Thanks, Erin, for bringing back memories of "helping" my beloved Hungarian grandmother make strudel when I was a little girl. She would cover her dining table with a white table cloth and stretch a small lump of dough with the backs of her hands until it hung over on all sides. I remember her doing two things differently: she kept her hands close to the table as she stretched the dough and she placed the filling on the long side before lifting the table cloth, to roll the strudel. In addition to apple or sour cherry for dessert, she made my favorite - a savory sautéed cabbage filling. Your article has inspired me to try recreating my Nani's strudel with my own grandchildren.

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