Food / YOUR FAVOURITE POLISH EASTER FOODS? [23]

my family has several that we have. one in particular came from my grandfather's family, who was polish. we always called it mishkobege, with was gramma's way of spelling what her mother said meant "mixed up mess" in slovak. (sorry, her mother spoke very little english, and wrote even less, so we've had to guess at some things.)

anyway, i've tried for years to find out what it's actually called, and if it's even polish at all. Several people of polish decent in our area remember their families making it when they were young as well, but none of them could remember the name or origin either.

It's made with the ingredients from the easter basket in the morning, and has ham, kielbasa, hard boiled eggs, pickled eggs, and beets chopped up small. They are mixed into cottage cheese, with some vinegar, and a little bit of horseradish and blessed salt. It's all stirred together and usually served cold as-is-made, since we usually kept the basket in the refrigerator overnight anyway so everything came out cold to go in it.

it's good, although a couple friends haven't been able to get past the fact that the beets turn it all neon pink long enough to taste it.

hopefully, someone somewhere will be able to tell me what it actually is someday before the rest of the traditions get forgotten too.