Moosic resident’s favorites is Shiitake Mushrooms Soup

Adrian Mihalko has a affection for attention the Ukrainian recipes his ancestors cherishes.

Among the Moosic resident’s favorites is Sauerkraut & Soup, the featured bowl for this week’s Local Flavor: Recipes We Love contest.

Mr. Mihalko accustomed a $100 allowance agenda from Ray’s ShurSave Supermarkets, which has locations in Old Forge, Waymart, Factoryville and Montrose.

For the accomplished several years, Mr. Mihalko has been in allegation of authoritative Sauerkraut & Mushroom Soup for his family’s acceptable Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas Eve Holy Supper, captivated Jan. 6 in accordance with the Julian calendar. The meatless banquet aswell includes fish, bootleg bake-apple compote, potato pierogies and halupki with a rice-mushroom filling.

“(The soup) would be the third beforehand we would have,” said Mr. Mihalko, a Binghamton, New York, built-in who works as the comptroller at the University of Scranton. “Every time I balmy this up, I’m cerebration about Christmas Eve.”