Quick Cookies
These “chocolate no bake cookies” have long been an Elcik family favorite. John and Michelle like to make them together to give as Christmas presents. And sometimes there are enough left over to do that.
Place together:
Boil above for 30 seconds., then Add:
Drop on waxed paper.
Makes 5 dozen cookies.
Saturday, July 18, 2020, 4:02 PM
John (NY),
Great details. ? I will post them into our tree later today. I have a DNA story to share, but I need lunch first.
John, IV
Sent from my iPad
[The only thing as important as sleep is food. – Editor]
Fri 7/24/2020 1:35 PM
Hi John,
I did not see this email. I apologize for the late response.
Ah, I am a Trump supporter, conservative, pro-life, but my husband is not. He gets a pass cause he was born and raised in Lebanon, a third world country. He supports socialism. Plain to see, especially if you go to Lebanon.
We own a condo there, and we go once per year. I love the long flight, but I get upset over all the Syrian refugees that only the United Nations support., The country looks down at them, and they live anywhere they can “plop.” Including the land of our condo.
Last year, with the guise of being with a Lebanese group, we toured Russia. Extremely interesting. Bad food, so I lived off of beer and desserts. Breakfast wasn’t all that bad. The tour guides pointed out that we were American, but they were positive and wanted to talk to me.
Ah, Facebook. I’m going to pass on that. I belong to the #walkaway movement, and I am attending a town hall meeting here in LA on August 8th. Anxious to meet Brandon Stratka.
Catch ya later.
Judy
08-06-2020 AM 10:08 AM
John – I am having so much fun! Thank you for reaching out. I’m updating my 2008 version of our Family Tree. I’m exchanging email and Facebook posts with Beth, Nancy, Janet (Lucas) Welch, and Mark Elcik. If you would like to join us, I need your email address. I can forward you copies of some of the recent emails to catch you up. Wow!
Rebecca – I would love it! I was trying to tell my husband stories etc. and I was telling him probably the only one of you I could recall like it was yesterday of you visiting the farm in Eliot and making us all loksa!!!! rkashmerdavis@gmail.com
John – I will be sending you a lot of stuff. Just enjoy it when you have spare time. Pam and I live in Fort Myers. Small world. 🙂
Rebecca – I’ve got a lot of time on my hands right now trying to settle in and figure things out. I am trying to get my ducks in a row right now and figure out what I want to do about employment. I will look forward to the ‘stuff.’ Maybe sometime after this covid19 thing gets a better grip, we can get together. I’d love my husband to meet more elciks. He came late to the party. Until then, stay well! ?
John. Has your husband ever tasted our favorite dish?
If not, this picture may help.
Thu 8/6/2020 11:56 AM
Becky,
Pam and I both retired early, and we are happy to have done so. We love the Villages, but they were out of our price range, one of the consequences of early retirement. That doesn’t stop me from wanting a golf cart. I don’t want to play golf; I want the cart. ?
It’s not the same, but I occasionally break down and buy Lefse on the Internet. Even Amazon sells it.
“Slovak lokše (pronounce lokshe) was a staple when the Elcik boys would visit our Auntie Gertrude in Maine. Like Maine lobsters, it was an excuse to eat butter. That’s all it needed, though, in Norway, they have Lefse. Unlike in Slovakia, they prefer eating them sweet – with sugar, cinnamon, peanut butter, and jam. They also add butter, milk, or cream to their mashed potatoes while we normally don’t. Butter was enough.” – From one of my Facebook posts.
Might your husband like his lokše Norwegian-style?
Bottom line: Yes, you have family in Fort Myers. Bless you!
John, IV
Tue 8/11/2020 9:01 PM
John,
The information I gave you about Jane Plourde wasn’t correct. She DIDN’T drown in the Androscoggin River. She drowned in a pond near her house in Lisbon. I always thought it was the Androscoggin, but Jack corrected me. My bad.
Jack also remembers going to Durham with his father and Bob Elcik’s father, George, to Bob’s grandfather’s house, John Elcik. That’s where they learned to smoke kielbasa from Bob’s grandfather. They would do that so they could have Kielbasa for Christmas. It was a Slovak tradition.
I have yet to record Jack’s family on Ancestry. I have all the information I need, need. I also need to “fix” all my Purinton, Goddard, Day mistakes. I had day surgery last Friday and have been a little “under the weather” since then. I’m feeling better and will “get back at it” in a few days.
I’m still thinking, as I believe you are too, there’s a connection between the two Elcik families. Maybe grand or great grandfathers were brothers??? The problem is, we can’t find any records stating that. Some day, just maybe someday, we will. To be continued.
Beth
