{"id":881,"date":"2019-12-24T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=881"},"modified":"2019-12-29T21:39:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T02:39:10","slug":"christmas-pierogies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2019\/12\/24\/christmas-pierogies\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Pierogies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"hasCaption\">In preparation for Christmas, Patrycja, from Poland, currently residing in Southern Maryland, and her host dad spent all day making traditional Polish pierogi!<\/p>\n<p>She said, &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t sure if we can actually do it since I&#8217;ve never made pierogi by myself before, but we did it!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"hasCaption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/12\/Christmas-Pierogies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-882\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/12\/Christmas-Pierogies-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/12\/Christmas-Pierogies-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/12\/Christmas-Pierogies-768x758.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/12\/Christmas-Pierogies-624x616.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2019\/12\/Christmas-Pierogies.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8216;Pierogi z kapust\u0105 kiszon\u0105 i pieczarkami&#8217; one of the things Poland is most known for! 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