Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
RUGELACH
rugulah, rugelach, ruggelach
(noun) pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rugelach (plural rugelach)
A type of Jewish pastry, which may be filled with various fruit, nuts, chocolate, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
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