This is a fantastic link, thank you! I'll have to see if mom is up for some experimenting. Of course, there will never be pierogis like my late grandma made (the instructions she left weren't very specific), though the Polish bakery pierogis are pretty decent.
We celebrate a very modified Polish Christmas Eve, we only eat the pierogis and fish. We added meat because people wanted it. I did a report on Polish Christmas when I was taking a course on Ethnic Something or other. Very interesting.
Hafta work tomorrow, so I should toodle off soon. Thanks again, and hope you had a great holiday! xoxo
Oh, I'm so glad you liked it and took time to respond. I thought it was very interesting myself. I was just about to get off this darm computer and read your reply and it capped off a very happy day. :-)
Thanks so much, and I do hope you enjoy the rest of the holidays with your friends and family.
I should add that we also have the wafers, and in lieu of saying grace, we all go around the table and make wishes for the coming year. As each person says their wish, everyone breaks off a piece and eats it.
As part of that paper I did in college, I interviewed a friend's (then future) mother-in-law, who emigrated from Poland in the late 60's. She confirmed the use of hay under the table cloth and the stalks of grain in the corners of the room. My other research said that the empty place setting was also to remember those that were no longer with us.
Most interesting to me, was the fact that the traditional Polish Christmas meal does not include meat, as they believe that animals, who witnessed Christ's birth, spoke with human voices that night. So to honor them, people don't eat meat that night.
Thanks again--glad to hear you had a nice Christmas as well.
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This is a fantastic link, thank you! I'll have to see if mom is up for some experimenting. Of course, there will never be pierogis like my late grandma made (the instructions she left weren't very specific), though the Polish bakery pierogis are pretty decent.
We celebrate a very modified Polish Christmas Eve, we only eat the pierogis and fish. We added meat because people wanted it. I did a report on Polish Christmas when I was taking a course on Ethnic Something or other. Very interesting.
Hafta work tomorrow, so I should toodle off soon. Thanks again, and hope you had a great holiday! xoxo
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Thanks so much, and I do hope you enjoy the rest of the holidays with your friends and family.
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As part of that paper I did in college, I interviewed a friend's (then future) mother-in-law, who emigrated from Poland in the late 60's. She confirmed the use of hay under the table cloth and the stalks of grain in the corners of the room. My other research said that the empty place setting was also to remember those that were no longer with us.
Most interesting to me, was the fact that the traditional Polish Christmas meal does not include meat, as they believe that animals, who witnessed Christ's birth, spoke with human voices that night. So to honor them, people don't eat meat that night.
Thanks again--glad to hear you had a nice Christmas as well.
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