Perogi's

[papist]

I'm not Polish, but I fell in love with Polish food at the Polish festival last year. I bought a really great cookbook that I haven't yet used. I want to start with perogis because they seem fairly simple. However, the recipe in this book says that for the mashed potato perogis I can boil them. An American of Polish heritage tells me absolutely not. He said it will make them mushy. Is this true? I feel like the ones I had at the few Slavic festivals were not fried. They were very tender and not mushy. Any help?

[kosmopolak]

Pierogi.
You must first boil them and then the next day you can fry them. They are eaten fried or boiled, usually covered with onion or bacon.