My grandmother came over from Czechoslovakia in the early 1900's and became the cook for Samuel Goldwyn, the Hollywood movie producer. She brought old-world recipes with her, including strudel. I learned from her how to make it-- the dough would be thrown over and over on the counter until it was silky smooth, and then yes, there was the card table with the cloth. The strudel was bent into a horseshoe shape and placed on the baking sheet- no cutting down in size. It's a lost art.

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