Seahawks (3-1) vs. Cooking (Pierogies)

(This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook. On Sunday morning, following a trip to a local farmer’s market/major supermarket chain, we will be preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks opponent. Then at halftime we will throw our badly burned hands in the air and make hot dogs.)

Pierogies are so common in Pittsburgh that they race them for sport.

In fact they may be the third most popular food in the region behind Pirmanti Brother’s sandwiches and squirrel.

Our friend from Western Pennsylvania explained the popularity of the Pirmanti Brother sandwich, which consists of grilled meat, coleslaw, mayonnaise, tomatoes, and French fries, between two fat slices of Italian bread. Wow, that sounds amazingly good.

However, since we’d like to live to see the NFL declare Super Bowl XL officially rigged, we’re gonna skip the heart attack served on wax paper.

Your basic pierogi is a dumpling filled with mashed potatoes, cheese, onions, sauerkraut, stewed fruit, mushrooms, sausage, eggs, vampire or anything else they had in the old country.

The game is in the morning so we'll be making sweet cheese pierogies. We may try and make some of the more traditional variety, however, it’s been a while since we’ve jumped out of bed craving mashed potatoes and onions.

Since the opponent is the Steelers we’re considering filling a few with sour grapes.

On Monday we’ll report back, and if you think you're so fucking great why not try and make the stuff as well. Then we can all compare notes as our fathers stare at us disapprovingly.

Recipe for Pierogi.