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== Dumplings with Spinach and Celebration ==
[[File:Pierogi ze spinaczem.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.6|A tray of frozen "potato and paper clip" ''pierogi'' (according to the label on white-and-red background)]]
After the cold starter it's time for a hot one: ''pierogi ze szpinakiem i fetą'', or dumplings with spinach and, um, um… celebration. ?
''Pierogi'', the delicious Polish stuffed and boiled dumplings, often go hand in hand with celebration, that's true. One kind, sauerkraut-and-mushroom ''pierogi'', is traditionally served at the Christmas Eve dinner. In fact, the very word "''pierogi''" comes from "*''pirŭ''", the Proto-Slavic term for a feast. Pierogi are a celebratory food ''par excellence''.