Life: Idiotropic

Two Romanian ladies worked together to host the first Romanian coffee morning that our little International Spouses group has had.  They made a variety of traditional savory open faced sandwiches, a sweet of thin dough layered high with pumpkin or nuts, and rolled - like a pinwheel, and this, "cozonac," a cake that looks remarkably like Italy's Panettone.

Lenuta good naturedly joked that cozonac is a traditional Romanian bread that Italy "stole."   It was funny and not at all offensive.

The next day the head Italian lady sent out an email that said this:  

 

"Dear Friends,
Please find attached, for your information, the file taken from the English Wikipedia.
Yours sincerely,
Franca"

It was an article on the history of the Pannetone.

Ok, reality check folks, it's a cake.  It's traditional in both countries.  Who really cares who made it first.  I sure don't.  Just serve me up a slice.

Renuta sent a very kind email in response.  Bravo, Renuta.

 

Let's get together and cook Romanian!