[CH] RE: Brats and Perogies
bvdrangs@enter.net
Tue, 4 Dec 2001 10:51:28 -0500
>Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 09:55:34 -0600
>From: Uncle_Dirty_Dave <xrated@ameritech.net>
>Subject: Re: [CH] RE: WI Brats
>
> What are 'brats'?
> Tom
>
>Here's a recipe for Sheboygan Brats (a sub-set of brats) so you can see
>what goes into them and make your own judgements. I was originally
>posted to this list some years ago.
I think Jeff posted this several years ago. My wife and I have been using the
recipe since and can vouch for how good these brats really are. Probably the
best tasting ones we ever had. Yes we have been to WI and tasted brats there.
>Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 22:06:45 -0500
>From: Andy <quark@erols.com>
>Subject: Re: [CH] Chips
>
>[I thought mentioning "perogies" would wake up someone out there.]
>
>There was this bar on a southern route between Allentown and Bethlehem
>that did them just right! Never split, golden brown, ...
Andy,
Being married to a Russian/Ukranian has some definite advantages, ecpecially
when she gets together with her mother to make hundreds of perogies in an afternoon.
One thing I learned from them is that they always cooked and served them different
than I ever saw before. They would boil the perogies in salted water and then
layer them in a bowl (keeping them warm in the oven until enough to feed everyone
was ready). They would saute a pile of onions (only until translucent, not browned)
in a lot of butter, then use the onions and butter to keep the freshly cooked
perogies from sticking together. They even added extra melted butter if needed.
(can you hear the arteries closing as I write?). we would eat these as the entire
meal with sour cream as a topping. I am sure that it's origins has something
to do with the flour, potatoes and dairy products were more abundant that meat
and this meal sticks to you.
More recently we have be sauteing the perogies in some butter and onions after
boiling and only serve thm as a side dish. To many of the "dunb dutchmen" around
here insist on deep frying them.
As mentioned, you can hardly turn around in the Allentown area without running
into a place that makes perogies. Even several fast food places do.
OK, I have to write something chile related to bring this back on topic. I spent
Thanksgiving on the Outer Banks and managed to bring back some hot sauce in
bottles representing the light houses I had just visited. I though that was
pretty cool.
Dave