Supper/Dinner Time! What's on the menu ?

[GingerFoxx]

A couple weekends ago we made a veggie-friendly version of Swedish meatballs. This past weekend we made latkes and applesauce, both from scratch.

This weekend, to honor the recent (March 22) passing of my 99 year old Polish grandmother, I want to make pierogies from scratch. As the youngest of her 12 grandkids, and the only one to grow up in a different state, I never got to learn her family recipe and technique like my female cousins did, but there are plenty of traditional recipes online that look close. I might see if my cousins have a recipe as well.

 

[PTree15]

A couple weekends ago we made a veggie-friendly version of Swedish meatballs. This past weekend we made latkes and applesauce, both from scratch.

This weekend, to honor the recent (March 22) passing of my 99 year old Polish grandmother, I want to make pierogies from scratch. As the youngest of her 12 grandkids, and the only one to grow up in a different state, I never got to learn her family recipe and technique like my female cousins did, but there are plenty of traditional recipes online that look close. I might see if my cousins have a recipe as well.

All of that sounds so good. I worked with a woman who had family in Poland, and she would make pierogi from scratch as well. And latkes...they are so tasty for such a simple recipe. I love them. I have a Jewish friend who wanted me to make them for Hanukkah the way her mom had done, and boy, were they good. She made me an honorary Jewish person for the night.

 

[shyvas]

Leftover borlotti bean & sp chili with quinoa.
A glass of chardonnay.

 

[Val]

All of that sounds so good. I worked with a woman who had family in Poland, and she would make pierogi from scratch as well. And latkes...they are so tasty for such a simple recipe. I love them. I have a Jewish friend who wanted me to make them for Hanukkah the way her mom had done, and boy, were they good. She made me an honorary Jewish person for the night.

When i was little, my dad used to make "pierogi" from scratch and i was helping him do it. We put it on the balcony, as in winter the frost was stronger outside than in the freezer. But we call them "pel'meni" or, if they're big, we call them "galushki" (a Ukranian term). Until the recent time, i couldn't understand why do English-speakers call them "pierogi", because in Russian "pierogi"="pies". Now we are so lazy that we call everything just "pel'meni" (including dumplings, galushki, ravioli, pierogi and manty).

 

[GingerFoxx]

Within minutes of messaging my 3 female cousins on Facebook, two of them responded with either their handwritten or typed copies of Babcia's recipe. The full recipe makes at least 4 dozen according to one cousin. No surprise since they were traditionally served as part of our Christmas Eve (Wigilia) dinner when, as a child, there would be 12 grandkids, 3 sets of parents and one set of grandparents in attendance. I'm sure Babcia scaled the recipe up to feed such a crowd. I told my boyfriend we'll probably just do a half-recipe and freeze the majority of them for future dinners.

 

[shyvas]

Soya & wheat nuggets, creamy mashed potatoes and French beans with a sprinkle of lemon pepper, garlic and a drizzle of olive oil.
Chocolate for dessert.
A glass of chardonnay.

 

[GingerFoxx]

@Val I just did an internet search on those terms you listed. I am sure there are likely many variations, but the results I saw for "pelmeni" and "manty" look like a traditional meat filled dumpling and "galushki" looked more like just cooked dough dumplings without a filling.

The pierogies I grew up with have a potato-based filling with cheese and sauteed onions, but sauerkraut is another traditional Polish variation.

 

[Val]

@Val I just did an internet search on those terms you listed. I am sure there are likely many variations, but the results I saw for "pelmeni" and "manty" look like a traditional meat filled dumpling and "galushki" looked more like just cooked dough dumplings without a filling.

The pierogies I grew up with have a potato-based filling with cheese and sauteed onions, but sauerkraut is another traditional Polish variation.

Surprisingly, i didn't mention "vareniki"! Ukranians also make them. They look like "pierogi". We make them with different fillings: potato, potato/leeks/mushrooms, cherries, cottage cheese, etc.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I'm having a green juice in a cafe and then going for vegan pizza.

Surprisingly, i didn't mention "vareniki"! Ukranians also make them. They look like "pierogi". We make them with different fillings: potato, potato/leeks/mushrooms, cherries, cottage cheese, etc.

Funny. I thought you meant all those fillings together!

 

[Val]

I'm having a green juice in a cafe and then going for vegan pizza.



Funny. I thought you meant all those fillings together!

All the fillings together would be unedible "mesivo".

 

[hungryraccoon]

Tofu stir fry with all the veg, cashews, noodles & hoisin sauce.

 

[Poppy]

For those of you I don't see on FB (and why not? ), here's a delicious recipe I happened to find from an ad today. I made it tonight and it's easy and so very delicious!

https://www.noevilfoods.com/recipes/lemon-ginger-no-chicken-stew/

 

[GingerFoxx]

Surprisingly, i didn't mention "vareniki"! Ukranians also make them. They look like "pierogi". We make them with different fillings: potato, potato/leeks/mushrooms, cherries, cottage cheese, etc.

I just found this article, which answers some of our respective questions on the matter: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/r...ference-between-pelmeni-vareniki-and-pierogi/

 

[Val]

I just found this article, which answers some of our respective questions on the matter: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/r...ference-between-pelmeni-vareniki-and-pierogi/

I would say that Manti is more a Kazakh thing. Dudes from Kazakh diaspora told me that, when we were giving a performance in their cultural center in SPb. (It was "Nauryz" - New Year). But, of course, every nation wants to think that it "owns" the dish: it reminds me eternal debates about where did borscht come from.

 

[SuicideBlonde]

red wine and ice cream last night.
Oh so healthy.

 

[GingerFoxx]

I would say that Manti is more a Kazakh thing. Dudes from Kazakh diaspora told me that, when we were giving a performance in their cultural center in SPb. (It was "Nauryz" - New Year). But, of course, every nation wants to think that it "owns" the dish: it reminds me eternal debates about where did borscht come from.

Or pizza, for that matter... I think that's another one under international dispute.

 

[shyvas]

Borlotti bean & sp chili with quinoa.
Fresh blueberries & soya yogurt.
A glass of chardonnay.

 

[Mischief]

All this talk of pierogi - I want pierogi!!

 

[Mischief]

We had German potato salad, a lettuce salad, and "meat" balls, chick-less patties and hot dogs. (All of the "meat" was from Aldi.)

 

[shyvas]

Surprisingly, i didn't mention "vareniki"! Ukranians also make them. They look like "pierogi". We make them with different fillings: potato, potato/leeks/mushrooms, cherries, cottage cheese, etc.

Aren't they the same thing ?