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Jeffrey Thompson
MINNEAPOLIS

Photos: The art of making pierogi

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Making pierogi
Helen Swinsisky stuffs pierogi before a weekly lunch and sale at St. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church and school in Minneapolis Oct. 12, 2012. Volunteers have been making and selling pierogi, an Eastern European, Russian and Ukrainian dumpling traditionally filled with potatoes or sauerkraut, for more than 40 years.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Lunch crowd
Diners arrive for the weekly pierogi lunch and sale at St. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church and school in Minneapolis Oct. 12, 2012. Volunteers have been making and selling pierogi, an Eastern European, Russian and Ukrainian dumpling traditionally filled with potatoes or sauerkraut, for more than 40 years.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Making pierogi
Helen Swinsisky stuffs pierogi before a weekly lunch and sale at St. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church and school in Minneapolis Oct. 12, 2012. Volunteers have been making and selling pierogi, an Eastern European, Russian and Ukrainian dumpling traditionally filled with potatoes or sauerkraut, for more than 40 years.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Joking together
Myron Buczek jokes with Nadia Doroschak while they and other volunteers make pierogi at St. Constantine Ukrainian Catholic Church and school in Minneapolis Oct. 12, 2012. Volunteers have been making and selling pierogi, an Eastern European, Russian and Ukrainian dumpling traditionally filled with potatoes or sauerkraut, for more than 40 years.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson