I come from an almost completely Polish family, and my grandparents on both sides cooked such fantastic dishes, and they each had their own spins on things. Stuff like potato pancakes (with sour cream, but Germans use apple sauce), pierogies (cheese, potato, sauerkraut, mushroom, mmmmmmm!), beet soup, kielbasa - man, I could go on and on. Unfortunately my Mom has little interest in making most of those dishes, as many are admittedly time consuming.

Luckily there's a great Polish restaurant in Eagle Rock, CA that makes these things - they're delicious, but they're DIFFERENT than what I grew up with!

Might have to go out to eat tonight!

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