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Product Review: Uncle Jack’s Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

August 23, 2018 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

I have been trying to help contribute to dinners at my sister’s place when I have strength which, sadly, has not been as often as I would like. I am getting there but it is a slow healing process. That said, I was completely craving some serious comfort food and came across this!

The Product

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

A whole big frozen display case for Uncle Jack’s Homemade Perogie at my local Valu-Mart.

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

First I thought, holy crap! $11.99 per package has to be the most expensive pierogies I have ever seen. According to their site though they are supposed to be the best ones on the planet.

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

Not only that, they have some you could boil in a bag which is a no-go for me but that is OK considering those had chili peppers in them. No thanks. When it comes to this comfort food I go old school.

My Choice

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

I found their original cheddar cheese and potato pierogies and stocked up on a couple of bags. There is nothing worse than not having enough pierogies to go around.

The Cooking

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

The part that took the longest was making the sausage and sauerkraut to go with the pierogies but thanks to the Instant Pot it was done in well under an hour!

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

The bag says to drop them into rapidly boiling water, stirring gently to prevent sticking. They should be done in 3-5 minutes and then you can fry them up.

Did I do that? No. That is not how I usually cook my pierogies which is ridiculous, I know. Especially since I prefer to just take off the frozen edge in… the microwave! I know, blasphemous but I swear it is one of the only times I use the damn thing.

Normally this works fine but these ended up sticking to the plate so follow the bag’s directions. I wanted to be able to compare them to the normal cheap ones I buy and how I usually make them. Will not be doing that again!

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

Normally I would fry them in a combination of olive oil and butter but with the bacon and sausage drippings… I could not resist. I had no luck finding my regular seasoning salt so I tried a new one. I took my time to brown them on both sides and they looked quite huge and beautiful.

The Foodie Results

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

The cracking is probably the result of the microwaving so my bad! Still, these ended up being like heavenly potato pancakes. So fluffy inside!

Product Review: Uncle Jack's Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies

We had the most decadent pierogi dinner on the planet! Especially me, as I ate FIVE of those giant Uncle Jack pierogies. That is in fact my plate proudly on display in the photo. I ate it all!!!

We loved them. They were beautiful. This was the ultimate in decadent “peasant food” as our mom would have said. A company that makes their pierogi filling with sour cream? My kind of people. My one complaint is I could not taste the cheddar cheese very much. They were VERY potato-y. According to the list of ingredients the cheese is listed after the sour cream. I think they may want to consider switching the two or using a sharper cheddar. I want that cheesy filling!

As a result I give Uncle Jack’s Original Cheddar Cheese Potato Home Made Perogies four and a half out of five wooden spoons. May seem a little harsh but I spent $24 on that dinner just on pierogies alone! Still, very close to perfection. Impressive but I have had better.

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Comments

  1. Debra She Who Seeks says

    August 23, 2018 at 2:30 pm

    I’m with you, Suzie — the cheddar MUST be front and centre in a good old-fashioned cheese and potato perogy. My favourite way of eating them is pan-fried too.

    A good perogy is a beautiful thing.

    Reply
    • Suzie the Foodie says

      August 25, 2018 at 10:35 pm

      Yes! Exactly Debra! Otherwise it’s just potato and dough and that’s not enough. Some people didn’t like that I pan fried them so much but I prefer them crunchy to being soft. So good and yes, nothing better than good pierogies.

      Reply
    • Tammy says

      June 19, 2020 at 8:54 pm

      I just bought at market and my friend usually homemakers dough and filling wow tasty
      These ones are large and very potato ey I would rather smaller ones with more cheese
      Thanks

      Reply
  2. Uncle Jack says

    September 2, 2018 at 1:54 am

    Suzie!!! Wow!! Thank you very much!! We work very hard to make a good, honest product. Thank you for enjoying them.
    Feel free to send me an email.

    Reply
    • Suzie the Foodie says

      September 4, 2018 at 4:22 pm

      You are most welcome!

      Reply
  3. Jennifer says

    September 21, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    These perogies are in fact, the BEST I have ever had. I have tried all of the flavours. I will never buy perogies from anywhere else again. These are fantastic!

    Reply
  4. Anonymous says

    September 23, 2018 at 2:13 am

    Thank you for your review of our family company. Just a note, all of those “cheap perogie” you refer to are usually made with powdered potatoes and powdered cheese.We peel about 500 lbs of potatoes a week by hand which come directly from our local farmer. Our cheese is grated by us daily as well, it is old cheddar produced in Ontario, which we find has the most flavour and we pride ourselves on supporting local ingredients. By following the cooking directions you will have the perfect perogie that you can fry if you choose to. Never use a microwave…ever!! We are in 22 locations around the GTA and growing. Thank you so much again for taking your time to share our family business with your followers.

    Reply
  5. Cherelle Cavan says

    September 23, 2018 at 2:14 am

    Thank you for your review of our family company. Just a note, all of those “cheap perogie” you refer to are usually made with powdered potatoes and powdered cheese.We peel about 500 lbs of potatoes a week by hand which come directly from our local farmer. Our cheese is grated by us daily as well, it is old cheddar produced in Ontario, which we find has the most flavour and we pride ourselves on supporting local ingredients. By following the cooking directions you will have the perfect perogie that you can fry if you choose to. Never use a microwave…ever!! We are in 22 locations around the GTA and growing. Thank you so much again for taking your time to share our family business with your followers.

    Reply
  6. R. Burns says

    May 22, 2021 at 1:06 am

    I really like perogies – the best were hand made by a Polish friend – the skin was thin & the filling was flavourful.
    I paid 13.99 for 12 cheese perogies & based on that expected them to match what I loved. I thawed them & pan-fried them. I found them to be very potato forward. The cheese flavour was almost non existant – I could only eat 2 & felt I had to apologize to my dinner guest

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