[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ger-Poland-Volhynia Digest, Vol 124, Issue 9 - German Dialects

[Christian Lucht]

Perogies- Did you really call them perogies back then? Or is that the
English version of the German word "Pyroggen" as they were called in our
family in Russian Poland.
Christian


2013/9/12 Helen Gillespie <gilleh23 at gmail.com>

> Perogies - I guess it depends on taste.  We usually had potatoes and
> farmer's or dry cottage cheese ones but sometimes Mom would make them with
> fruit. My Dad liked those. They were a bit messy though. I guess it depends
> on where you lived - or the tradition in your own family.
> Or potato pancakes - do you serve them with applesauce or sour cream? Again
> - depends on your sources. Or taste.
> Or cabbage rolls - lots of rice or with meat ?- It might depend on
> location. We always had meat in ours - with some rice - but many Ukrainian
> cabbage rolls are meatless. A cost factor or tradition.  I don't know.
>
> In any case - they are all good!
>
> Helen
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Carole <rschlesselman at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Funny thing about German dialects:  My mother was born in Alberta and
> > raised
> > in Saskatchewan.  Her parents were from Bessarabia.  My father was born
> and
> > raised in Manitoba.  His parents were from Volhynia.  Both of my parents
> > grew up speaking German at home.  However, my father said he spoke "High
> > German" which he felt was superior somehow criticized my mother for
> > speaking
> > "Low German."  They would argue about pronunciations.  The funniest was
> the
> > pronunciation of perogies (a Polish dish, no less!)  But they didn't
> argue
> > just about the pronunciation they also argued over what should be inside
> > them.  My father said his mother always put plums inside.  My mother only
> > ever made them with potatoes and cheese.  Although we did eat perogies
> > (never with plums) my parents never taught us German (too painful?) and
> to
> > this day I regret that.
> >
> > Carole (Henkel) Schlesselman
> >
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