bread-baking

Golica 3

144 (a) ž'èn:t'ȅ si opikɛ̀t l'àp h pèštitɛ̏ ìdət

… the women bake bread in the [outdoor] ovens, they go

Gorno Vŭršilo 1

26 (a) kato stàna zàmesa lɛ̀p kogà mɛ̀sa lɛ̀p nafṛ̀l'am go vaf fùrn'ata

When I get up I start mixing the bread, and after I mix it I throw it into the oven

27 (a) ìzvada gu tùra gurèš lɛ̀p i vṛ̀va na vṛ̀a

I take it out, I put the hot bread [into a bag] and go up the hill

Kolju Marinovo 1

9 (a) l’àbə tugàvə i gutòf

and the bread’s ready!

13 (GK) e kɤ̀k gotòf l’abə

How [do you mean], the bread is ready?

14 (a) jemi brəšnòtu si gu zèmim vèči nìj mòm si m’èsim

We [just] take some flour, and we’re able to knead [our own] bread,

15 (a) mòm si pičèm l’àp

able to bake [our own] bread

18 (a) nìj si pičàhmi hl’àp fkɤ̀šti

We would bake [all] our bread at home.

Kozičino 1

50 (a) l’àbə š’e gu m’ɛ̀sim š’e gu pič’èm š’e jed’èm

You’ll knead the bread, you’ll bake it, you’ll eat [it]

Kralevo 2

26 (a) təkà če sàm č’e ispɨ̀cəž gu tùk vəf p’èčkətə n’è e

and you just bake it, here in the oven, it’s not –

Leštak 2

35 (d) rʌ̀ž žɤ̀neš i gl’èdəš də də gu užɤ̀neš də stàne

Rye. You harvest it, make sure it’s harvested so as to get [to where]

36 (d) də peč’èš lɛ̀p sètne òti

you can then bake bread because –

59 (d) i h stàne bràšnu nə də peč’è lɛ̀p

and it becomes flour so you can bake bread.

Malevo/Hsk 1

260 (VZh) a pòsle kàk se mèsi xl’àbə vèče

And after that, how do you make bread?

261 (a) əgà dunesɤ̀d brəšnòt uts’è̝eš ìməš sɨ̀tu

When they bring [home] the flour, you sift [it]. You’ve got a sieve,

262 (a) ìməš nòštuve̝ zə hl’àp spec’àlnu prigòtveni zə utcè̝eš brəšnòt

you’ve got a kneading trough, made especially for bread. You sift the flour,

263 (a) pudmɨ̀səš kvàs i pòčvəž də m’èsiš l’àbə̥

you mix in the yeast, and you start to knead the bread.

265 (a) v’è̝č’er gu zàmesɨ ùtrɨn də stànə də gu ìspečə rànu

You knead it in the evening, and get up in the morning to bake it early,

Malevo/Hsk 2

42 (a) də znàeš sɨ̀čku də pràiš i də gòtviš

[You need] to know how to do everything: to cook…

43 (b) i hl’àb də pič’è̝š’

and bake bread

44 (a) i də pr’əd’è̝š i də təč’è̝š’ i hl’àb də peč’è̝š’ i

… and spin, and weave, and bake bread, and

Mogilica 6

1 (GK) tì pòsle tr'àəše li sə i xl'àp kàk mèsexte ot tvà

After that did you have to – Well, bread – how did you all make it?

3 (GK) kàk mèsexte xl'àp xl'àp kàk se mèsi kàk se pečè

How did you make bread? How is it kneaded, how is it baked?

4 (d) fùrnə imɛ̀še si sèkə kɔ̀štə fùrnə tə si gu pečè

There was an outside oven, every house had an outside oven. And it bakes

12 (GK) i kàk se mèsi l'àp

And how do you mix bread?

13 (d) na rəkà

Well, by hand!

14 (GK) kàk f kakvò

How? In what?

15 (d) nə lòčki

In bowls.

17 (d) nə rəkà gu m'èsiš də pətk'ìsne gà pətk'ìse tugà

You knead it by hand and [let it] ferment, and then when it's fermented

18 (d) m'ètnət vəf fùrnənə ədìn č'ɛ̀z gòre.dòlu ispeč'è se i àjde

they throw it in the oven for about an hour, and it bakes, and there you are.

Nasalevci 1

10 (GK) nèšto mèsexa li

Did they do any baking?

11 (a) e pa se mèseše se lèp se mèsi pa se kòl’u òvce

Of course there was baking: they made bread, they slaughtered sheep

13 (GK) i nèkakɤf speciàlen lèp li se mèseše

Did they make any special sort of bread?

14 (a) e pa kò što se jedè kvò speciàlen

Just the kind you eat. What do you mean, “special”?

21 (BR) obiknovèn lèp

Everyday bread.

22 (a) e nò bìl takà si kož kɤ̀f si edèm edèmo lèp

It was like – The kind we eat, the [same] bread we eat

23 (a) takɤ̀f se prài za svàdbata

is the kind that we make for weddings.

Oborište 1

1 (MM) jà da mi kàžeš kə kàk mèsexte xl’aba vìe ednò vrème

Tell me how you used to make bread in the olden days.

2 (a) mi kàk

What do you mean, how?

3 (MM) n nèmaše fùrni nalì tùk

There weren’t [large outdoor] ovens, were there?

4 (a) mi nèma ìmaxme si domà fùrni

Well, no. We had ovens at home.

6 (a) domà domà si ìmaše fùrn’a no lòveše

At home. There was an oven at home, and it would take –

7 (a) po sèdem m òsem l’àba i opečèm si napàlim a

we [can] bake seven or eight loaves of bread at a time. We light it,

8 (a) sɤz dɤ̀rva i si a izmetèm natùr’ame si l’aba tamᵊ

a wood fire, and sweep it out, then put the bread into it

9 (a) vɤf nèa s lopàti opečè se izvàdim l’àba jadèm i tugà

in it with oven peels. It bakes, we take out the bread, eat [it], and then –

10 (MM) tì tì si pə pə pèkla

And you – you [were the one who] baked [it]

11 (a) pèkla sɤm takìva ràboti na lopàta s takòva səm

I baked it. I [did] all these things, using the oven peel and such.

12 (MM) e dobrè a kàk še go zamèsiš kə

O.K., but how do you make [the dough]?

13 (a) mi kàk še go zamèsim še ogrèa vudɤ̀ta i še otsèa

Well, how do we make it?! I heat up [some] water, I sift out

14 (a) brašnòtu i i kvàsᵊ sə si ìmaše i zamèsa s kvasɤ̀

the flour and – there was leavening – and I knead it with leavening

15 (a) i tòj ftàsa i go razvalɤ̀ na ednà dɤskɤ̀

and it rises. And and I separate it out into loaves,

16 (a) sè po edìn l’àpᵊ i go zanesèm ta go tùrnem

one by one on a board, and we take it and toss it

17 (a) vɤf fùrnata i takà

into the oven, and there it is.

19 (a) i pečè se po

And it bakes for –

20 (MM) e kàk poznàvaš kogà tr’àbva da go tùriš vɤf fùrnata

And how do you know when it’s time to put it into the oven?

21 (a) è mi poznàva sa tòj si ftàsa šùpne takà i

Oh, well, you know! It ferments, gets bubbles in it, like this. And

22 (a) kato vozidè i às si go tùrna vɤf fùrn’ata i takà

when it’s risen, I toss it into the oven and that’s that.

24 (a) pèka si

I bake [it].

25 (b) vɤf noštvìte stojàl

It’s been sitting in the kneading trough.

26 (a) ami noštovì tòj si ftàsa v noštovìte pòsle vov

Yes, the kneading trough. It rises in the kneading trough, and then it ri–

27 (a) kato go razvalɤ̀ pa na dɤskɤ̀ta voziòdi i takà

When I separate it out on the board, it has risen [nicely], and that’s all.

30 (MM) i fs’àka ženà si mesì

And every woman makes her own [bread]

31 (a) fs’àka ženà si mèseše domà l’àba

Every woman used to make her own bread at home.

Petrov Dol 2

25 (a) nə p’ištà nə p’i̥štà d’ètu p’i̥č’èm xl’àp nə fùrnata

on the stove – on the stove where we bake bread, on the large oven.

Šumnatica 3

107 (b) d ìi əku n’eməš hl’àp še ispeč’èš

to go – if there isn’t bread, you’ll bake [it].

117 (VZh) a l’àbə kàk se pečè

And how do you bake bread?

120 (b) a fùrnətə kàk à ni znàeš

In the outdoor oven. What? You don’t know?

137 (b) ə tugàvə f sòbətə li e fùrnə li še go mùšneš

And then you shove it either into the stove, or the outdoor oven,

138 (b) i tvà e

and that’s it.

141 (GK) ama vìe po edìn hl’ab sàmo li pečàxte

But did you used to bake only one [loaf of] bread at a time?

142 (a) pu edìn

One at a time.

143 (b) pu id’ìn l’àp ednà tavà gul’àma

One loaf [of bread] at a time, in a very big pan.

144 (a) gul’àmə è təkàva

A big one.

145 (VZh) àma gul’àma kàeš

But a big one, you say.

146 (b) à gul’àmə təvà è səkà

A big pan – one this big.

147 (a) nə slet trì d’èn’a pàk izpečèš

And three days later you bake again!

148 (b) zə dvà d’èn’ə ednà təvà [laughter]

One pan [was enough] for two days. [laughter]

Sŭrnica 4

29 (a) f sɤ̀štətə stàə

In the same room …

30 (b) dèt pečè xl’àp

Where you bake bread.

Tihomir 2

1 (GK) əm da mi kàžeš kàk mèsexte xl’àp ednò vrème

So tell me how you kneaded ( = made) bread in the old days

4 (a) kà e s càrəvìčen vəzvərìme vadɔ̀ta i naškvᵊì si imème

If it’s corn [bread] we boil up water, and we had [this] kneading trough,

5 (a) naškvᵊɨ̀ g zav’eme sᵊɨ̀pem ats’ème brašnòto

we called it kneading trough. We pour – we sift the flour

9 (a) sìtɔ ats’ème brašnòto vazvr’ènata vòda sᵊìpeme gà a càrevìčevo

A sieve. We sift out the flour, we pour boiled water – [when it’s for] corn [meal, that is.]

10 (a) vazvrènata vòda sᵊìpeme papàrime go azàm pàk slàgame at rɔ̀š rɔ̀ž’onko

We pour the boiled water over it and steam it. And then we add rye [flour]

11 (a) am’èsime go agà go vaskᵚɨ̀sne takà go klad’ème f tavɔ̀ta as pònicɔ

knead it up. When it’s fermented then we put it in a pan with a “ponitsa” (a lid)

35 (a) amᵊìjeme gᵚɨ pàk ùtre gà peč’ème pàg ga am’èsime

[Then] we wash it. The next day we bake, and then we knead again.

36 (GK) i pòsle kàk pečèš kàk pàliš pe peštà u pèš

So then, how do you do the baking? How do your fire up the oven?

37 (a) tò n’è f p’èčka tò f pònica

It doesn’t [go] in the oven, but [rather] in a “ponitsa” (the dish with a lid).

43 (a) po s pònica na agn’ète badž’elɔ̀kč’e si ìmame

In the “ponitsa”, on the fire. We have a small hearth,

44 (a) klad’ème pònicətə pahlùpme f tavɔ̀ l’èbat’e i azàm go s’ètne

and put the “ponitsa” [there]. We cover the bread in a pan, and then later

45 (a) gà go ispeč’ème rɛ̀ž’eme ga da ga id’ème

after we bake it, we slice it and eat it.

Vŭglarovo 1

36 (a) i vè̝k’e tàə znòj t’è̝knə asəkà izm’èsih gu ta up’èkəhme

and this sweat began to flow, and so I finished kneading it and we baked it.

91 (a) hùbəvu i m’àtəme l’àbə upečè̝ sə

… nice and good and we put in the bread and it bakes.

94 (GK) i kɤ̀k gu razbìrate hlàbə kugà e šùpnəl tɤ̀j

And how do you know when the bread – when it’s risen?

95 (a) əm kɤ̀k ni gò rəzbɨ̀rəme

But how could we not know?

97 (a) tòj pučerven’è̝e fùrnətə kàk n’àmə ìmə s kəpàk fùrnətə

It browns [in] the oven! What else? The oven’s got a lid

99 (a) utòrɨm kəpàkə vɨ̀dɨme əkù s puč’erven’àl l’àbə

We take off the lid and we look. If the bread is browned –

100 (a) ku e mlògu puč’erven’àl svàl’əme žarɤ̀ kəpàkə sɨ̀čku dòlu i

if it’s very brown we take out the coals, the lid, everything and –

102 (b) də nə pregurì

So it doesn’t get burnt.

Vŭrbina 2

48 (VZh) [А хляб пекла ли си?]

[And did you bake bread?]

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bread-baking

Golica 3

Gorno Vŭršilo 1

Kolju Marinovo 1

Kozičino 1

Kralevo 2

Leštak 2

Malevo/Hsk 1

Malevo/Hsk 2

Mogilica 6

Nasalevci 1

Oborište 1

Petrov Dol 2

Šumnatica 3

Sŭrnica 4

Tihomir 2

Vŭglarovo 1

Vŭrbina 2

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