In honor of her heritage, Saucyski selected Polish as her dinner theme!
Niech jeść (Let's Eat!)
For the first course, Couscouski attempted barszcz, more commonly known as borscht, or simply speaking, beet soup. While borscht may traditionally contain meat, this is a vegetarian version.
*Grapeski graciously shared her Polish facts with rest of us since we neglected to do our homework
(heads hanging in shame).
The most popular name for a dog in Poland is Burek (meaning brownish-grey colour)
Couscouski made every attempt to bring a Polish wine.
Note the following conversation at the wine store:
Do you have any Polish Wines? No, we have Polish vodka
How bout any Eastern European Wines? No, we have Eastern European vodka.
How bout anything ending in ..ski, sky? Snicker, eye roll
Okay, how bout a wine that goes with pierogies? How bout this Pinot Noir....
Saucyski slaved all weekend making traditional pierogies from scratch! Channeling her polish babcia (grandmother) she perfected the staple dish of the old country!
Sauerkraut and cottage cheese
Potato and cottage cheese
Poland has the highest unemployment level in the European Union (12%)
Grapeski was successful in finding an Eastern European wine -
this Bull's Blood from Hungary.
this Bull's Blood from Hungary.
Grapeski also did not disappoint with her dessert - a traditional Polish topielec or poppy seed roll. It involved a unique "drowning" of the dough in a bowl of ice water prior to rolling it out. She had enough dough to also make a date roll that was just as fabulous!
Poles marry the youngest within the European Union - age 24 for women and 26 1/2 for men.
Gratulacje!! (Congratulations) to everyone for successful dinner!! Not only did we try something different, learn something new, but most of all we have carried on a tradition that spans time and countries, whether you understand the language or not: coming together as friends over good food and wine.
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