Man Food

[JOES66FURY]

Joe, I was fortunate enough to have TWO grandmothers who make Polish food. Maternal grandmother was awesome with cabbage and noodles and home made pierogies. Paternal grandmother makes an awesome spread of just about anything. Never any shortage of good eats around here.

you lucky SOB....I do love me some stuffed cabbage and mashed taters too....


BTW...those chickens up there...cooking as we speak

[Barry Donovan]

have not had cabbage in a long while.

My mom (rip) used to cook the classic stuff.

Some of you may have heard of beans dogs, or even sausage.. that is local to me.
nice cool place...all year. I walk into their freezer watch my meat package get put together on the spot.

I only guess they ship all over. the hot dogs anyway.

reminds me to see what they do with bacon. would love to see that sliced up on the spot.
That place reminded me what a supermarket does not do. the freshness is almost steroidal in comparison.

[sueunit]

if you guys want to kick the noodle and butter game up a bit take a Page from us of eastern European decent...


Chop some cabbage and saute it in butter until lightly browned, then mix with egg noodles then add salt and pepper to taste...

The cabbage gets really sweet, and compliments the butter and noodles like nothing else...you can also add some chopped fried bacon to take it to the next level...

give it a try, it is amazing, it is among my very favorite dishes next to pirogi made at a church by little old Polish women...

I thought only little old Polish women in Pittsburgh PA made pierogies at church. Pierogies, gotta love them. Potato, cheese, they are all yummy. We will certainly give your cabbage and buttered egg noodle suggestion a try! Today is spaghetti and meatball day at weeville. Rusty is anxious to make the "next" batch, using Dan's suggestion of mild italian sausage along with the ground beast.

[JOES66FURY]

Sue, you forget, I am from Pittsburgh...I ain't old, 100% polish, a woman or in a church...but I can make a mean pirogi!

I am making meatballs today too....using pork, ground beef and a list of other ingredients. got them simmering on the stove now...cant wait.

[TC]

Sue, you forget, I am from Pittsburgh...I ain't old, 100% polish, a woman or in a church...but I can make a mean pirogi!

I am making meatballs today too....using pork, ground beef and a list of other ingredients. got them simmering on the stove now...cant wait.

Damn you guys are making me hungry!!!!!

[sueunit]

Sue, you forget, I am from Pittsburgh...I ain't old, 100% polish, a woman or in a church...but I can make a mean pirogi!

I am making meatballs today too....using pork, ground beef and a list of other ingredients. got them simmering on the stove now...cant wait.

Sounds good. What ingredients do you use? Oh, and I didn't "completely" forget you were a born and raised Pittsburgh boy. the polish ladies making pierogies in church reminded me. Now you have admitted you can make em, you are going have to give me your recipe. How about flour dumplings, or whatever they are called. Dropped into the pork and saurkraut......got a recipe for those? We don't know how to duplicate the ones my mom made. I don't mean dumplings like the fat noodles cut in slices....but I bet you know that.

[JOES66FURY]

Sue, I do not know how to make the dumplings but my grand pa made them when I was younger and used them in a sour soup he made at Christmas and New Years...he passed one years back and took the recipes with him. My grandma never cooked...lazy I guess.

I will have to dig up the pirogi recipe, it is pretty easy but makes a mess and is time consuming...nothing tastes like a fresh pirogi tho...so yummy. There is a ethnic festival here every year and the polish club of Arizona is there selling home made pirogi...oh man do I drop some money a that booth...they laugh when I order 2 dozen...


I cook like the old folks, I don't measure, I go by look, feel and taste...but my meatballs are eggs, bread crumbs, thyme, oregano, basil, garlic and chopped fried onions....wad them up in a ball and toss them in the sauce which is tomato sauce, sauteed garlic, onions, green and red peppers. I also ass some oilve oil, white or red wine basil, oregano, thyme, sugar, and some tomato paste....

[sueunit]

Hey Joe,

Thanks for the info. I am NOT a natural cook, gotta measure everything...lol

I have my mother's original cookbook from the 50's, but she didn't follow recipes either.....took some of this recipe and some of that recipe and out came yummy food.

I tried Mrs. T's frozen pierogi's once, not worth repeating if you have ever had the fresh homemade.

[TC]

Speaking of Man Food, we'll be doing this again on July 30th for my Birthday, if any of you guys find yourself in Phoenix feel free to stop by, plenty of food, beer and good people to hang out and party with.........

[Cyclone03]

When the wife and kid take off I go into overdrive working on my cars,shop etc...
So I hit Sonic,Bill Miller BBQ,Churches Chicken,or my Local Favorite You'z Guy'z Philly Cheese Steaks (OMG YUM!) on the way to work (I work nights) the kitchen could fall off the end of the house and I would never notice,when they are gone I don't have time to cook.

[DanStokes]

Pork De Deux!

Dan

[JOES66FURY]

Hey Joe,

Thanks for the info. I am NOT a natural cook, gotta measure everything...lol

I have my mother's original cookbook from the 50's, but she didn't follow recipes either.....took some of this recipe and some of that recipe and out came yummy food.

I tried Mrs. T's frozen pierogi's once, not worth repeating if you have ever had the fresh homemade.

you can dress them Mrs. T's pirogi up okay...I eat them all the time.

What you do is once they are done, drain them off and put them in a frying pan with butter and saute them till they get a lightly browned on either side...toss on some caramelized onions and sour cream and you're in business.

I will PM you my pirogi recipe once I find it...it's been a while since I whipped up a batch...it was my great grandmas recipe...am happy to share....now where the hell did I put it...

[nesabo]

See if this is qualifies.
Using a cast iron skillet on the grill, fry some bacon.
Remove the bacon from the skillet, put in some red diced potatoes and green beans to cook in the bacon love(aka grease).
When the potatoes and beans are almost done put on some marinaded chicken breasts, I usually just marinade in Italian dressing, on the grill.
When the breasts are almost done take a few strips of bacon and lay on top of ach of the breasts for the last few minutes of cooking.
Now with everything done get some good Kaiser rolls with just a little brown mustard and chedder cheese and put the chicken breasts and bacon on the roll and server the potatoes and beans on the side.

[Pumpkin]

No bacon required, just got to dig a hole. How it's done in Georgia.

[yellomalibu]

I was going to say a pork butt smoked on the ECB for 10 to 12 hours is surely man food, but after the last post... it's like calling a Chevette a muscle car. :/