Mjdara (lentil potage) 2 cups lentils 2/3 cup rice ½ cup olive oil 2 large onions salt & pepper Pick over carefully the lentils. Put on stove in 1½ quarts cold water. Boil until quite done. Add uncooked rice. Leave on stove until rice is done, stirring occasionally. Cut up finely the onion and cook […]
International Foods
Barszcz (Clear Soup/ Broth)
Barszcz (Clear Soup) 1 lb Soup meat (shin bones) Salt & pepper Boiled in skin beets (1 bunch) 2 tablespoons vinegar Sour Cream 1 lb. Soup meat (shin bone). Boil in 8 quarts water (start in cold water) for 3 hours. Add salt and pepper. Prepare beforehand one bunch beets boiled in skins. Cut beets […]
Fresh Polish Sausage (Kielbasa Polska)
Fresh Polish Sausage (Kielbasa Polska) 10 lbs. Lean Boston Pork Butts, ground in small pieces 1 teaspoon salt per lb meat 2 teaspoons pepper 2 ½ cloves garlic, chopped fine 3 teaspoons marjoram- fresh if possible, hand crushed and rubbed Mix all ingredients in large container with 2 cups of water. Let stand overnight in […]
Vaerie’s Mousaka recipe
Vaerie’s Mousaka 1 medium eggplant (peeled and pared into ½” slices) Salt Flour Corn Oil 2 medium potatoes peels & pared into ¼” slices 1 medium onion (chopped) 1 & ½ lbs ground beef 1 can tomato sauce (8oz) Salt & Pepper 2 eggs ¼ cup Parmesan cheese Salt eggplant slices and let stand 1 […]
Placek (Polish coffee cake)
Placek (Coffee Cake) Part 1: 1 cup lukewarm milk 1 tablespoon sugar 1 package active dry yeast 1 ½ cups of flour Mix above ingredients well and let rise in a covered bowl in a warm place, free from drafts for 30 to 50 minutes. Part 2: Dough: 3 eggs beaten well 1 cup sugar […]


