The Germans have made great strides in cheap champagne

[MonkeyFunk]

or sparkling wine, as we say.

Trader Joe's has a bottle of Schlos-Briebeck (or something close to that) for 3-4 bucks. Works just dandy in mimosas.

Is there any reason to buy good champagne for mimosas? I say Nein!

[Ikonoklast]

1. But if you drink enough of it

You want to invade someone of Polish ancestry.




Sneaky Kraut bastards.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. funny you should say that

I just went next door and stole their peroshkis.

[Ikonoklast]

3. If you ever got caught stealing peirogis at my house

You would be stuffed with kraut and corned beef, boiled, then pan-fried in real butter with minced onions, and then served with sour cream.


With applesauce on the side.







You sneaky bastard. :rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

4. God

I haven't had pierogi's in years (yeah, let's change the spelling each time!).

They were a childhood favorite - back in an old coal-mining town in Pennsylvania, we had plenty of Eastern Europeans (pollocks, hunkies, etc.) and every place had piroshkis. They were so delicous. Damn, I miss pirogies.

[Tyler Durden]

5. Any Hunyaks?

I love that word.

[MonkeyFunk]

6. Never heard that one!

what's a hunyak?

We only had Hungarians (hunkies) or pretty much anybody else from that part of Europe - they were all hunkies.

[Tyler Durden]

15. VERY impolite Polish.

Think very stupid "BOHUNK."

Usage: "He took of the guard and cut off his thumb??? Hunyak. "

[MonkeyFunk]

16. ah, Bohunk I know...

I guess our town was too polite to do hunyak.

[Ikonoklast]

7. My ex was Polish-Ukrainian

And pirogis were a staple of our weekly diet, and home-made ones at that. Potato with cheese, chives, and garlic, cottage cheese, kraut, and my favorite, shredded corned beef and kraut.

Living in N.E Ohio you can hardly swing a cat without hitting an Orthodox church selling home-made perogi every Friday during Lent. Lots of astounding ethnic food still available here.

I still go to the Ukrainian Orthodox church here in town and order them when the babushkas are making them. They make them around Christmastime, too.



Damn, now I have to go to the Hinckley Tavern for lunch and order some peroshki.
And wash them down with a nice Bass Ale.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. ahhh... I miss the babushkas

always there with a pinch on the cheek, a piroegi, and a kiss from their big hairy lips.

I miss ethnics. I'm in California now - we have Mexicans and Asians. I love 'em all, but I miss the babushkas.

[Ikonoklast]

11. Big, beefy arms and shoulders like linebackers

Those women aren't to be trifled with.


And if all they had was a pot of water and a head of cabbage, can make enough food to feed ten hungry people.

[MonkeyFunk]

13. Oh hell yeah!!

tough as a brick church, but would hug you like a lambswool sweater.

[TommyO]

17. I don't! My mom made hers last week.

My mom makes traditional potato and cheese pierogi, my brother makes farmer cheese pierogi. Me, I just make a pig out of myself with plenty of pierogi, butter, onions and sour cream.

[MonkeyFunk]

18. sigh...

anybody wanna share a recipe? Are they makeable by middle-aged gay men with a hankering and mediocre cooking skills? Anything with dough around it scares me - cooking-wise.

[supernova]

9. Sekt is vastly under-appreciated

[MonkeyFunk]

10. Ah! Yes, this is called a "sekt"

for 24 bits, it's good enough for my tastes.

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. I prefer proseccos and other psuedo-champagnes for mixed drinks and cocktails

I think they balance with the fruits and liquors better than Champagne or regular sparkling wines.

[MonkeyFunk]

14. I'm not hosting the Queen of Normandy here...

I'm just boozing early in the day.