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barbie gee[_2_]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2016, wrote:

> On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 5:43:23 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 7:11:22 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 2:20:05 PM UTC-5, tert in seattle wrote:
>>>>
>>>> sour cream? yes
>>>> yogurt? ok
>>>> lemon juice & pepper? yes
>>>> marinara? not so much
>>>>
>>>> These are the frozen ones from costco. Anyone try these? They're pretty
>>>> good. What do you eat them with?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I don't get the appeal of these things.
>>
>> I'm not a potato pierogi fan, but I do like cabbage, mushroom,
>> cabbage-and-mushroom, sauerkraut, cheese (savory or sweet), or prune.
>> Sautéed in butter after boiling, with perhaps some buttered bread crumbs
>> (or bacon bits, but not with sweet filling) for crunch.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>>
> Several years ago I was at a friends house in Pennsylvania. He asked
> me to stop by this particular mom & pop restaurant and pick up 6 or
> 8 potato pierogis.
>
> He had gone on and on and on about good these particular ones were and
> his friends also got rather orgasmic talking about these from this
> restaurant. That night I cooked them following his instructions to
> the letter and he commented how perfectly I had cooked them and dug
> right in.
>
> Lots of yummy noises were forthcoming, eyes rolling back in his head,
> and he clearly looked to be in culinary heaven. I thought these
> things must be out of this world the way he was carrying on. I
> eagerly cut into mine and shoved a forkful into my mouth. What an
> absolute disappointment!!! Bland, bland, bland. Fried dough wrapped
> around somebody's tasteless mashed potatoes.
>
> This is clearly a dish that you had to have been raised on to appreciate.
> Or you crave bland, tasteless food. (For the record, I don't like
> dumplings either so people won't think I'm dissing Eastern European
> food.)
>

Yup.
Anything but potato-filling, please.