Hello LilyOnTheLam.Com Readers:
Happy Halloween! Welcome to DAY FIVE - and the last installment of LilyOnTheLam's first ever INTERNATIONAL PIG WEEK. I chose today's porcine-themed blog subject in anticipation of my upcoming trip to Vienna, Austria.
Ladies and Gentlemen, from the Pierogi Grill & Deli in Clearwater, Florida, USA ... the Schweineschnitzel with Pierogi ...
Also known as pork Schnitzel with mushroom gravy with a side of caramelized onion topped pierogi.
It is heaven with mushroom gravy. Crispy, crusty, breaded pork cutlet in a savory, not too rich mushroom gravy with Pierogi Grill's awesome pierogi. This is not a meal for one with a light appetite. It is stick to your ribs all day and all night food. I highly recommend you plow some fields before you have this dish!
If you are a regular reader of LilyOnTheLam, you will know that I adore Pierogi Grill and Deli ... and not just because I am part Polish. (Although maybe 72% because I am part Polish.) I also love their Eastern European deli where you can find products you would not normally see on your American grocery shelves. Such as:
Instant cappuccino mixes in hazelnut, rum, brandy and cherry flavors! The next time I go to one of my fancy friends' houses and they ask me what I'd like to drink; I plan on turning my nose up and requesting "a brandy-flavored instant cappuccino, please."
Then I plan on looking shocked, dismayed, disappointed and judgmental when they woefully admit that they don't have any.
I will then hand them a map to Pierogi Grill & Deli and I will whisper "I can wait while you go buy some." Then I will stare at them intently until they depart. Friends are so much fun!
I read in a tour book that schnitzel came into being when "back in ye olden days," the rich would actually coat their meat with gold flakes. (My sister and I ate our body weight in gold flake decorated pastries at the Leela Palace in New Delhi, India. If you're ever looking for the most amazing hotel to stay at - check out the Leela Palace!)
Eventually either people went poor or the poor wanted to imitate the rich and voila, we now coat our meat with bread crumbs instead of gold to make schnitzel.
I have no idea if this is a true story or not, but I love the concept of it. I have this vision of me sitting on top of a solid gold throne demanding that my pork cutlet be coated in gold!
I've been known to have a little Marie Antoinette in me and not just because I am delusional and bound for a beheading.
I can't think of a better way to end International Pig Week (and to celebrate my upcoming trip to Austria!) than with a quality schnitzel. Is Pierogi Grill's schnitzel as good as ones I have had in Germany or Switzerland? No. But it's pretty decent for Florida.
If you're in Clearwater, Florida, check out the flavored instant cappuccinos and the schnitzel at Pierogi Grill!
Happy Halloween! Welcome to DAY FIVE - and the last installment of LilyOnTheLam's first ever INTERNATIONAL PIG WEEK. I chose today's porcine-themed blog subject in anticipation of my upcoming trip to Vienna, Austria.
Ladies and Gentlemen, from the Pierogi Grill & Deli in Clearwater, Florida, USA ... the Schweineschnitzel with Pierogi ...
Also known as pork Schnitzel with mushroom gravy with a side of caramelized onion topped pierogi.
It is heaven with mushroom gravy. Crispy, crusty, breaded pork cutlet in a savory, not too rich mushroom gravy with Pierogi Grill's awesome pierogi. This is not a meal for one with a light appetite. It is stick to your ribs all day and all night food. I highly recommend you plow some fields before you have this dish!
If you are a regular reader of LilyOnTheLam, you will know that I adore Pierogi Grill and Deli ... and not just because I am part Polish. (Although maybe 72% because I am part Polish.) I also love their Eastern European deli where you can find products you would not normally see on your American grocery shelves. Such as:
Instant cappuccino mixes in hazelnut, rum, brandy and cherry flavors! The next time I go to one of my fancy friends' houses and they ask me what I'd like to drink; I plan on turning my nose up and requesting "a brandy-flavored instant cappuccino, please."
Then I plan on looking shocked, dismayed, disappointed and judgmental when they woefully admit that they don't have any.
I will then hand them a map to Pierogi Grill & Deli and I will whisper "I can wait while you go buy some." Then I will stare at them intently until they depart. Friends are so much fun!
I read in a tour book that schnitzel came into being when "back in ye olden days," the rich would actually coat their meat with gold flakes. (My sister and I ate our body weight in gold flake decorated pastries at the Leela Palace in New Delhi, India. If you're ever looking for the most amazing hotel to stay at - check out the Leela Palace!)
Eventually either people went poor or the poor wanted to imitate the rich and voila, we now coat our meat with bread crumbs instead of gold to make schnitzel.
I have no idea if this is a true story or not, but I love the concept of it. I have this vision of me sitting on top of a solid gold throne demanding that my pork cutlet be coated in gold!
I've been known to have a little Marie Antoinette in me and not just because I am delusional and bound for a beheading.
I can't think of a better way to end International Pig Week (and to celebrate my upcoming trip to Austria!) than with a quality schnitzel. Is Pierogi Grill's schnitzel as good as ones I have had in Germany or Switzerland? No. But it's pretty decent for Florida.
If you're in Clearwater, Florida, check out the flavored instant cappuccinos and the schnitzel at Pierogi Grill!
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