Potato Pierogi- Martha Stewart

Martha and her mother, Mrs. Kostyra, make a batch of traditional Polish potato pierogi.

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[mariclar]

I could watch Martha’s mom all day long, she’s such a treasure.

[inspiredbynatureinspiredby]

Martha is such a Good daughter. You can tell that she truly loves and respects her Mom.

[kaydonahue]

My grandmother spoke Bohemian, and had a Polish speaking neighbor. I got up with her around 3:30am. I walked across the street at 4am, to get two dozen eggs from her Polish neighbor. She made potato dumplings ahead of time, eggs, and bacon with the rind, when people woke up. She always cooked for 15 people. Six dozen kolaches, apple streusel, chocolate pie, poppy seed cake. I wasn't allowed to bake, but she gave me pie crust scraps to bake with cinnamon sugar. Since it was a wood stove, she put my creations in the stove, and took them out. With only a first grade education, she knew her recipes by heart. Will try this recipe. No one could ever cook like my grandmother. Will see if my granddaughter's would like to help.
Your gentle souls are comforting.

[carolking]

Wasn’t Martha lucky to have such a fantastic mother.♥️

[TreenaBeena]

I love watching Martha and her mom cook together. Such a beautiful relationship!

[FingalsMyst]

Anyone who makes homemade pierogi is an all star! Martha is certainly that and more. So is her Mom. ❤

[angelahagerman]

I am glad Martha gave her mother the admiration she deserved..

[mena]

This warms my heart with a tear or two. Nothing better than cooking with your mom.

[deepindigoblue]

Cutest when Martha's mother spoke Polish by the end! True Polish pierogi recipe!

[juliedick]

After the perogies are boiled I like to saute them in butter and serve with sour cream, bacon bits and finely chopped green onions....yum!

[roseangela]

My MOM added thinly sliced sauted onion to her potato filling...then after boiling the pierogi and draining them she sauted them in butter to give them them a slight crispness and golden color. She also sauted onion in butter and dressed the pierogi with this before serving. Smachnego!!

[johnting]

I love these videos of Martha and her lovely mom. She (Big Martha) reminds me so much of my dear grandmother. I wish we had had this technology before she passed away so I could have recorded her cooking and passing on family stories and memories. These are moments that are always to be treasured.

[MYDIYKathy]

I really enjoyed this video. I came from Poland 25 years ago and this is how we make the pierogi to this day "the old fashioned way" LOL :-)

[DallasLL]

How precious, I wish I had my mom recorded, Martha senior is so sweet, I love their banter

[greeneyes]

I love her Mom, she's such a good teacher.

[MrsAi]

Polish food is so delish and I try as much as I can to teach my boys my moms recipes which she learned from her mom and grandma . Wigilia is so important to us and our culture and I love all the food.

[authorannie]

I just love the episodes with both mother and daughter and the humor they share.

[QRSC-fhob]

I love how Martha's mom just *knows* how much of each ingredient is needed and how Martha has to keep saying how much of each one they are using, for the benefit of the viewer, of course (two heaping spoons of this, one cup of that...). I cannot cook anything without measuring everything very carefully!

[mocztenora]

I recommend adding some fried onion into the filling. You need to chop it and sweat it over medium heat until it's translucent but still crunchy. This is how pierogi were made by my grandmother. ;-)

[blessed_mom]

These videos are such a thrill to watch. I remember watching Martha all the time. She is amazing, and her mum is adorable