{"id":56357,"date":"2012-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-01T13:38:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T13:38:21","slug":"home-cook-jamie-burris-wins-big-with-rich-family-history-decadent-recipe","status":"publish","type":"notebook","link":"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/blog\/notebook\/read\/56357\/home-cook-jamie-burris-wins-big-with-rich-family-history-decadent-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Cook Jamie Burris Wins Big with Rich Family History, Decadent Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Growing up we called it &#8216;Kugela&#8217;, but it&#8217;s actually pronounced &#8216;coo-GHEL-iss.&#8217; It&#8217;s a classic Lithuanian dish!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/me\/jamielb1972\/recipes\">Jamie Burris<\/a><\/strong> was beyond shocked to learn that her family&#8217;s beloved potato recipe had won top honors in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/contest\/heirloom-recipe-contest\"><\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My grandfather knew the recipe from his family,&#8221; explains Jamie, a resident of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/members\/browse\/list?search=Fayetteville%2C+AR\">Fayettville, AR<\/a><\/strong>.  &#8220;My grandparents emigrated separately [from Lithuania] and met in Chicago.&#8221;  That was the beginning of a delicious family legacy. From that day on the famous <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/recipes\/side\/potatoes\/kugelis.html?p=1\">Kugelis<\/a><\/strong> made an appearance at every major family gathering.  Jamie laughs as she recalls a photo she has of her own Baptism.  There, in the background, rests a steaming dish of freshly made Kugelis!  It just isn&#8217;t a party without someone making the recipe.<\/p>\n<p>Before entering the Heirloom Recipe Contest, Jamie talked to her mom about the dish, a version of which happens to be the national dish of Lithuania!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My grandmother was Polish and German, and didn&#8217;t know anything about the [Kugelis] recipe when she married,&#8221; says Jamie.  &#8220;So my grandfather taught her and after that she took over!&#8221;  Jamie learned to make the recipe from her mom, who had been taught a generation before by her mother.  She now enjoys making it for her own hungry family!<\/p>\n<p>This wonderfully simple recipe was a first for us in the Test Kitchen.  We had never tasted anything quite like it, and it was universally loved by all who tried it.  The straightforward ingredients &#8211; potato, onion, bacon, egg and condensed milk &#8211; combine into a richly delicious m\u00e9lange of flavor.  Serve it straight from the casserole dish, or slice it and give it a fry in butter for a decadent addition to your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/recipes\/breakfast\">breakfast<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We love serving it with ham,&#8221; say Jamie, who looks forward to teaching her own daughter about their family&#8217;s rich history with the recipe.  &#8220;We&#8217;ll make Polish sausage and those kinds of things, but this is really the only recipe that ties us back to Lithuania. It&#8217;s a favorite family recipe for sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Grand Prize winner, Jamie wins a trip to visit with the Kitchen Crew in Nashville, TN, the opportunity to prepare her winning recipe in front of a live studio audience at the next Blue Ribbon Showcase event, and a fantabulous $1,000 shopping spree at the Viking Kitchen Store!  We&#8217;re so thrilled to add Jamie to the list of winners we get to meet in person.  It&#8217;s always such a delight!<\/p>\n<p>A big congratulations also goes out to the First Place finishers in each of the Heirloom Contest categories:<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAIN DISHES<\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/recipes\/main-course\/beef\/moms-swedish-meatballs-3.html?p=2\">Mom&#8217;s Swedish Meatballs<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/me\/gr8chefmb\/recipes\">Marybeth Mank<\/a><\/strong> of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/members\/browse\/list?search=Mesquite%2C+TX\">Mesquite, TX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SIDES<\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/recipes\/main-course\/turkey\/eggplant-pie-with-italian-sausage-bechamel-sauce.html?p=1\">Eggplant Pie with Italian Sausage and Bechamel Sauce<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justapinch.com\/me\/photosister\/recipes\">Mary R. 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There&#8217;s plenty of love &#8211; and prizes &#8211; to go around! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Growing up we called it &#8216;Kugela&#8217;, but it&#8217;s actually pronounced &#8216;coo-GHEL-iss.&#8217; It&#8217;s a classic Lithuanian dish!&#8221; Jamie Burris was beyond shocked to learn that her family&#8217;s beloved potato recipe had won top honors in the ! &#8220;My grandfather knew the recipe from his family,&#8221; explains Jamie, a resident of Fayettville, AR. &#8220;My grandparents emigrated separately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236705,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.8 (Yoast SEO v19.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Home Cook Jamie Burris Wins Big with Rich Family History, Decadent Recipe - Just A Pinch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Home Cook Jamie Burris Wins Big with Rich Family History, Decadent Recipe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;Growing up we called it &#8216;Kugela&#8217;, but it&#8217;s actually pronounced &#8216;coo-GHEL-iss.&#8217; 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