On Becoming a Polish Housewife

For my first post on this matter, I figured I'd just go ahead and upload the recipe to the first Polish thing I ever tasted, and then learned to make, Pierogi!

See below Ania's mama's recipe, and what I love is how "a little bit of this, not too much of that" it is. If you have any questions, let me know -- I successfully made cheese n potato ones as well as blueberry several months ago, though I was inspired to post this today because
a) I'm making more soon.
b) I will also be learning to make Makoviec -- poppyseed rolls. More to come....

Courtesy of Ania's mama, a recipe for pierogi:

"I start with the stuffing first. I boil potatoes (3-5 medium size). I don't like pieces of onion in my pierogi so I cut one onion and fry it on butter or oil till golden. Then I use sitko ( I forgot English name for this thing used to drain pasta) and put only liquid part of onion to well mashed, boiled potatoes. I add to that chesse, the best is farmers cheese but i experymented with others too and it was OK. I mix everything very well and add salt and pepper.

Then or when potatoes are boiling I make the dough. In a bowl i put some flour, one egg, salt and boiling water ( it is very important for the dough to be elastic). I mix everything with a spoon, since it is hot and then I use hands to make a good dough. It shouldn't be too hard or too soft. I add more water or flour to make it right.

I cover the whole dough and cut a small piece which I roll and cut squares. In the centre I put a small spoon of stuffing and make a pierog.

I boil water to which I add salt (not too much) and a spoon of oil ( it prevents pierogi from sticking to each other while boiling). I put pierogi to boiling water and when ready ( start coming to the top) I remove them. I put some butter on them so they won't stick to each other and later I will use this butter to fry them."