blues2cruise wrote:Perogies are a typical Ukrainian or Russian sort of a dumpling that is usually served as an accompaniment with the meat....fireguzzi wrote:So whats a perogie?
They are pieces of dough filled with mashed potaoes (or a blend of potatoes and other things). They are then boiled and sometimes pan fried and served with onions, bacon and sour cream. Yummy.
If you are interested in trying them they are usually available in the freezer department at the grocery store. (although I don't know about where you live)
If you have a Russian or eastern European restaurant where you live they more than likely will have them on the menu as well as cabbage rolls, borscht, sausage.....etc.
Close blues, but no cigar.
Perogi or pierogi or pirohi or pyrohy or vareniki or varenyky (depending on which slavic nation you come from) are indeed a dumpling.
Pierogi however really are a Polish invention! (I'm Polish so of course I would say that!). They can be a side or main dish and they can be filled with almost anything depending on the family recipe. My mother generally made them with farmers cheese and a touch of cinnamon. However I have had homemade pierogi filled with mashed taters (plain or mixed with different cheeses,with or without onions), hamburger and even blueberries. There were other fillings too but I can't remember them.
As for the stuff in the local grocery store, well, they just make me cry.
