Forest City Old Home Week

Badlands Booker: Enemy of chickens everywhere.

Planning to enter the Old Home Week Pierogi Eating Contest? Let this video serve as inspiration.

Kobayashi generally sticks to the big events, but we’re going to see if the bear is free on Aug. 1.

From The Forest City News:

As has become an early August ritual in our town, the Pierogi Eating Contest will make its return to this year’s slate of Old Home Week activities. The event will take place at 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of August 1 immediately following the parade.

For those unfamiliar with this spectacle, the rules of the game remain the same – participants will have ten minutes to eat as many butter and onion-drenched pierogi as possible. The top three eaters will get prizes, with the champion receiving a nominal cash purse. Entry into the contest is $15, with the number of entrants being capped at 25. All entrants will receive a fashionable 2009 Old Home Week Pierogi Eating Contest T-shirt. The shirts will also be for sale to the general public during OHW for $10.

Additionally, the contest will mark the return of Forest City’s favorite son: the Pierogi Man. Since ending his decades-long self-imposed exile at the 2008 OHW Pierogi Eating Contest, the Pierogi Man has embraced his role as a symbol for the proud folks of Forest City. Be sure to keep an eye out for him throughout the course of Old Home Week, as the News has been tipped by a reliable source that he may be making appearances at events throughout the week. Also be sure to check out the News in the weeks leading to the contest, as we’ll be running a multi-part exclusive interview with the Pierogi Man.

Pierogi Eating Contest entry forms are now available online at http://oldhomeweek.info. For more information about the contest, call the pierogi team at (570) 677-1248 or (570) 785-3326 or email them at pierogies@oldhomeweek.info.

Better late than never, here’s an article from the Oct. 8, 2008 edition of the Scranton Times-Tribune

This is what you’ve been waiting for! The FULL documentary, “The Legend of the Pierogi Man.” Tell your friends and neighbors.

While you’re at it, don’t forget to vote for us in the Capital of the Pierogy Pocket contest! Remember to vote every day!

We’re on a media roll these days (man, that would be a great pun if we were trying to become the Sandwich Capital). WBRE visited Forest City recently to talk to Mayor Nick Cost and some of the ladies in the church basement who were hard at work making those delicious pierogies.

Click on the mayor to watch the video!

Looks like we’re getting some attention!

Forest City Pierogy Pocket capital finalist

STAFF REPORT
Published: Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 4:18 AM EDT

Forest City has been named one of five finalists in the competition for Capital of the Pierogy Pocket for 2009 sponsored by Mrs. T’s Pierogies.

The winner of the title and a $10,000 prize will be selected based on the materials submitted to demonstrate a town’s pierogie pride, as well as the number of online votes received at www.pierogypocket.com. Voting will be open through Oct. 24.

Forest City is up against Binghamton, N.Y.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Elmira Heights, N.Y.; and Whiting, Ind.

This year marks Mrs. T’s Pierogies third annual search for the Capital of the Pierogy Pocket. Last year’s winner was Binghamton.

Read the full article at the Scranton Times Web site.

Mrs. T’s has announced the nominees for the Capital of the Pierogy Pocket contest, and we’re in the running!

Forest City has real pierogi pride, and we hope to show off all the hard work and dedication that went into the pierogi eating contest this summer at Old Home Week.

So head on over to the Mrs. T’s voting form and show those other places that nobody beats Forest City when it comes to pierogies! You can vote once per day, every day, until the contest ends.

Tell all of your friends, and remember to become a fan of our Facebook page and befriend us on MySpace, where you can get all the latest pierogi news!

Jesse Graytock, Adam Graytock and Wayne Heller talk to WNEP’s Ryan Leckey about the Forest City Old Home Week Pierogi Eating Contest.

Here’s your handy guide to identifying the intrepid eaters in all of our photos.