me in the kitchen and I plan on having other friends join me in the future. It's something that we often do with our friends - cook and bake - but never record it. Thanks!
This looks so delicious. Every now and then, I get a container of cottage cheese and put it on say, peaches, you know, just because it was something you did growing up. It's interesting how they went with the lighter cottage cheese instead of cream cheese for this recipe and it does seem to work out well here. Something to try that's for certain.
Hi John - I had never made a cheese cake with cottage cheese before - always used cream cheese, so I thought this worked well. It is a bit lighter, I'd say. Happy New Year!
Oh yes! We had that many many times….this has been a real treat to find this channel and read the great people’s experiences and memories… Just lightened my step a bit and I thank you!
Thank you, Lisa, for sharing a delightful looking Cheesecake Recipe with Kevin. Kevin I am so excited to try this delicious looking recipe. Love too it is budget friendly and simple. Wishing you and your friends & family a very blessed New Year ahead. Love from Ky.
Looks great. Good to see Ralph at the end.🙂
Thanks, dicdollars! Ralph couldn't resist trying out the finished product!!
To those of you who like an occasional change of pace from the usual graham cracker crust, use an equivalent size amount of ground animal crackers instead.
Now that is interesting. I am an occasional baker and that sounds great for the crust. TY for a good idea, 🖐👍
Hi James! That's a wonderful idea!! Thanks!
Looks great and no cracks!❤
Hi Karen! I was almost surprised when it didn't crack! Thanks!
Happy New Year to Calvalcade and all who enjoy a slice of life past and present . Finding this podcast has been my delight this past year . Ralph has the New Year spirit for 2023 " nothing to it but to do it " !
Happy New Year! "Nothing to it but to do it" should be our mantra! Thanks!
Happy New Year Kevin, Ralph, Marianne, and Lisa!
Thanks, John!! Happy New Year to you!!
As I’ve been learning of my heritage of polish and Hungarian, I have learned so much of the two countries friendship and loyalty to one another. It’s really interesting. Thank you for sharing another great recipe❤😊
Hi Meredith Lynn! Polish and Hungarian - what a great combination! And so much wonderful food between those two cultures - thanks!
Happy New Year you may says Hungarian but this is our Polish cheese cake exactly like it
Hi Pam! It came from a Hungarian cookbook, but not surprised to hear that it is also a Polish recipe! Thanks!
Do you know how to make a flan,, if I'm even spelling it right,, just wondering I don't see them any more.
Hi Rose! I have never made a flan, but have had a number of them over the years. The ones I have had are sort of like a custard. I'm going to have to look for a recipe. Thanks!
Looks delicious 😋 I'm wondering if this would be a "farmers " cheese recipe?
You might be able to use farmers cheese, although I have found it to be hard to find. Thanks!
You are right. I'm from Hungary. We use for most cheese products farmer's cheese, because you can buy it in every store here. It's not the same as cottage cheese.
My Hungarian grandmother used farmers cheese in her recipe 👍
Hi Laura! I think that farmers cheese was probably more available years ago. I almost never see it in the stores anymore (at least in my part of Michigan). I'm wondering if the recipes got adapted to use dry cottage cheese at some point. Thanks!
@@cavalcadeoffood I live on Long Island NY and I never seen farmers cheese in the store. When I looked at grandma’s recipe I asked my mom what it was 😂 she said use cottage cheese instead. I going to try your recipe it looks delicious 🤤 very similar recipe to grandma’s. Blessings to you and your family and a happy new year.
I love these guys I can sit and talk to guys for a long time about food and vintage stuff also beautiful kitchen
Looks delightful! Cottage cheese and sour cream are staples of many eastern European kitchens. I grew up in NJ in the 60s and it sounds much like Michigan, every town had a different culture group from all over Europe and the Mediterranean making for a rich food experience for us all.
Hi Briney! It was wonderful to grow up with so many different cultures in a city and getting to experience the different food, music, traditions, etc. Thanks!
I always understood Delray as the neighborhood in the city and downriver everything outside the city. Is that wrong?
Hi - Delray is a neighborhood within the city of Detroit, but some consider anything in the southern part of the city to be "downriver." Downriver also refers to the suburbs that are south of Detroit. Thanks!
That looks great, Kevin and Lisa! I'm wondering if the whisk attachment would work better to break down the cottage cheese?
