Kate wrote:

> I'm with you, Barb. When I lived in So. Cal. I used to have to
> make my own pierogi so I would invite a bunch of people to help.
> We would have an assembly line and make many, many dozens of
> pierogi. Then we would eat some for dinner. Unfortunately, since
> they had all helped to make them, I had to give some to the
> people who came to the party. I always begrudged them those
> pierogi. I know I'm evil and selfish but pierogi are one of the
> world's great foods and one can never have enough. ;-)

If you substitute the word "tamale" for "pierogi," you have a common SoCal
phenomenon, especially around the holidays.

Bob