[bluesman]

Hey Capp...did you get the pierogis at Krakus Market or did you make them from scratch.

Very nice dish as usual.

[1vertical]

Beautiful lip licking photos Cap.  Thanks for the plantain destructions. 

[capozzoli]

Only hand made perogies for my family.

I didnt like the perogies from Krakus at all. I dont think they make them they buy them.

The Polska Delikateski around the corner from Krakus on Allegheny makes good perogies. 

[nicneufeld]

I admit, I buy frozen supermarket pierogies. 

But at least I deep fry them which makes up for some of their deficiencies.  As does a measure of slivovitz!

[bluesman]

Pelmeni is a dish originating from Tatarstan and Siberia, now considered part of Russian and Ukrainian national cuisine. Pelmeni is a type of dumpling consisting of a filling that is wrapped in thin unleavened dough.

I want to try my hand at these little dumplings.

Capp...I'll bet you could lend some insight into this.

[beerocd]

Pan fry it and it sure looks like gyoza to me.

[capozzoli]

I love pelmeni. I make them sometimes. Basically they are a perogi. They have all different kinds as you may know. I usually make them with meat. Most would say I make them to big too. I make them perogie size. My pelmeni filling is ground pork with lots of garlic, onions and fresh dill.

I love Russian food. Ill start doing some of that soon. Russian is the original "gourmet".

[dbeechum]

Pan fry it and it sure looks like gyoza to me.

I love the whole world wide category of "savory stuff stuffed into dough and then steamed, baked or fried." It's just so fundamentally universal and has the side effect of making it so that nothing goes to waste.

[capozzoli]

How bout empinadas? Or the Jamaican meat pies. The Puerto Rican stuffed potato balls. OMG are they good.

Here are some images of Puerto Rican food.





Sweet Plantains

[bluesman]

Arroz blanco con habichuelas y pollo guisado

http://members.tripod.com/~apadilla98_2/recipes/arroz-habichuelas-pollo.htm



Pollo frito con tostones



Flan

[capozzoli]

I watched Julie and Julia last night.  I really liked it.

OMG, what have I become?

[Hokerer]

I watched Julie and Julia last night.  I really liked it.

OMG, what have I become?

You're not alone.  Wife picked that one up a while back so I ended up watching it too.  Wasn't half bad.

[dbeechum]

I watched Julie and Julia last night.  I really liked it.

I watched it a few weeks back and enjoyed it too with similiar thoughts.

Now, did anyone else feel that poor Amy Adams was out acted by Meryl. Of course I think she also got the less fascinating story too.

[nicneufeld]

I can at least point out that my wife made we watch it...     Yeah, I actually enjoyed the "flashback" scenes with Streep a lot more than the present day storyline.

Although I did briefly consider starting a "Julie/Neufie Project" blog and cook my way through Julie Sahni's Classic Indian Cooking.  But I would take 5 years or so.

Deboning poultry is not the hardest thing in the world to do, though.

[bluesman]

I love pelmeni. I make them sometimes. Basically they are a perogi. They have all different kinds as you may know. I usually make them with meat. Most would say I make them to big too. I make them perogie size. My pelmeni filling is ground pork with lots of garlic, onions and fresh dill.

I love Russian food. Ill start doing some of that soon. Russian is the original "gourmet".

I want to try them with meat. What recipe do you use?