Subject: RECIPE: Polish Wigilia 6/13: Christmas eve kutia
From: [email-masked] (Edward Chrzanowski)
Date: 14 Dec 87 19:46:45 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.gourmand

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.RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE WIGILIA-6 V "1 Dec 87" 1987
.RZ "KUTIA WIGILIJNA" "Christmas Eve Kutia"
This recipe could be used as part of a 12 course meal known in Polish as
Wigilia, or on its own.  Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve.
.IH "Serves 4\-6"
.IG "1 cup" "cracked wheat or bulgur" "150 g"
.IG "2 cups" "hot water" "500 ml"
.IG "\(12 cup" "poppy seeds" "70 g"
.IG "1 cup" "honey" "250 ml"
.IG "2 cups" "water" "500 ml"
.IG "1 tsp" "salt" "5 ml"
.IG "" "festive spirits"
.PH
.SK 1
Soak wheat in
.AB "2 cups" "500 ml"
of hot water for 30 minutes.  Bring to a boil and cook covered until tender.
.SK 2
Mix in poppy seed.
.SK 3
Cook honey with remaining 2 cups of water for 20 minutes.  
Cool and serve with wheat and poppy seed mixture.
.SK 4
For added enjoyment a liberal amount of festive spirits may be added.  In
Poland the festive spirit is usually called \fISpiritus\fR, which is grain
alcohol.
.SH RATING
.I Difficulty:
easy.
.I Time:
1 hour.
.I Precision:
Approximate measurement OK.
.WR
Original recipe passed down through the generations and
translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by
Edward Chrzanowski
MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
[email-masked]  or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski