Gold Belly Pierogi

We got a text message from our daughter in law yesterday asking if we had received a “peculiar” package. We did receive notice that we had a package but I thought it was medicine so we hadn’t yet picked it up. So my husband went down to the lobby to get it. He came back with a large box. When we opened it it was filled with Gold Belly pierogi. When we were growing up we always had pierogi on Christmas Eve - after spending a lot of time making them with my mom. Potato and sauerkraut/cabbage/hamburger were our favorites. Now we always stock up on Mrs Ty’s and have them routinely all year round. So it was a big surprise and a thoughtful gesture to get polish food for our Christmas gift. there were four packages of three different kinds - potato and cheese, pulled pork, and mozzarella. Rather than wait for Christmas Eve we decided to try the pulled pork last evening. We boiled them first then put them in the frying pan for a bit with olive oil. Then we made the salad and the broccoli as sides. We happened to have some barbecue sauce to add a bit of taste to the pulled pork. It was an interesting combination and we are looking forward to trying the rest tomorrow night. Of course we let our daughter in law know we received the package. It made a very gloomy and rainy day bright. 

Mrs. T’s or Golden Pierogies?

I mentioned to my husband a few weeks back that we should stock up on Mrs. T’s pierogies knowing what what was about to come - especially since the spinach and feta selection is sometimes difficult to find. We got a couple of boxes, but now things have changed a lot in just two weeks. Rather than go to the grocery store we decided to try two apps - one for Peapod - for the Giant grocery store, and one for Instacart - for Harris Teeter and several other stores we may eventually need. Both approaches worked really well considering the alternatives. Obviously paper products, hand sanitizers, hand soaps, and toilet paper are still out of stock. We at least got some paper towels today with the Peapod delivery. In order to get most of what you want it’s good to have the second choice replacement checked off on the order. In this case, rather than Mrs. T’s pierogi we ended up with potato and cheese Golden pierogi. It gave us an opportunity to try a new brand and they were good. My husband always adds onions and other items to it anyway. So, we have had the chance to try grocery apps, and different brands than we are used to. It hardly matters anymore - we are all very flexible.