Not to be confused with grits

[dennis40x]

Not to be confused with grits, Pierogies. When we relocated to North Carolina Pierogies weren't a known item at Lowe's food stores. Times changed when Lowe's food stores changed from regional to national food purchasing menu. Of course I've changed also acquired taste for pinto beans along the way.

 

[dennis40x]

Not to be confused with grits, Pierogies. When we relocated to North Carolina Pierogies weren't a known item at Lowe's food stores. Times changed when Lowe's food stores changed from regional to national food purchasing menu. Of course I've changed also acquired taste for pinto beans along the way.

 

[rewster]

I would have a really hard time confusing them with grits

 

[TNDixieGirl]

Originally posted by rewster:
I would have a really hard time confusing them with grits

+1
How could one possibly confuse those with grits???

 

[gr8AmericanBash]

That's the biggest raviolis I've ever seen. Chef Boyardee must be using some great steroids!

 

[john traveler]

Yes, I KNOW that perogies are an ethnic food brought to north America by the Ukranians, but I swear they look remarkably like Chinese pot stickers and some dim sum I've had!

 

[Bib]

Nobody makes 'em like the "church-ladies", IMO, but we do have a take-out pierogi place in my hometown that's pretty good.

 

[Jst1mr]

Hows about a "pasty" to go with your pierogy?

 

[Indiana George]

"Not to be confused with grits"

Now THAT'S funny!!!

A cheesehead friend of mine from Madison is always going on about pierogies and some ungodly concoction called "lutefisk" or something like that!

 

[s&wchad]

Mmmmmmmm. I've had them with all different types of fillings. Usually there's potato and some type of cheese. We make a variety at deer camp with dry cottage cheese, egg, pepper and a little mozzarella. Oh man! What's in your pierogi?

 

[dennis40x]

Originally posted by Bib:
Nobody makes 'em like the "church-ladies", IMO, but we do have a take-out pierogi place in my hometown that's pretty good.

I can't remember the name of the church we went to in the McKees Rocks "Bottoms". My recollection is that they always made them around Easter. Its been along long time.

 

[dennis40x]

Originally posted by s&wchad:
Mmmmmmmm. I've had them with all different types of fillings. Usually there's potato and some type of cheese. We make a variety at deer camp with dry cottage cheese, egg, pepper and a little mozzarella. Oh man! What's in your pierogi?

Potatoes and cheddar cheese most of the time. On occasion precooked bacon broken into bits is also included.

Some thing else you may have had "Potato Pancakes" and we're not talking about the ones made from mashed potatoes either. The ingredients composed of shredded potatoes, egg, flour, and salt. I believe the origin is Jewish. There're severed with sour cream.

 

[dennis40x]

Originally posted by Jst1mr:
Hows about a "pasty" to go with your pierogy?

I've never had "pasty".

 

[Erich]

This reminds me of a time when an African-American friend was first presented with polenta by his wife of N. Italian heritage. I got to be there, and I got to watch her build up how wonderful polenta was for days and days beforehand. Her mother (in her 60s, from Italy) was coming to town, and she was going to make it for us, the old country way!

Finally, the big day came. My friend's wife and her mother and daughter (my GF at the time) triumphantly brought out the dish of polenta and the gravy. They served it up - and it did look and smell good. Certainly the best polenta I'd seen, and I'd seen a bit before.

Rich looked at the plate and says, "It's grits!" The women were aghast. He shoveled in a forkful. "It's GOOD grits, but it's grits."

And he was right!

(But then I'm a Southern Italian barbarian . . .

)

 

[Bacon]

Grits? Looks more like Chinese food.

 

[Jst1mr]

I've never had "pasty".

I was hoping my friends from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan would help me out here (eh?). A "pasty" is much the same...kinda like a pot pie served in a sealed pastry shell, which can include any of almost infinite variety of meat and gravy filled insides. This Pasty is definitely not to be confused with the ones used so artfully in the disrobing industry!

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

Them don't look like no cheese grits I've ever had.

 

[glypnir]

I love pierogies. And the church ladies do make good ones.

But the restaurant that serves them is right around the corner from the hospice where my mother died, so that is what I associate them with.

Now there's a Lithuanian version that is baked and has a yeast dough, and I associate that with that cute Lithuanian cheerleader in high school. If only I'd known then what I know now.

 

[Bib]

Originally posted by dennis40x:

Originally posted by Bib:
Nobody makes 'em like the "church-ladies", IMO, but we do have a take-out pierogi place in my hometown that's pretty good.

I can't remember the name of the church we went to in the McKees Rocks "Bottoms". My recollection is that they always made them around Easter. Its been along long time.

Holy Ghost????

 

[sparkgap]

I'm no expert, but a pasty is as Jst1mr talked of.

They came to this country when the Cornish Miners arrived in Michigan.

I work at the Missouri Mines State Historical site and my boss just told me about pasty. They can be found in most area where the Cornish miners could be found.

Bob