Categories: Entrees, Polish, Holiday, Usenet 
      Yield: 4 servings 
  
      1 c  Cracked wheat or bulgur 
      2 c  Hot water 
    1/2 c  Poppy seeds 
      1 c  Honey 
      2 c  Water 
      1 ts Salt 
           Festive spirits 
  
  Soak wheat in about 2 cups of hot water for 30 minutes.  Bring to a boil 
  and cook covered until tender. Mix in poppy seed. 
   
  Cook honey with remaining 2 cups of water for 20 minutes.   Cool and serve 
  with wheat and poppy seed mixture. 
   
  NOTES: 
   
  *  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.  Yield:  Serves 4-6. 
   
  *  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. 
   
  : Difficulty:  easy. 
  : Time:  1 hour. 
  : Precision:  Approximate measurement OK. 
   
  : 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 
   
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