Meatless Fridays in Pittsburgh. It’s Lent. Last week in the Post-Gazette there was a list of fish fries all over the city and outskirts but let’s talk Pierogies. You drive by churches with signs out front (pierógi, pyrogy or perogi ) or you can buy them at Pierogies Plus or at the Polish Deli in the Strip. When I first moved here I had never eaten one. I watched Marianne’s mother, Olga make them from scratch. The boys loved eating them. And in time I started eating them, too. Then I wanted to try to make them. Marianne told me how to get the right potatoes and a certain cheese. I made them once for a Polish Christmas party at someone’s home. Last fall I saw Arleen make them at Christmas, by hand, parboil them and freeze them for the holiday.(see below) The whole concept of noodle/pasta dough filled with potatoes did not appeal to me but I was uninitiated. They can be filled with sauerkraut and other fillings but potato and cheese are the most popular. I am not sure how many I could eat in a sitting but the butter and onions really satisfy that urge for hearty meals with fat. One time I shipped a couple of dozen to Florida when the family lived there. Something my mother never cooked when I was growing up. At the baseball games they have Pierogi Races. No kidding. See below.
My college roommate was from Moosic, PA (near Scranton) and she introduced me to pierogies. Yum! Love all of the pics, especially the pierogie race!
Mike’s mother made good home made pierogies. Anything in butter and onion is good – I agree. She also made potato dumplings that were boiled, then put in butter and onions. Just saw a recipe for that in the P.G. I love Mrs. T ‘s! My mom made home made ravioli. It was always one of my favorites! Hers was a meat filling, though. Not good for meatless Fridays! Love the photos, too!!
I love pierogies. They are comfort food to me. I saw a recipe for pierogie casserole that I may make.
Hey – how about Hamantaschen.
Just returned from our trip to Holiday, Fl near Tarpon Springs. My sister bought multiple varieties of frozen batches of pierogias from the Polish deli in Duenedin and I bought 2 dozen for our house: cherry and strawberry!! Do you think that qualifies as a dessert? While other tourists were icing down their coolers of fresh fish we were working on our Polish delicacies.
My mum has some lekvar (prune) pirohis in her freezer that our church made. Must remind her we need to eat them.
You just brought back a vivid memory from my youth in Pittsburgh!!
I’m ready to eat those pierogies!!! What is the origin of that word??? What does it mean in …Polish????? potatoes? pancakes? strudel?? specialite de la maison??? 🙂
When I was a little girl many Fridays during Lent, I went with my mom to a Ukranian church in McKees Rocks to get perogies fresh made by the church ladies. Holding a bowl we’d brought from home to recieve the perogies, we would stand in line with everyone else. When it was our turn we’d go into the kitchen and the ladies would dip into their huge steaming pots and will our bowl with the pastas. Their was always a variety to chose from but mom always got my dad’s favorite, lechveour in Czech which means prune. You didn’t need to cook them in onions; just heat them up. I just loved them!
Looks like a lot of fun.
My mom told me my grandmother used to make the prune ones for christmas eve dinner. i like the sauerkraut ones the best! mrs t.s are ok, but homemade are the way to go!!
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