Everyone seems to have heard of fried green tomatoes. My Pa. Dutch Nana (grandmother) periodically made them, most often at the end of tomato season […]
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Porcupine Meatballs
Here in my Coalcracker Kitchen, the temperatures are unbearably high thanks to a mid-July heatwave smothering all of Pennsylvania and much of the Northeast. For […]
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 […]
Coal Region Stuffed Mangoes (Stuffed Peppers)
In the Coal Region, and in some other regions in the US, a green bell pepper is referred to as a “mango“. I grew up […]
Fresh Kielbasa
The Coal Region and kielbasa go hand-in-hand. Their connection to Poland and the immigrants who came to Northeast Pennsylvania is strong. We have contests for […]
Easy Harvard Beets
I adore red beets and they usually appear chilled on my table pickled accompanied by hard-boiled eggs which were soaking for days alongside the beets […]
