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ecib  ·  3213 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hello

Hola Gogolian!

You're from Poland? My grandparents emigrated to the USA from there :) I reaaaaaaaly miss my grandmother's pierogis and golumkli...really every single one of her homemade dishes. I just mastered cooking sour dill pickle soup this past winter :P





Gogolian  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, and actually me and my girlfriend are thinking of going to USA as well. :)

ecib  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nice! For any particular reason or just to travel?

Gogolian  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My Mom (Actually Everybody's mom in Poland) still makes pierogi :) My sister does it too. Actually, pierogi is very commonly made thing as it is convenient as a snack or a main dish, and easy to handle :P The best ones are stir fried ones in my opinion. As for GOŁĄBKI..... AWWWW YISSSSSS~!!!!

ecib  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Totally agree on stir fried over boiled :)

Gogolian  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

well you have to boil them first no matter what :P The stir fry afterwards is an option and i consider it a good choice :)

cgod  ·  3213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Post your recipe! I used to live in Detroit Michigan where there was a large Polish community. I haven't had a good bowl of dill pickle soup in ages. put my user name in the post bracketed by the @ sign if you do and I'll get a shout out to let me know about the post.

ecib  ·  3213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I may have seen you around Detroit ;)

2nd generation Polak that doesn't speak Polish dill pickle soup recipe. Basically your typical root stew that's hard to screw up.

3 medium potatoes cubed 1 large celery root cubed Couple carrots cut up Medium onion cut up. Tablespoon cumin Couple teaspoons (or equivalent) vegetable broth. Jar of sour dill pickles put through food processor.

In a bit of oil or butter in bottom of soup pot fry up the onions a bit, then dump in the pickles. Couple minutes go by then add the cumin and stir it round a bit. Then add everything else and cover with enough water to cover the veggies. Bring to a boil and cook for about a half an hour. Taste along the way to make sure no major fuck-ups. That's it. It's better than my marinated steak in Royal Oak I promise.

Key ingredients (besides dill pickles) that will make the soup suck if u forget or sub them imo them: celery root, cumin, and vegetable base.

cgod  ·  3213 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Haha. Just going through and trying to chatter in a friendly way with new folks, guess I passed over your user name.

Gogolian  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Gołąbki is easy. Get meat and mix it with rice. Wrap in Cabbage. Boil in tomato sauce (bit watery)