pierogi

Or pi·ro·gi

[pi-roh-gee]

noun

Eastern European Cooking.

plural

pierogi, pierogies 

1. a small dough envelope filled with mashed potato, meat, cheese, or vegetables, crimped to seal the edge and then boiled or fried, typically served with sour cream or onions.

Example Sentences

Somewhere between the giant wooden duck box and the framed colored-pencil portrait of strangers' wedding vows, there’s a plate of pierogi that tastes like a cheeseburger.

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Chris said his restaurant normally sold about 1,500 pierogies in a single day but on Tuesday he expected to sell an extra about 2,500, boosted by travelling Poland fans.

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There’s a heavy lean on traditional Ukrainian recipes passed down from Kravchuk’s mother, like classic borscht and pierogies.

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I like sour cream on pierogies but I didn’t have any, so I used Greek yogurt, but it wasn’t as good.

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Beyond pizza, Gartenberg has eaten pierogies, doughnuts, soup, gummy worms and even a little Fireball.

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