But when it was Polish ravioli night, I ate up the pierogi's, no questions asked.
I know I was a brat, but now I love kielbasa and sauerkraut.
Memories.
Mom and dad would make about 250 pierogies at a crack...yes special occasions. I always have some in the freezer...not quite the same....but always come with onions, butter and fond memories.
My last meal on this planet would be that. Without the onions. Just LOTS of sour cream.
And that is *should be fried in *butter*. Boiled pierogies alone seem like they'd be disgusting and slimy.
First time I made them was for a Christmas dinner. I made them Christmas Eve and had 6 dozen big ones on trays on the kitchen counter.
Left for a late Christmas Eve service, came home and the empty trays were on the floor. My black lab looked like a balloon and was sick for days.
The lekvar ones are my favorite.
I grow and can the super sweet onions just for making pierogies.
They are so sweet you can eat them like apples.
PLEASE STOP the food posts. I’m getting hungry and home sick. First it was cabbage rolls and now kielbasa and sauerkraut. Next you will be bringing up Haluski recipes. Looks like it’s time to bring out the old Slovak-American cookbook and make some nut and poppyseed Kolachi just because I can. 😂
Fried in light butter not too greasy. Onion powder not onions. I like the sweet ricotta filling best, potato and cheese second. After many many years making them from scratch I make them now with wonton wrappers. Thinner and I just use beaten egg to seal them up. Round off the corners with scissors if you like. The edges get crispy.
No, fry them in smalec.. aka bacon grease.. then bacon bits on top. Onions and butter are OK too
Have you apologized to your mom yet? I’m sure she would appreciate you telling this to her directly. Then, like the loving mother I’m sure she is, she would forgive you readily.
In fact, I’m fairly certain she’s forgiven you for your complaining long before now.
I split an order of pirogies with my daughter on Tuesday at the neighborhood bar. They were pretty decent, but nothing like what I had growing up at my Polish girlfriend’s house. In fact, I’ve never had any that matched those. Her mother could cook. The holidays were filled with incredible Polish dishes. Even after we went out separate ways and I’d find ways to visit at Christmas for the food. I would come from college for winter break and call her hoping that her mom would answer the phone, which invariably she did because she was the gatekeeper of the phone for six daughters. Once I had mom on the phone I only had to mention how much I enjoyed her cooking from last Christmas and I would get an invite to come over for dinner. Great memories.
“I know I was a brat, but now I love kielbasa and sauerkraut.”
My mom’s family is from Germany by way of England. Every one of them loved sauerkraut. They had kraut at every family picnic, and there were several each summer.
I absolutely hated kraut and wouldn’t eat it. The aunts would fix plates for the kids and always put kraut on every plate. I couldn’t get up until I ate the damned kraut.
Skip to today and I love kraut. I put it on hotdogs, sausages, hamburgers, really anything it strikes my fancy to adorn with the zesty cabbage.
The bohemian version was sauerkraut with sausage and drop dumplings. Baked in a covered casserole dish. It was okay. I liked it better when I aged, but as a young sprout I liked momma’s meatloaf a lot better.
I made pierogies from scratch just once - took a long time and they were delicious. I used my Slovak aunt’s recipe and filled them with potatoes and cheese.
Turns out Mrs. T’s are quite good and much less effort, so I haven’t made them again. Potato and cheese filling, boiled and buttered is how I like them.
All right.... where’s the Polish kiszka recipe?!
I must have put on 20 pounds when I lived in Poland. I love Polish (and Eastern European) food. I loved it so much I learned how to make all from scratch including my own pickles and sauerkraut. Only tough thing here where I live is to find fresh beets and the pickling cucumbers bumper crop every year.
My favorite pierogies are the cabbage, sauerkraut and mushroom in barzcz czerwony. Or pierogies with zopa ogorkova... Or bigos...
PS... I cheat and buy Polish sausage from the local meat house.
I smiled when I saw this headline. We had Pierogi’s last night for dinner! Not home made but Mrs T’s which really are pretty good. My Grandmother used to make Pierogi’s in her basement. She had a whole assembly line set up. She had a stove, sink and basically a kitchen in her basement.
Since I loved them, I decided I should watch her and get the recipe. Big problem for me cause she NEVER measured anything. lol
So, I watched, wrote down what I THOUGHT would be correct measurements and took the “recipe” home. My first attempt, they were so bad, even my dogs wouldn’t eat them. lol My husband said they were like hockey pucks. lol
Many years later, I found a recipe online that looked to be close to what I had written down from my Grandmother. That batch was delicious! Even my dad said they tasted just like his Mom used to make!
Making them from scratch is a messy and long job, so I don’t make them often but divert back to Mrs. T’s. Boil them, then fry them in some butter and onions....with a big glob of sour cream....Yum!!!
Smacznego!