This being Thanksgiving week I imagine many people spent extra time in the kitchen. Same for me. It was the day before Thanksgiving (11/21/12) and the village of Piatra was celebrating its "Hramul". That's the "sărbătoare" -celebration-of its Patron Saint. Pictured here is the church in Piatra who's patron is Saints Michael and Gabriel, non other than the Archangels. It's customary for the village to observe a holiday on the hramul and everyone stays home from work and school and enjoys a big meal with family and friends. Kind of like Thanksgiving. Streets were quiet in town. Even the farm yard hens were freely ranging. Sergiu suggested we make some Moldovan plăcintă. It may be described as filled fry bread. He was even willing to let me give it a try. So rolling pin in hand I started. First you have to stretch out the dough. Then you put in the filling. It can be filled with cabbage, or potatoes, or cheese. This time we used cheese or the home made "brînză". Our brînză filling had chives and dill added to it...and a couple of raw eggs and a pinch of salt. After filling the dough circle, you fold in the corners just so. And then you give a pat. Now its ready for the frying pan. Hot sunflower seed oil is used for most cooking here. After frying on one side, give it a flip to fry the other. Before you knew it, we had a whole stack of freshly fried plăcintă. It smelled so good, Pica the farm dog had to stick her nose in the kitchen door.
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