PS- Happy, Healthy New Year to you all!
Hi Kim! The wire beater might have done a better job breaking down the curds. I will have to try it next time. Thanks! Happy New Year!
Ah kitchen guest today you definitely need a PBS show Kevin coming to you live from the vintage kitchen it’s time for Cavalcade of foods
Hi RugbyFootballer! LOL - I don't think we're ready for PBS but it is fun to cook with friends. Happy New Year!!
Very Hungarian
Thanks, Daniel! Happy New Year!
Yea! There is a Ralph!
There sure is!
Quark is what that cheese is called not cottage cheese.
Nothing better than a Foley measuring cup for pressing things down in a pan. This recipe looks great and it would be interesting to try the non-fat cottage cheese and lowfat sour cream just to see. I hope Santa was good to you this year. He brought me a new beater for my KitchenAid mixer. I wore the white coating off the tip of the old one! Happy New Year to all!
Hi Jonathan! It would be worth trying the low-fat/non-fat version. Santa was good to me this year, although I was on the naughty list, as usual! Sounds like your back in business with your KA mixer!! Happy New Year!
I made this cheesecake for my husband 80th birthday today. He is from Hungary but we live in Australia. It turned out well. Thank you.
Hi Peggy! Glad you made it! Hope your husband had a wonderful birthday!! Thanks!
While I don't have Hungarian ancestry, my mom loves cheese cake and might like this variation of it, too.
Hi Mary - hope you give it a try!
This recipe sounds wonderful! I kept remembering your blueberry sauce video while I was watching this cheese cake. Hmmm, may have to try that pairing!
The blueberry sauce would be great on top of this cheesecake! Thanks!
I have a Kitchenaide mixer from the late 70’s. It needs a new beater. Where do you find those? How do you identify the size or which one( if there are different models or year versions). The paint or whatever coating has flaked away. Thank you.
I know that you can purchase new KA beaters online. You should measure your beater and make note of the model of KA mixer you have to make sure you get the right one. Thanks!
Yummy! Hey Maryann and Kevin
Looks fantastic. I bake this with cream cheese. I alsi do your soir cream topping.i do mune in a traditional cheese cake pan
I flash freeze mine and it cuts beautifully.
Thanks, Mona! Great idea about putting in the freezer for easy cutting!
I wonder if this recipe originally used cottage cheese made from butter milk. It's quite a popular ethnic practice
Maybe. I would love to try cottage cheese made from buttermilk! I've never seen it.
Very close to the Zelinzke (sp) Bakery recipe. Your order came in a white box with a cord.
Thanks - sounds like it was a good bakery!
I froze my cottage cheese even for lasagna when thowed out it's easier to separate the liquid and the curds fall apart.
Great tip! Thanks for sharing!
That recipe is very similar to a cheesecake I used to make back in the late 70s and early 80s, from the book "Recipes for a Small Planet" by Ellen Buchman Ewald. Cottage cheese, lemon juice and all! Except that it called for honey instead of sugar. That recipe used the blender for breaking up the curds. The recipe was flexible on what kind of crust to make--graham cracker was one of the options. And I made it in a springform pan. There was a yogurt topping, but I didn't do that topping, I generally made a blueberry sauce for it instead, sort of like the filling that you'd make for a pie.
Hi AugustMeteors! I have heard of that cookbook, but I don't believe I have a copy. Interesting idea about making the filling in a blender - I can see how that could work well. Thanks so much for letting me know!
I might have the instruction manual for that range if you would like it
Hi Hans - fortunately I also have the instruction manual for this range. I think this was a popular year for GE ranges.
Cottage Cheese is called for in some really old cookbooks ive seen in the South too, I need to try this.
It's a lighter cheese cake with the cottage cheese instead of the cream cheese.
I make a cheesecake similar from the Good Food cookbook (1985)
It's a healthy cooking book when that type of cooking was not a fad
Thank you for sharing your recipe, I didn't know it was based on Hungarian cooking
Hi dmrs - I think I have a copy of the Good Food cookbook - I'll have to look for the cheese cake recipe. thanks!
Have you ever heard of smearcase? Kind of similar to this. I have been looking for a recipe but can't find one. I thought you might know.
Hi Gary - sorry, I've never heard of it. Sounds like an interesting dessert!
