The Gefilte Fish Line

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The line delineates the sweet and salty foods.  For example, gefilte fish may be slightly sweet or salty, depending on the region. The Galitzianers prepare gefilte fish with sugar; Litvak’s, WITH black pepper. To the west of this line is Galitzianer territory. Gefilte Fish Line. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/24/351185646/the-gefilte-fish-line-a-sweet-and-salty-history-of-jewish-identity

Litvak and Galitzianers spoke Yiddish but with different dialects. For example the Galician ‘Toyrah’; Litvak, ‘Torah’).

Lands were generally Russian somehow differed east and west of the above border through central Poland. Of course, Galicians, to the Northeast of Poland also had their own accent and foods.

Glalicia consisted of much of what later became the Ukraine and Poland.

Galician Towns 1900
Ukraine
Ukrainian (transcription)	Yiddish
	(transliteration)
Belz	בעלז
	(Beltz)
Berezhany	ברעזשאן
	(Brezhan)
Bolekhiv	בולחוב
Boryslav
Brody	בראד
	(Brod)
Busk	בוסק
	(Bisk)
Buchach	בוטשאטש
	(Bitshutsh)
Chortkiv	טשארטקאוו
	(Tshortkov)
Drohobych	דראהביטש
	(Drubitsh)
Halych	גאליצ
	(Galits)
Horodenka	הורדנקא
Horodok
Husiatyn	הוסיאטין
	(Hushatin)
Ivano-Frankivsk (Stanyslaviv)	סטאניסלאוו
	(Stanislav)
Kalush	קאליזש
Kolomyia	קאלאמײַ
	(Kolomay)
Kozova
Lviv	לעמבערג
	(Lemberik)
Nadvirna	נאדווארנע
	(Nadverne)
Peremyshliany	פרעמישלאן
Pidhaitsi	פודהייצא
Rava-Ruska	ראווע
	(Rave)
Rohatyn	רוהאטין
Sambir	סאמבור
Sokal
Stryi	סטרי
Terebovl
Ternopil	טארנאפאל
Truskavets
Zalishchyky
Zhovkva	ז'ובקבה
	(Zholkva)
Zolochiv	זלאטשאוו
	(Zlotshev)
Poland
Polish	Yiddish
	(transliteration)
Biecz
Bochnia	באכניא
Chrzanów	קשאנוב
Dukla	דיקלא
Dynów	דינוב
Gorlice	גאָרליץ
	(Gurlitz)
Grybów
Jarosław	יעראסלאוו
	(Yeroslav)
Jasło
Kraków	קראקא
	(Kruke)
Krosno
Krynica-Zdrój
Lesko	לינסק
	(Linsk)
Leżajsk	ליז'נסק
	(Lizhensk)
Limanowa	לימינוב
	(Liminuv)
Łańcut	לאַנצוט
	(Lantzut)
Myślenice	מישלעניץ
Nowy Sącz	צאנז
	(Tsanz)
Nowy Targ
Oświęcim	אשפוצין
	(Oshpetsin)
Przemyśl	פרעמישעל
Przeworsk	פּשעוואָרסק
	(Pshevorsk)
Rymanów	רימנוב
Rzeszów	ריישא
	(Reysha)
Sanok	סאניק
	(Sunik)
Tarnów	טארנא
	(Turne)
Wadowice	ודוביץ
Wieliczka
Zator	זאטער
Żywiec

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