Since last week I have continued looking into potential reasons why different European countries have varied traditions of how they prepare perogies. As it turns out, a lot of it stemmed from the economic status of the country/area, specifically when it came to the concept of refrigeration. The area of Ukraine that my grandma is from was traditionally a fairly poor region. As such, their access to refrigeration was very limited and food items like potatoes do not expire when kept at room temperature, which is why the perogies I grew up with always contained potato filling. Wealthier areas in countries such as Poland, who could afford luxuries like access to fridges, are where perogies tended to be filled with types of ground meat. As meat needed to be kept below room temperature, and spoiled quicker, it was more likely to be kept around these wealthier households. A similar explanation can be used as to why I had never heard of fruit perogies until th...
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