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How to cook Frozen pierogi? Boil or Fry? [90]
I'm not a fan of the American frozen brands(Mrs. T's ) but when we have bought them, we didnt boil them, we just let them sit in water until they thawed and then cooked them in cast iron skillet with butter and onions(sometimes with diced bacon also). Usually as a side but sometimes with some cut up kielbasa as an entree.
I usually get mine from local churches, they sell them once a week(usually Fridays) and you can eat em there in the church or take em to go. There is a Ukrainian Catholic Church(some Poles go to Church there too) that sells them every week and some others like St. Johns. Old ladies make them usually and they are always good and well worth the $7 or $8 for a dozen. Pierogies are very popular in the Pittsburgh area.
post-gazette.com/stories/sectionfront/life/pierogies-fill-church-coffers-with-dough-292512
My wife's family also makes them here and there throughout the year. In late April and early May, I go hunting for Morel Mushrooms and if I get a lot, her father will usually make some pierogies with morel mushroom and cheese filling.
I'm with ChicagoPollack and like the sauerkraut ones. Also like the regular potato and cheese filling.
You never see the sweet pierogies(blueberry, strawberry, etc) in my neck of the woods very much, they are always savory.
My favorite baseball team the Pittsburgh Pirates dress 4 men up as Pierogies at each game and they have a race. Sauerkraut Saul, Oliver Onion, Jalapeno Hannah, and Cheese Chester.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pierogi_Race
youtube.com/watch?v=f_aS_Tugruo
It's stupid but it shows you how popular the pierogy is here in the Pittsburgh Area, Milwaukee has the same sort of thing with guys dressed up as sausages at their baseball games, they have a heavy German population and make Beer, cheese, and sausage. A lot of Central and Eastern European immigrants moved here to Pittsburgh to work in the mills and the pierogi has stuck around, and everybody eats them not just white folks with Polish roots. Same with Pork and Sauerkraut(also kielbasa with sauerkraut on top, hot dogs with sauerkraut on top, mashed potatoes with sauerkraut on top) on New Years Day last week, literally everybody eats it today, even black people. It's Good Luck and my mom always says it cleans your system out for the New Year
