Just got back from the funfair - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 07-16-2009, 07:54 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierogi

They're really good. My friend in HS invited me up one day when she and her sis and mom and grandma were following an old family tradition of making hundreds of them. The Grandma was straight from Croatia or something, so they were traditional. And quite good.

Now I just buy frozen Mrs T's when I get a hankering. Filled with potato and cheddar cheese.

Pico and ME · 07-16-2009, 08:58 PM

I luv them filled with potato and onion and served with sour cream and applesauce. I also like sauerkraut filled pierogis.

casimendocina · 07-17-2009, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierogi

They're really good. My friend in HS invited me up one day when she and her sis and mom and grandma were following an old family tradition of making hundreds of them. The Grandma was straight from Croatia or something, so they were traditional. And quite good.

Now I just buy frozen Mrs T's when I get a hankering. Filled with potato and cheddar cheese.

They look pretty similar to empanadas except that they're baked or fried which would actually make them the equivalent of a pasty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada

wolf · 07-17-2009, 12:52 PM

Pierogi are pretty much Polish for ravioli, but with potato and a lot less cheese.

Shawnee123 · 07-18-2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by casimendocina

They look pretty similar to empanadas except that they're baked or fried which would actually make them the equivalent of a pasty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada

I'm sorry, that typo made me giggle. I imagined potato-filled pasta pockets as pasties. How will we make them stay on?

I buy the frozen, boil them to thaw, and saute them for a few minutes in butter. They are not crispy like empanadas, which I also love.

Shawnee123 · 07-18-2009, 11:40 AM

Went to a church festival at a big Catholic church in town last night. It was within walking distance from my friends' house, which is good as the festival consists of beer and gambling. I saw a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time. I never did ride the funslide, for which I am sad. I also never got any sugar waffles.

I spent the night at friends' house: they actually have my old bed that I gave them years ago when I had moved and didn't need it anymore, set up downstairs in their house. It was like having my own apartment with cable and my own bathroom.

Two dollar drafts, the cornerstone of any church festival.

Clodfobble · 07-18-2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I'm sorry, that typo made me giggle. I imagined potato-filled pasta pockets as pasties. How will we make them stay on?

It might not have been a typo. In the UK they are, indeed, called pasties. I was in a play in high school where the principal made us change the script because he just knew we'd get complaints from parents, even if the word was legitimate.

Shawnee123 · 07-18-2009, 06:18 PM

Ha ha ha...didn't know that.

casimendocina · 07-18-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

It might not have been a typo. In the UK they are, indeed, called pasties. I was in a play in high school where the principal made us change the script because he just knew we'd get complaints from parents, even if the word was legitimate.

It wasn't a typo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty), but after thinking 'huh' initially and making sure that I really had checked my spelling before posting, I have now learned there is more than one meaning.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2009, 10:01 PM

That's what you get for learning English from the English.

Perry Winkle · 07-19-2009, 05:37 PM

Reminds me of Aunt Bessie's Mash Van in the summer in Newcastle. Mashed potatoes, gravy and mushy peas in a cone.

SteveDallas · 07-19-2009, 05:43 PM

Cone? As in an ice cream cone?

DanaC · 07-19-2009, 07:17 PM

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say no, not ice cream cone :P

More likely a stiff card cone' like a paper cup...but a cone.

Perry Winkle · 07-21-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Cone? As in an ice cream cone?

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say no, not ice cream cone :P

More likely a stiff card cone' like a paper cup...but a cone.

IIRC, it was an edible cone of some sort. The horror of the whole concept has blurred the details.

Clodfobble · 07-21-2009, 09:10 PM

If it weren't for the description of the peas as "mushy," I would totally eat that.

07-16-2009, 07:54 PM	#16
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierogi They're really good. My friend in HS invited me up one day when she and her sis and mom and grandma were following an old family tradition of making hundreds of them. The Grandma was straight from Croatia or something, so they were traditional. And quite good. Now I just buy frozen Mrs T's when I get a hankering. Filled with potato and cheddar cheese. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-17-2009, 12:52 PM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Pierogi are pretty much Polish for ravioli, but with potato and a lot less cheese. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-18-2009, 11:40 AM	#21
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Went to a church festival at a big Catholic church in town last night. It was within walking distance from my friends' house, which is good as the festival consists of beer and gambling. I saw a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time. I never did ride the funslide, for which I am sad. I also never got any sugar waffles. I spent the night at friends' house: they actually have my old bed that I gave them years ago when I had moved and didn't need it anymore, set up downstairs in their house. It was like having my own apartment with cable and my own bathroom. Two dollar drafts, the cornerstone of any church festival. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-18-2009, 06:18 PM	#23
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Ha ha ha...didn't know that. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-18-2009, 10:01 PM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's what you get for learning English from the English. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-16-2009, 08:58 PM	#17
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I luv them filled with potato and onion and served with sour cream and applesauce. I also like sauerkraut filled pierogis.

07-19-2009, 05:37 PM	#26
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Reminds me of Aunt Bessie's Mash Van in the summer in Newcastle. Mashed potatoes, gravy and mushy peas in a cone.

07-19-2009, 05:43 PM	#27
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Cone? As in an ice cream cone?

07-21-2009, 09:10 PM	#30
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	If it weren't for the description of the peas as "mushy," I would totally eat that. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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