Whatever it is that you do or do not celebrate tonight, enjoy yourself!
I did the gefilte fish the Ukrainian way instead of the Polish recipe I had used before. The Ukrainian version has no sugar added, and the sweetness is achieved through the use of beets. Which is why the whole thing is so red:
The ornament on the coulibiac is my rendition of a hedgehog:
It’s a hedgehog in profile. You can see the little feet on the bottom. Yes, I suck as an artist but it turned out very tasty.
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I would be keen to eat the dead fish, although not the pie, although it looks tasty, as I have a wheat intolerance. Please send them over to me and I will give you fourpence.
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This Gefilte fish can only be pried out of my cold dead hands. 🙂
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ok, sounds good. She diedid with a fish in her hands.
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Have you ever made headehog rolls? Now you live in a hedgehog house you really should do so one day!
Oh, and happy Thanksgiving/red fish day!
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I had to Google hedgehog rolls. Wow, they look amazing! I totally need to make them.
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What was inside the coulibiac?
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The coulibiac had mushrooms, dill and chopped hard-boiled eggs. Turned out surprisingly good.
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Everything looks delicious! Happy Thanksgiving.
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You can buy chocolate hedgehogs from Purdy’s and they’re guaranteed kosher.
http://www.purdys.com/Hedgehogs-P3.aspx
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Thank you so much! I definitely will be buying them. We are very into hedgehogs.
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I admired your china, my late wife and her mother and mine also had the same beautiful classic pattern as brides.
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Stolichnaya though?
I must be turning into Graham Greene — everyone else noticed the food, and I noticed the booze you’re serving. 🙂
NEEDS MOAR WHISKY FOR THE WHISKY PRIESTS
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“Stolichnaya though?”
– We had to do the Russian thing right.
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I have a quick question. What’s the difference between coulibiac and pirog? Is it filling? Crust?
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Coulibiac is a lazy person’s pirog, I guess. 🙂 With the coulibiac, you wrap the stuffing into the dough, while a pirog requires a more careful construction and two matching sheets of dough.
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