Recipes Discovered

Pierogi Recipe

My favorite food growing up was easily my mom’s homemade pierogies. I crave them from time to time, and although I have the recipe, they never quite taste as good as hers. The recipe isn’t difficult, it just takes a bit of time to fill and seal the pierogies. However, when something taste this good, sometimes it’s worth the effort.

Translating my mom’s recipes isn’t always easy, and this recipe is no exception. She told me to make enough mashed potatoes to equal the cottage cheese. Turns out, that is roughly a pound of potatoes. The potatoes need to by mashed by hand to a lumpy consistency, similar to the cottage cheese. I usually empty the cottage cheese into a large bowl, and then fill the empty container with the mashed potatoes, just to make sure I have equal amounts. I then add Parmesan cheese, egg yolks, salt, and pepper, mix everything together, and refrigerator the filling until I roll out the dough. >> Read more

I know this sounds insane, but I really wanted peanut butter toast today and with no toaster, my options were limited. I did the only thing I could think of - I toasted by bread with a hair dryer. Crazy, right? Even crazier, it actually worked. I figured it would only warm the bread, but it actually created a toasty edge. It didn’t brown the bread obviously, but it made it crispy, and it only took about 30 seconds on each side. So there you have it - blow dryer toast.

Kool-aid Pickle Recipe

Our friend Nick is an interesting person who is always coming up with crazy ideas. When he sent Seth an e-mail about Kool-aid pickles, I thought it was a joke until Seth insisted that I make them. Apparently Nick’s dad saw an article about the pickles in the newspaper. Kool-aid pickles, or candied pickles, started at a food mart in a small town in Mississippi. They have become hugely popular in the South, especially among kids. The pickles can be made with any flavor Kool -aid, although cherry and tropical punch seem to be favorites. They can also be made with any type of dill pickle - whole, halves, quarters, or slices. Nick, being the crazy guy he is, thought they were a great idea. Seth, of course, would never disagree with Nick and that is how I found myself making a jar of Kool-aid pickles. >> Read more