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Yeah, you would have done on this side of the pond. The version I'm most familiar with also started with "Ee by gum..." but then I did grow up in Yorkshire. James

I'll donate you some. Fair's fair, most of mine came from donations when I wanted to change my name. James

I have no idea where you can buy them. You can make them if you get the cherries and I could probably get hold of a recipe for you. Unfortunately, sour cherries seem almost impossible to come by here except for already bottled ones so it's not something I've ever tried to make. Sour cherries...

In Romanian they are piroşte and I agree that they're good. I've never had savoury ones (though they do exist) but the ones I have had were filled with fruit, in this case sour cherries, and sprinkled with caramelised sugar. James

Weird. I was a psychologist (even worked in a psychiatric hospital for a while) and later sort of fell into programming. Now I do the latter for a living. I'd thought I was the only one as I never meet anyone else in IT with a similar background - and now I see I'm not. James

The Albanians aren't Slavs. They've certainly been in Europe longer than that. They claim to be the descendants of the Illyrians, though there's very good evidence to doubt that, but the only other language with related terms to Albanian is Romanian - and those always in terms pre-dating the...

This is why I'm glad that in Romania no oil means no olive oil. I couldn't cook with no oil at all (and xerophagy is not the norm during the fasts, it's only supposed to happen on certain distinct days). I've been told before by Slavs that they were very glad that 'no wine' for them allowed beer...

Not giving communion at all must be an Old Calendarist thing. At normal Romanian churches the Eucharist is offered. Unfortunately, there is a much lamented tradition amongst Romanians of only communing during the main fasts, which means at most four times a year. However, this is only true for...

How does one become a god cook? Sounds blasphemous. (Sorry but I couldn't resist). James

ma2000, I just found a recipe for borş (that's the liquid used to sour soup etc. in Romania I referred to before, in case anyone else is wondering)! Can you tell me if this looks about right? I'm slightly suspicious because it's in English rather than Romanian. Everyone else, I decided...

I'd say the title of this thread ought to be something like 'Pope Benedict is confused'. The first quote is certainly Nestorian. The last quote ends up Monophysite and the middle one sounds like something a Baha'i would say. If anything can prove that the 'dogma' that the Holy Spirit preserves...

Yes and no. It's my understanding that the Ethiopian Broad Canon includes extra NT books. I can't remember what exactly they are but I'm pretty sure they include the Shepherd of Hermas, for instance. There is also an Ethiopian Narrow canon, though, which i believe does have an idfentical NT to...

I tend not to use recipes for soup. I kind of grew up with soups being a staple because of my German and Czech background and my wife's got the same from her upbringing in Romania. As a result, we both tend to know what works and what doesn't and just make something up from whatever we have in...

I wondered if it was something to do with 'orz' as well. So it'stiny grains of pasta? I think I prefer my original assumption - soup with pearl barley in it. Hmmm. James

ma2000, Good choices (my favourite's Trei pastori) I can't listen to them here because I'm at work, but I'll definitely have a look when I get home. James

What's orzo? James

We have a huge number of parishes in Italy - unsurprising, I guess given how closely related the the Romanians and Italians are and how many Romanians have gone to Italy for work. Our Metropolia (Western and Southern Europe) produces a calendar each year which features photographs of various...

Well I certainly do and history seems to agree. I never have understood how anyone who studies the history of the issue could actually come to any other conclusion - but apparently RCs can. I would agree with this. I don't think that they're etched in stone, though (I mean, how could they be...

I think you'll find that it comes down to two things. Firstly, the primacy and rankings of the Patriarchs (for all Rome's later claims to the contrary) were not down to theological reasons but down to the political and economic importance of their Sees. That's why Rome is initially the most...

Agreed. There's nothing new at all in what was actually agreed, but the spin that is being put on it appears (if it comes from the Vatican) to be a return to old fashioned Latin triumphalism, and rather arrogant at that, rather than the more humble conciliatory tone that tended to be struck by...