pittsburgh proud.
Pittsburgh has such a large Polish population that there is an entire hill known as "Polish Hill". When my Polish ancestors immigrated to the States, you can guess where they chose to build their house. My mum was always a fan of traditional foods such as halupki and halušky, which she cooked from scratch. Both dishes seemed to take forever to cook and resulted in quite a smell. (Blegh, cabbage.) Where as my favourite Polish dish was always easily accessible in the freezer aisle. When I moved to Wellington I was disappointed to discover that there are no pierogies, none in the freezer aisle, none even at specialty shops and restaurants. There are definitely Pols here, 734 Polish orphans were brought to New Zealand during WWII, but the food doesn't seem to have accompanied them. Therefore I had to get creative as I sought to bring a bit of the 'burgh to the Shire. It took a few recipes, but I've finally hit upon the perfect co...