Teamwork
My mom, who has vertigo, was sick this weekend, so it was up to my sister and I to make dinner for us and our relatives.
Every year we make pierogi for Easter. This was the first year I was in charge w/out help from my mom or aunts. We use my great-grandma’s recipe, which is for saurkraut/cottage cheese pierogi. It’s kind of an aquired taste, but I’ve been eating them since I was little, so they are my fave.
We started yesterday afternoon and prepared by eating some oranges and taking pictures of ourselves.
Aprons are an important part of the process – don’t want to get our outfits all floury!
First I made the dough and then rolled it out nice and thin.
Then we made the filling and formed the pierogi.
I taught my cousin how to make them while my sister started boiling. I don’t know how she made it to 23 without learning how to make them. I remember being taught by my mom and aunts in my early teens. Good thing I showed her or she’d get kicked out of the family.
After about 5 hours of making and boiling 4 dozen pierogi, we stopped to eat an enormous pizza. It’s a Big Benito w/ mushroom, feta, peppers and black olives. The leftover slices in the fridge are calling my name.
Today my sister stood in front of the stove for about 3 hours to fry them all. We made potato cheese as well for those who aren’t into sauerkraut.
At 4 we were finally done cooking! My mom and grandma seemed very impressed, but we had good teachers – them!
Now I’m home in bed – everything hurts and I’m so tired, but I did manage to do my taxes.
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Mmm. Pierogies and pizza!