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Originally Posted by rubicon
My wife's Polish grandmother made me this dish often. I also loved her kabusta (sp) (cabbage and split peas) perogi, vegetable soup polish mushroom soup Since my wife and I had been together since age 13 it was great having two father two mothers, eight grandmothers and lots of brothers and sisters. Polish grandmother loved pasta fagoli, pasta and peas, spaghetti with broccoli, spaghetti with tuna, pasta primavera, ravioli because she dislike meat. she would cook with it but wouldn't eat meat.
Yes this is my favorite subject . God made two things heaven on earth for human beings, food and the opposite sex absent these two inventions life would be hell on earth  |
You were very lucky indeed to have that amount of extended family members.........all of mine are long gone and missed dearly.....
Just as your wife's Polish grandmother loved the Italian pasta fagioli or pasta fazool (beans and macaroni....a mainstay of my childhood memories)........and all the other Italian dishes............
My own Ukrainian grandmother loved my dad's Provolone Cheese......
She would say in her broken English, "It smells like stinky feet".....
Ukrainian Katie (Kateryna) also spoke Polish.......etc.
I'd say my mom and dad blended very well their Ukrainian and Italian heritage and we grew up eating all kinds of food......American included.
But truthfully, it's those old dishes that we all remember fondly. I made them for my family........
However, as Virtual Geezer says, many of the dishes are made in volume........who can make just one pig in a blanket / stuffed cabbage roll.......so when it gets down to just the two of us.......hard to eat a big pot of anything.........unless one makes these items and then freezes them............lasagna and other Italian dishes freeze very well...and are nice to take out when needed.....
I'm so glad I've found another kindred spirit who is not a member of the dreaded "food police".........