In Polish, kluski is actually the generic term for “noodles” which includes thick, thin, potato-based doughs, and dumplings, so it is redundant to call them […]
Eastern European
Mock Czarnina (Duck Blood Soup – Mock Version)
Czarnina (char-NEE-nah), czernina, and czarna polewka) is a classic Polish Duck Blood Soup. Many Coal Region folks will recognize it from childhood, either having had it, turned away from […]
Coal Region Apple Pie Boilo
Ah, it’s mid-October here in the Coal Region. Pennsylvania apples and locally made cider are popping up in stores and roadside stands everywhere you go. […]
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 […]
Leniwe Pierogi (Lazy Pierogi)
Welcome to the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. As I might have mentioned a time or two – we LOVE pierogi! We’ll stand in long lines […]
Polish Potato Dumplings with Plums (Knedle)
I had a request for this recipe by one of our friends of A Coalcracker in The Kitchen’s Facebook page. I promised her that I […]