Re: Borsht!

[Guest guest]

,

Nice to see another Ukrainian on the list: I married into a Ukrainian family and

adopted their traditions as my own! Years ago I asked my husband's grandmother

to teach me how to make pierogies; she called them pehrohe, which sounds like

" ped a heh " . Grandma never measured or followed a recipe but when she taught me

to make them, I wrote down all the ingredients she used, how many handfuls of

flour, etc. I am SO glad I asked her to teach me how to make them so that I can

pass that recipe on to my children. I made about 15 dozen for the big family

Thanksgiving dinner last week, some with potato & cheese filling, some with

sauerkraut & sausage filling, and everyone said they tasted just like Grandma's.

Grandma used to make her own sauerkraut too, and it was the best, so much better

than the store bought stuff. I sure miss her sauerkraut! Grandma's been gone

since 1989.

I also make Borscht, and in fact my eldest daughter requested it as part of her

birthday dinner a couple of weeks ago. She also requested holubtsi and pehrohe,

so I was busy cooking the day of her birthday. My eldest daughter is the only

one of my children who is old enough to remember Grandma, and still remembers

her good home cooking!

Borsht!

Hello everyone,

well,I have a great cold weather soup recipe to share with all of

you. My grandmother used to make it all the time when I was growing

up. And though she could never get me to eat beets (still don't like

them!) - I loved and still love this beet soup. My grandparents came

from the Ukraine, which is where this soup originates.

[Guest guest]

> My grandparents came

> from the Ukraine, which is where this soup originates.

Hey , did your grandmother do pysanky every Easter? I'm curious

because that's one of my hobbies. )

~Joe

[Guest guest]

> Hi Joe,

>

> we didn't actually make them, but she had alot of the wooden ones

that she collected - they were really ornate and beautiful. I always

wanted to learn how to make them, that's really awesome that you do

that! I assume that you are not Ukrainian - how did you ever get into

doing that?

As it happened, my great-great-grandfather decorated several dozen

real eggs using India ink, some of which still survive today. The

colors are slightly faded but the artistry is unmistakable. I was

always fascinated by them and when a friend gave me a how-to kit for

making pysanky, I tried it out and was hooked. I've been making them

ever since, usually in the wintertime. I've entered them in the State

Fair and won a few prizes.

The Ukrainian Gift Shop www.ukrainiangiftshop.com is in the process

of relocating but once they are settled in their news digs (wherever

that'll be) it's worth a trip to see what they have. I go there to be

inspired. ) The owner is 80 something and she's still creating

pysanky that are just beyond belief.

~Joe

[Guest guest]

Way back in the dark ages when I lived in Calif I took some pysanky lessons from

a woman

and she order all of her stuff from the Ukrainian Gift Shop in Mpls. What a

small world!

At the same time I had a Russian girl in my class. Her grandma came for a visit

and

brought some of her pierogies. They were wonderful- I ate more than my share.

I would

love to get a recipe too.

Lynn

>

> The Ukrainian Gift Shop www.ukrainiangiftshop.com is in the process

> of relocating but once they are settled in their news digs (wherever

> that'll be) it's worth a trip to see what they have. I go there to be

> inspired. ) The owner is 80 something and she's still creating

> pysanky that are just beyond belief.

> ~Joe