@@cavalcadeoffood when I was a kid my older relatives would go to the bakeries in Baltimore and buy it. It was made with a flour type crust on a full sheet pan. It had a delicious cheese type filling only about an inch or so thick. Very dense and rich. Usually sprinkled with cinnamon on top. They sold it in slabs about 5 by 8 inch rectangles. So good.
By the way, I love your videos especially the Christmas windows. My most treasured memories of my childhood Christmases.
My Mom had a 1954 GE range with a burner that would drop down for larger pots, I presume. Sure wish I had it today.
I've had Hungarian cheesecake, it's really delicious and light. This looks wonderful 😊
Thanks, Tucker! Happy New Year!
I hear John Candy's voice.
Or Tom Sellak.
Oooo looks delicious! Another recipe I look forward to making 😋 thank you!
Another fantastic video, what else can I say? Every time you post a video it takes me right back to the Warrendale neighborhood, and all the post-WW2 Polish families I grew up with. And that sir is a very good feeling, thank you. God bless you, Ralph, Mar and Lisa.
Thanks, micamp!! What a great neighborhood Warrendale was with all the Polish bakeries, butcher shops and restaurants! Happy New Year!!
My father’s family settled in that area until high school. His parents retired to Phoenix and then Scottsdale when it was just beginning and prior to it becoming very expensive.
Love the recipes! Nostalgic…taking me back to my childhood which has been over 60 years ago.
I’ve just found your channel. It’s been so delightful watching the two I’ve seen! (those wonderful Star of David plates and dishes)…
Thank you for sharing your joy. You and MaryAnn have definitely lightened my heart tonight and left me with a smile!!
I still love cabbage rolls which was a staple growing up. No one in Texas had eaten it or the ox tail stew which was unbelievably fantastic!!
Can’t wait to try this recipe ❤
That looks DELISH.
Thanks, Cindy!
Thanks! Happy New Year!
You're welcome - Happy New Year!!
Are you a retired teacher? You write on the chalkboard so eloquently.
Hi mycollectivehome - A teacher, yes. Retired, no! Still working! Thanks!
@cavalcadeoffood not that you look old enough to retire, but a lot of teachers have been retiring early
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Thanks, D!! Happy New Year to you!
Looks very delicious, I am definitely going to make this. Good to see you all, thank you for another beautiful recipe. Happy Holidays. Love & peace to all.
Thanks, jmarcos! Happy New Year!!
Happy New Year to Calvalcade This looks so delicious.🤶🧑🎄
Thank you! Happy New Year to you!
Happy new year to Kevin, Ralph, Lisa and Marianne! What a wonderful recipe and great presentation! Love you all!
Thanks so much, Marty!! Happy New Year!!
It is so cool that you had your food friend Lisa cooking with you. Of course we love Ralph and Mary Ann, but involving more food friends is a great idea!
Hi Andrew! It was fun to have Lisa with me in the kitchen and I plan on having other friends join me in the future. It's something that we often do with our friends - cook and bake - but never record it. Thanks!
I love my kitchenaid mixer, my friend got it for me a few years ago. I also make a mean cheese cake. The girls at work ask for it all the time.
The Kitchen Aid mixer is nice to have in the kitchen! I'll bet your cheese cake is great! Thanks!
Looks wonderful. Happy New Year to all.
Happy New Year, Jane!!
Warms my heart to see you all around the table. Hope you had a great time together.
Hi Chip - we always have a good time when we are together. Wish we could do it more often! Thanks!
This looks so delicious. Every now and then, I get a container of cottage cheese and put it on say, peaches, you know, just because it was something you did growing up. It's interesting how they went with the lighter cottage cheese instead of cream cheese for this recipe and it does seem to work out well here. Something to try that's for certain.
Hi John - I had never made a cheese cake with cottage cheese before - always used cream cheese, so I thought this worked well. It is a bit lighter, I'd say. Happy New Year!
Oh yes! We had that many many times….this has been a real treat to find this channel and read the great people’s experiences and memories…
Just lightened my step a bit and I thank you!
Thank you, Lisa, for sharing a delightful looking Cheesecake Recipe with Kevin. Kevin I am so excited to try this delicious looking recipe. Love too it is budget friendly and simple. Wishing you and your friends & family a very blessed New Year ahead. Love from Ky.
Hi Tamson!! Happy New Year - thanks so much!!
@@cavalcadeoffood You are most welcome.