Tsyotsye talked about cattle . . . and Ukrainian Minced Beef Cutlets

                             Dad's sister, Anastasia, and her husband, Tom Bewza

Mom wrote:  We were at a family reunion.  It was a distant relative.  It’s nice but only I didn’t get to know more than I knew as I sat with Dad’s sister because she only talks about cattle and no women talk about cattle.  They talk about craft work.  So she talked more to Dad.  

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We didn’t eat a lot of beef at home, but I do remember Mom frying ground beef cutlets once because George had taken us for our very first hamburgers in Hamiota and we all loved them.   

I found this recipe in Bohdan Zahny’s book: very simple but really good.

POLTAVA STYLE MINCED BEEF CUTLETS (Yalovichnyi Sicheniki Poltavskie)

1 ½ lbs beef

1/3 cup minced salt pork (rinse if it is covered with salt)

1 large clove garlic minced

2 T. water

2 T. bread crumbs

4 T. butter

Mix salt pork, water, and garlic into the beef. 

Make 4 oval cutlets. 

Roll in crumbs.

Fry in butter.

I served these with mashed potatoes & parsnips and 2 salads;  (a) Cucumbers in Dilled Sour Cream (b) Beets & Leafy Lettuce.

Yum!