pirogi

Noun

pierogi (plural pierogi or pierogies or pierogis)

1. (Canada, US) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.
   • Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese...2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN

   Synonyms:

   varenyky, vareniki, pelmeni, pedahey

Noun

pirog (countable and uncountable, plural pirogs or pirogi or pirogen or pirogn)

1. A baked case of dough with a sweet or savoury filling, popular in Eastern Europe.
   • On such a day it was the custom, some sixty years ago, to bake several immense pirogs of cake dough; one of these pirogs was stuffed with hard-boiled eggs and sometimes also with kasha, while the others had no fillings; it was these latter that were sent to various relatives as a sign of affection.1933, Nina Nikolaevna Selivanova, Dining & Wining in Old Russia, page 90

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