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Lemon Chicken Oregano with Potatoes

Ingredients

4 large potatoes, peeled and sliced lengthwise in at least eighths
3 medium onions, peeled and quartered
1 frying chicken, quartered, or individual pieces you want
Juice of large lemon
2-4 Tbsp. Butter or margarine
1 Tbsp. Oregano
Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

In a large roasting pan, arrange chicken surrounded with potatoes and onions. Sprinkle everything with lemon juice and dot generously with butter. Sprinkle oregano, salt and pepper. Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour at 375 degrees F, turning chicken and vegetables to brown evenly. Serves 4.





Christmas in Czech Republic


Celebrations for Christmas begin with the visit of St. Nicholas on December 6th and end with the visit of the Three Kings.

In Czech Republic, St. Nicholas is called Svaty Mikalas and is believed to climb to earth down from heaven on a golden rope along with his companions: an angel and a whip-carrying devil.

In Czech Republic, a girl can tell her future, it is said that according to tradition, by putting a cherry twig in water on December 4th. If the twig blossoms before Christmas Eve, the girl will marry sometime during the year.

The famous King Wenceslas of the Christmas Carol was a real King in this country. His goodness and his beliefs in Christianity infuriated his mother, and his brother murdered him on the Church steps. Before he died he asked for God's mercy for his brother's evil act. He became the patron saint of Czech Republic.

Christmas is a quiet and peaceful religious time here. They fast for one day, and have baked carp for Christmas dinner. St Nicholas visits, and brings good children gifts, and for those children who are bad, the devil is said to come with switches.

At midnight, most families go to Holy Mass or Pasterka as it is known. On Christmas Day, the churches are filled with evergreens and Christmas Trees. Celebrations go on for three days.

Czechs eat a soup made of cod roe and tempt each other with tales of a mythical golden pig.