Recipe for "wigilia-6"

NAME

     WIGILIA-6 - 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.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4-6)

     150 g     cracked wheat or bulgur
     500 ml    hot water
     70 g      poppy seeds
     250 ml    honey
     500 ml    water
     5 ml      salt
               festive spirits

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Soak wheat in 500 ml of hot water for 30  minutes.
               Bring to a boil and cook covered until tender.
          (2)  Mix in poppy seed.
          (3)  Cook honey with remaining 2 cups of water  for  20
               minutes.  Cool and serve with wheat and poppy seed
               mixture.
          (4)  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.

RATING

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

CONTRIBUTOR

     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
     echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu  or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski