polenta

Dolna Sekirna 3

53 (a) zèl’e ìmašᵊ a òvce mlèko sìren’e màslo màslo ka napràimo kačamàk

you’ve got cabbage, sheep, milk, cheese, butter – butter to make polenta

Gela 2

36 (a) əmə be zdràf ə naròda càrevìčnu bràšnu ža svarìš zvɛ̀hme gu kačamàk

but the people were healthy. You’ll cook up corn flour – we called it polenta.

37 (a) òh ža izvàdiš tòlkiva tupàcɤ nared'ɔ̀t tugàva nemɛ̀ màsa

You’ll take so many chunks and lay them out. Back then there weren’t tables,

Glavanovci 1

21 (a) osvèm [laughter] kəčamàk osvèm skròp i skròb ot carevìčeno bràšno od morùzno

aside /laughter/ from polenta, aside from gruel and gruel from corn flour, from corn

Mogilica 2

17 (a) i š'ə svər'ɔ̀t kəč'əmàk š'ə gu izvàdət nə təkìvə tukmàci

And they make polenta, and take it out in big lumps.

Vasiljovo 1

35 (a) vàrim kəčəmàk tè mu vìkaa mamal’ìga germàn tavà

and make polenta. They called it “mamaliga”, the Germ-

36 (a) onè̝s mu vìkaa mamal’ìga tavà

Those guys called that “mamaliga”.

37 (VZh) [Не бяха ли Румънци?]

[Weren’t they Romanians?]

38 (a) i sìpem ml’àku s’ìrene če ìmame dobìtak daržìme gl’èdame dobìtak

We pour out milk, white cheese – we’ve got livestock, we raise livestock –

Vladimirovo 3

23 (a) à i lovìli sme znàš kvì u kvò sa bṛ̀kə̥ ə kačəmàk

Ah, we did! You know how – how they stir up polenta

24 (a) u kotèlɤ kačamàk jàl li si

in a cauldron. Polenta, have you eaten that?

29 (VZh) kàk se kàg go pràət

How – how do they make it here?

30 (a) u kotèlɤ sə bɤ̀rka z ə ə brəšnòto̥ sàmo če

You mix it up in a cauldron with flour, except that [the flour for]

31 (a) ot càrevica kəčamàk i u tòo kotèl ìdem ə na bàrata

polenta is from corn. And we go to the river [with] this cauldron

32 (a) i zalòžime na kotèla dèka a bṛ̀kano kačamàk sme go izèle

and we put this cauldron that the polenta was mixed in – we’ve eaten it up

33 (a) ama ə po kràj i go zalòžime kotèla u edìn kàmik tùrame

but there are bits left – and we put a stone in the pot and put it [in the river]

34 (a) ta kotèlɤ i rìbata vlèzne i nìe go i pàk precèždame

and the fish swim into the cauldron, and we – we strain it out

35 (a) i lòvime rìba

and [that’s how] we catch the fish.

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