Meanings
- uncountableA Polish poppy seed bread.
Amy found a bag of poppy seeds and wants to make strucla, a kind of bread.
1999 April 25, Betsy Carson, “Writer’s first book a raging success”, in The Herald-Sun, final edition, Durham, N.C.: Durham Herald Co., →OCLC, page G5, column 34 more examples
Whether it's lefsa, strucla, challah or kugelhopf, it's all a variation on a theme—a time to go all out and bake that really fancy bread.
1996 December 22, Good Food Store, “Holiday Baking”, in Missoulian, Missoula, Mont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A15, column 4Sharing, in the case of this family, practices from the homeland. Sewing together, preparing for weddings, providing strength through the hard times. The church. And, yes, time-honored recipes. Strucla. Poppy seed cake.
1998 December 27, Shirley P. Blackwell, “Enjoyable ‘Pears on a Willow Tree’ is novel of ‘cultural tussle’”, in Sun Journal, New Bern, N.C.: Freedom Communications, →OCLC, page C2, column 1The dishes are, […] strucla (poppy seed roll), a welcome addition to any Polish meal. […] Strucla, a poppy seed rolled cake, will be made March 19, […]
2004 February 2, Pati LaLonde, “Polish Palate Pleasers”, in The Bay City Times, volume 131, number 33, Bay City, Mich.: Booth Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 4A–5A> Can anybody recommend what's worth trying from their local East European > stores? The rye breads definitely, sauerkraut, dried mushrooms and pickles. Makowiec (poppy seed cake), strucla and mazurek (other cakes) and assorted pastries, plum jam (powidla, with a stroke through the 'l'), or other jams.
2009 February 11, Arri London, “East European Food”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet)
Origin
- Polishstrucla
- Englishstrucla
Unadapted borrowing from Polish strucla.
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strucla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strucla
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