Perogies vs Vareniki [General]

2012 Dec 2
Ukrainian dance class come up in about an hour ... I'm going to poll as many people as possible on this ... will report back as to what people think is the difference.

2012 Dec 2
preliminary answers

no difference

Vareniki is boiled
perogi is fried

Vareniki is Ukrainian word
perogi is Polish and Russian

just about everyone seems to have a different answer

2012 Dec 2
another popular answer

depends what region you come from

2012 Dec 2

"You like potato and I like potahto,

You like tomato and I like tomahto,

Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto!

Let's call the whole thing off!"

2012 Dec 3
In Russia they are called pelmeni.

2012 Dec 3
Well they are definitely also called Perogi in Russia ... so the difference between those 2 terms is a topic for yet another discussion :-)

2012 Dec 3
No, sorry but pelmeni is a different dish; it is from Siberia and they are small dumplings. Smaller than the perogie/vareniki type.

Argue as much as you want about the perogie vs. vareniki debate, but neither will ever be pelmeni.