Binghamton, NY
Binghamton, New York is brought together every spring by its passion for pierogies! Since 1964, Father Stephen Dutko — better known as the “Pirohi King” — leads the community and St. Michael’s Greek Catholic Church in the making of thousands of pierogies during the weeks of Lent. This annual feast requires about 6,300 pounds of flour, 7,600 pounds of potatoes and 5,040 eggs and calls on the help of hundreds of volunteers, including several Binghamton mayors. The city has so much pierogy pride that citizens drive cars decorated with “I Love Pirohi!” bumper stickers. Over 1,000 residents signed a petition in support of Binghamton’s quest to become the Capital of the Pierogy Pocket. If named Capital of the Pierogy Pocket, Binghamton would use the prize money to support the Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse, which annually distributes 2 million pounds of food to district pantries. Click here to see pictures of Binghamton’s winning announcement The link above uses a pop-up window. In order to use this functionality, please check to make sure you have disabled any software that blocks pop-up windows. |