Recipe for "wigilia-8"

NAME

     WIGILIA-8 - Noodles with Poppy Seed and Raisins
     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)

     1.5 l     boiling water
     5 ml      salt
     300 g     egg noodles
     30 g      butter, melted
     400 g     poppy seed cake and pastry filling
     5 ml      vanilla extract
     5 ml      lemon juice
     7.5 ml    grated lemon peel
     50 g      raisins

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Combine boiling water and salt  in  a  large  sau-
               cepan.   Add  noodles  and cook until tender, then
               drain and cool.
          (2)  Toss noodles with butter in the saucepan.
          (3)  Combine poppy-seed filling with  vanilla  extract,
               lemon  juice  and lemon peel, and raisins.  Add to
               noodles and mix  well.   Cook  just  until  heated
               through.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 30 minutes.  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