My Polish/Slovakian side is makin some of grandmas recipes. Her actual recipes. As an AF brat you miss out on alot. She made me some of her recipes when I went to visit as a child. : )
Pure Slovak here. Good old halupki. A Polish friend said they make it with mushroom soup in the sauce and that's how I make it now. Always make it on Christmas Eve. My mother made mushroom soup with sauerkraut and bilbolki (I don't know how to spell it) it's a round bread. https://soupnbread.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/slovak-mushroom-sauerkraut-soup/
Slovak Mushroom-Sauerkraut Soup | Soup and Bread
From Mike Sula/Chicago Reader [Ed: Mike adapted this recipe from one provided by his father's cleaning lady, Barb Sambroak, who in turn got it from her sisters. It is a real soup of extremes: both very shroomy and very sour. Mike used dried shiitake mushrooms, but you can experiment with variet..
https://soupnbread.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/slovak-mushroom-sauerkraut-soup/Funny thing, many times have found myself making stews that ended up ready around mid afternoon. I was like WHY do I do that, well obscure memory, but read many times around there in that regard some are ready that time of day. Would have to revisit that info search wise.
