Oh my those pierogies were good.
I haven't had pierogies like that since I lived in Michigan more than 20 years ago. Dr. Cochrane would have approved.
(Just listening to Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf right now
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The Plomeek soup turned out better than I expected. Just a simple leek soup recipe where I used some leftover roast vegetable stock which is actually rather sweet (caramelized onions, parsnips, turnips, carrots, along with celery, garlic, and mushroom stems). I made a tea of fresh ginger and pepper flakes and had it on the side in a small bowl (I wasn't sure how it would taste with ginger and pepper flakes and didn't want to ruin it. Better to add a little at a time, to taste). It worked! With just a couple of teaspoons of the ginger and pepper flake tea added to my soup bowl, somehow the sweetness was cut and the soup tasted much better, with just a gentle hint of spice. My wife and I both thought it was delicious.
Unfortunately she has never had midwestern pierogies before and didn't know what to think of them.
