pirogies
Eastern European dumplings
Pirogies are Eastern European dumplings—pockets of unleavened dough filled with mashed potatoes, cheese, sauerkraut, meat, or fruit, then boiled and often pan-fried in butter.
Also spelled pierogies, pierogi, or perogy.
The word is already plural in Polish, but English speakers commonly add -s: We're having pirogies for dinner.
Prepared at one's residence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- grandmotherMother of a parent
- familyRelated people together
- traditionCustom passed through generations
hearth · warmth · Sunday · gathering · kitchen · memory · childhood · heritage
Edible underground tuber
- cheeseFermented milk solid
- cheddarFirm aged English cheese
- farmer cheesePressed fresh curd
- onionPungent layered bulb
sauerkraut · mushroom · cabbage · meat · beef · pork · spinach · sweet
Milled grain powder
- waterClear essential liquid
- kneadWork with hands
- rolling pinTool for flattening dough
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
thickness · resting · wheat · unleavened · wrapper · pocket · seal · crimp
Heated until bubbling
- friedCooked in hot fat
- pan-friedCooked in shallow fat
- sauteedFried quickly in fat
- butterSolid fat from cream
golden · crispy · caramelized onions · bacon · sour cream · applesauce · melted butter · browned
homemade
Prepared at one's residence
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- grandmotherMother of a parent
- familyRelated people together
tradition · hearth · warmth · Sunday · gathering · kitchen · memory · childhood · heritage · immigrant
potato
Edible underground tuber
- cheeseFermented milk solid
- cheddarFirm aged English cheese
- farmer cheesePressed fresh curd
onion · sauerkraut · mushroom · cabbage · meat · beef · pork · spinach · sweet · blueberry
flour
Milled grain powder
- waterClear essential liquid
- kneadWork with hands
- rolling pinTool for flattening dough
elasticity · thickness · resting · wheat · unleavened · wrapper · pocket · seal · crimp · tender
boiled
Heated until bubbling
butter · golden · crispy · caramelized onions · bacon · sour cream · applesauce · melted butter · browned · steamed
pelmeni
Russian meat-stuffed dough pockets
- ravioliFilled dough squares
- tortelliniStuffed ring pasta
- gyozaJapanese filled dumplings
empanada · samosa · kreplach · Eastern European · stuffed · pocket · wrapper · sealed · half-moon · crescent
kielbasa
Polish smoked sausage
Galicia · Pomerania · Vistula · babka · Polish-American · Chicago · Pittsburgh · Buffalo · Edmonton · diaspora