[Sca-cooks] Question to the group....

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Kayah wrote:

> I've been making pierogis by hand with the old recipies of both my
> grandmothers.. and just got onto wondering.. are pierogis period anyway? -
> in Polish cuisine that is... I know Bigos is cause that's been around for
> ages, but..

Just out of curiosity, how do we know bigos is period? I believe there's
a written recipe in the works of Careme, c. 1800 C.E., but is there
really any hard evidence for its being significantly older than that?

> The most traditional ones like sauerkraut and mushrooms or just mushroom or
> minced meat, or the ones that are usually prepared in the summer with fruit
> filling like plum, strawberry or wild blueberry..
> I don't expect the Russian spicy potato pierogis to be period though! :P

We've actually had several discussions on this list on the differences
between pirogs, pieroshki and pierogen, and which types were probably
period. I know the baked Russian turnovers are mentioned in the
Domestroi, for example, but typical fillings would likely include kasha
or meat.

Adamantius

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