St. Augustine, Florida

St. Augustine, Florida
May 24, 2013

Luee

Luee
We adopted Luee from the Humane Society in 1996. He was 2 years old, but still a pup. He has slowed down a bit; his age is catching up to him. He is the best dog anyone could ever have. Luee had to be put to sleep on April 15, 2009. Rest in Peace Pup.

Christmas Eve 2012

Christmas Eve 2012

NINA HULA 7/28/2012

NINA HULA 7/28/2012

Jeff, Sam, Nina and Ian

Jeff, Sam, Nina and Ian
Ian's Graduation from Kindergarten

Luck Be A Lady

Luck Be A Lady

Little GQ 12/12

Little GQ 12/12

Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012

Joey and Elizabeth

Joey and Elizabeth

Nina June 2013

Nina June 2013

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

BRING ON THE KIELBASA, STASH


Happy Hump Day Guys and Dolls:

Just as a reminder, tonight on Man vs. Food at 9:00 p.m. on the Travel Channel, “The Man” visits the Jersey Boardwalk and featured is Marucas Tomato Pies. Now I saw a preview and the pie looks different than I remember, so we will have to see what is up. But for all those transplants, I’m sure the show will bring back memories of the boardwalk and food.

That’s it I’m thinking of ethnic food once again that I miss eating. Being from Polish decent my grandmother was a great Polish cook and she made some wonderful traditional dishes especially over the Christmas and Easter Holidays. What the hell Granny made good stuff all the time. These dishes haunt my memory as well as my stomach so here is a list of some of food I truly miss.

Over the Easter Holidays we had: A large ham, coleslaw, potato salad, beets, hard boiled colored eggs, all kinds of breads and desserts, truly a Polish feast. Christmas Eve was our big meal, no meat served at all. Always a fresh flounder or cod, beet soup and other great side dishes.

Here are some of the Polish food I crave once again:

A good Polish Kielbasa the kind hanging on the rack with some garlic.


Golabki or Stuffed Cabbage.


Pierogi they could be stuffed with potatoes, cheese, sauerkraut or ground meat, more like a small meatballs inside. I'll take them all.


Placki – Potato pancakes.


Kluski Noodles – Granny made a killer chicken soup with kluski noodles, fresh white meat of chicken, carrots and celery. What a treat on a cold winter’s day.


Paczki – Donuts light and airy.


Kiszka – Blood sausage filled with rice and meat. She boiled it on the stove and than into the oven until the skin cracked open and you just dug in.


And finally Kapusta (Cabbage), granny made it with mashed potatoes, barley and bits of meat almost like a soup.


One more item I forgot, she made the best salmon cakes and French fries on a Friday, Roe wishes to this date she had the original recipe, but that’s gone with grandma to the grave.

I’m sure there are a number of different nationalities that read my blog, so if you have memories of your favorite ethnic dishes or memories of your mom or granny’s cooking feel free to comment. Have a great day and go out and eat. I only wish I could find a good Polish place here.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

My daughter started going out with a Polish fellow this year so I was getting a dish sent over every few weeks. Usually pierogi and galumpki. The only thing that your list is missing is kapusta galuska (noodles with the sour cream and a bit of cabbage), and the bigos or hunter stew; that was a dark colored sauerkraut that was never bitter and often had a some pork.

Believe it or not, our old neighborhood is more Polish than when we left. I couldn't even order some things in my broken Polish. Poor girl gave up on me.

Skip

Anonymous said...

Oh no it's not! The best kielbas is over at .. how to start an argument at a Polish gathering.

Even though we had a Kalina in the family, I think Henry Pochart (sp?) over on the corner of Princeton and LITTLE OLDEN (remember that), along side Extension Patio had the best.

Skip

JoeZ said...

Skip, my granny made the kapusta with the barley and meat and mashed potatoes you could just dump the stuff on. I believe it about our old neighborhood, there was not much Polish when I left thats great its becoming a true neighborhood again. I don't think South Trenton or the Burg will return.

I remember Henry's store, man you are bringing back more memories. A friend of mine brought me back kielbasa from South River, now that was another Polish stomping ground.

Several years ago here they had a Polish festival down at one of the beach towns, my wife and younger son and my daughter-in-law and my little granddaughter went down there for the day, good food, pitchers of beer and polka music till dark. They stopped for some reason.

Thanks for comments Skip.

Mack said...

Hi Joe:)
Being part Slovak, we had a few
of these ..Stuffed Cabbage, Potato
Pancakes, Polish Ham..Grandma also
made some strained Egg thing on
Christmas and Easter but I forget
what it was called:)

JoeZ said...

Mack, Thanks for the comments, Slovish and Polish very close in traditions. I remember two more items she always had at Easter, one was butter in the shape of a lamb. She also made a cottage cheese that was shaped like a small wheel and covered with cheese cloth and kept in the cellar. Man that was good. Skip you and Mack have a great evening.

jeff said...

A few months ago i went to Pierogi Inn in sarasota and i had blueberry pierogis and they serve it with sour cream and sugar mmmmmmm JEST SMACZNEGO!!! (that means its delicious)

JoeZ said...

Jeff, never knew they had a pierogi place in Sarasota. Blueberry sounds good for breakfast, but I can't imagine it with onions and butter, give me the cheese, sauerkraut, potato and meat. Love ya Kid.

jeff said...

the lady said they eat it for dessert, they have lots of different fruit filled pierogis

JoeZ said...

Jeff: The fruit ones sound good, but is the pierogi itself more like lighter dough. Have to try it sometimes. Do they have the regular ones too?

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