What I'm missing this weekend

If we were in Pittsburgh, you had better believe I would be at the "Pierogi challenge" in Ambridge.

Even by Pittsburgh standards, Ambridge is, pierogi-wise, a remarkable place.

More than a half dozen churches regularly make and sell the little dumplings to raise money for their good works.

This weekend, they'll compete in a "Pierogi Challenge" at Ambridge Nationality Days.

St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Good Samaritan Catholic Parish, St. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church and St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church (in Baden, but sister to an Ambridge church) all will enter their edibles in the contest at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

The best church wins bragging rights and a trophy, says Bea Patterson, president of the Ambridge Area Chamber of Commerce.

Another pierogi-making church, Holy Ghost Russian Orthodox, isn't competing, as it's busy with its 100th anniversary

Thanks, Kate, for rubbing it in---I mean, sending along the link.