prokopetz:

prokopetz:

outtatherequick:

prokopetz:

Me, buying pierogi in the dead of night from an elderly Slavic woman who sells frozen baked goods cash-only from the back of an unmarked van: Oh, yeah, that’s the stuff.

This is… so specific

It’s not real pierogi unless the person selling it is committing tax evasion. You can taste the difference.

@bimetrodon replied:

I like how this implies that not only is a State essential to enjoying
certain cuisine, but also that, in the various origin stories for
pierogi, either people traveling/invading Central Eastern Europe or St.
Hyacinth were committing tax evasion.

My family’s Ukrainian. My ancestors were absolutely committing tax evasion the very moment there existed taxes to evade.