Editor's Note: The following is an adapted excerpt of Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory, by Vaclav Smil. Wiley-Blackwell, May 2013. There is no doubt that human evolution has been linked to meat in many fundamental ways.
My grandmother taught me how to make Hoska, a Czechoslovakian Christmas Bread. It is a sweet bread that I normally reheat and spread with butter.irections. 1  Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup lukewarm water until bubbly. 2  Add yeast mixture and beaten eggs and mix well. 3  Turn out on floured board and knead until smooth and elastic about 8 or 10 minutes. 4  Cut 4 large and 5 smaller portions, roll each into long rolls. 5  Brush with beaten egg whites in a little water.
The Polka is a Central European dance and genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.olka dancing enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after World War II, when many Polish refugees moved to the US, adopting this Bohemian style as a cultural dance. Polka dances are still held on a weekly basis across many parts of the US with significant populations of central European origin.