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     Title: KUTIA WIGILIJNA
Categories: Entrees, Polish, Holiday
     Yield: 4 servings

     1 c  Cracked wheat or bulgur
     2 c  Hot water
   1/2 c  Poppy seeds
     1 c  Honey
     2 c  Water
     1 ts Salt
          Festive spirits

 Soak wheat in about 2 cups of hot water for 30
 minutes.  Bring to a boil and cook covered until
 tender. Mix in poppy seed.

 Cook honey with remaining 2 cups of water for 20
 minutes.   Cool and serve with wheat and poppy seed
 mixture.

 NOTES:

 *  Christmas Eve Kutia -- This recipe could be used as
 part of a 12-course meal known in Polish as Wigilia,
 or on its own.  Wigilia is eaten after sundown on
 Christmas Eve.  Yield:  Serves 4-6.

 *  For added enjoyment a liberal amount of festive
 spirits may be added. In Poland the festive spirit is
 usually called Spiritus, which is grain alcohol.

 : Difficulty:  easy.
 : Time:  1 hour.
 : Precision:  Approximate measurement OK.

 : Original recipe passed down through the generations
 and translated from Polish into English (with a few
 mods) by Edward Chrzanowski : MFCF, University of
 Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada :
 [email protected]  or
 {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski

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