Milk Pies are a classic example of the “waste not, want not” frugality of life in many old Pennsylvania Dutch and Coal Region homes. This […]
Appetizers & Snacks
Smalec (Polish Lard Spread)
Many of us here in the Coal Region well remember our grandparents or parents sitting down to enjoy a food from their childhood that we, […]
Holiday Cheese Ball
Growing up in the early 1970’s. my parents and I made an annual pilgrimage “south” a couple weeks before Christmas day, weather permitting. We weren’t […]
Bobalky
A traditional food on the Christmas eve meal table in many Slovak families are little pieces of sweet bread known as bobaľky (bo-ball-kee). Boblaky is often […]
Ultimate Rice Cereal Treats
You may prefer flat, firm, compacted homemade or commercial rice cereal treats – and if so, this recipe is probably not to your taste. No […]
Coal Region Bundookies
Bundookies (aka “Bundukies”, “Bundukas”, “Polish Meatballs” or “Lithuanian Meatballs” depending on who you’re speaking with) are a Coal Region comfort food. These “bundookies” are meatballs […]