Thanks Ann Marie, for making me hungry for all the food that I can't get out here either !! Terri's family has some fine eastern European roots on both sides and so each holiday they have an abundance of foods like pierogies, keilbasa, halushki and the many other unique dishes you just can't find anywhere else. I acquired an appreciation for pierogies at St. John's, the Slovak church and school in Luzerne. We actually had Slovak language classes, come to think of it. And then, there's always my connection to my eastern European heritage. We had these little old ladies come in to make peirogies for lunch on Fridays in lent which were absolutely the best I've ever had. I'm sure other members of our class would agree. Out here in Colorado, you can only get Mrs. T's peirogies, which aren't bad, but don't seem to have all the ingredients that the little old ladies put in their peirogies.

Jay, thanks for your generous offer to send me the spiedi sauce. After doing a little reading about it on the Internet, and of course after your personal description, there's a very high probability I'll love it. I'm just hoping it doesn't result in an addiction or I'll be looking for a spiedi dealer!

As for football, I have to be a Broncos fan. They practice here in Greeley and I'm pretty sure you can get deported from Colorado for rooting for any other team. And of course, I didn't have to wait an entire lifetime for them to win a Superbowl, two of them back-to-back. I even got to sit next to Ed McCaffrey, the Bronco's wide receiver, last year on a plane. McCafferey is a graduate of Central Catholic High School in Allentown, PA.