# Bierock > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bierock > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bierock.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bierock > Source revision: 1330922454 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Beef-filled pastry}} {{Infobox food | name = Bierock | image = Bierrock.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | alternate_name = | country = [Eastern Europe](/source/Eastern_Europe) | region = | creator = | course = Main | type = Stuffed [Bread](/source/Bread) | served = | main_ingredient = Yeast dough, cabbage, onion, ground beef, seasonings | variations = Cheese | calories = | other = }} '''Bierock''' is a yeast dough pocket sandwich with savory filling, originating in Eastern Europe.{{cite journal | author = Timothy J. Kloberdanz | title = Symbols of German-Russian Ethnic Identity on the Northern Plains | journal = Great Plains Quarterly | volume = 8 | page = 13 | publisher = Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | date = 1988 | issue = 1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=M3MvAQAAMAAJ&q=%22bierock%22+%22pirog%22 | jstor = 23530738}}{{cite news |first=John |last=Bordsen |date=December 27, 2016 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-runza-restaurant-nebraska-travel-0108-20161223-story.html |title=Sandwich That Stems from Eastern Europe Powers Great Plains Chain |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=March 15, 2021}}{{Cite book |last=Motz |first=George |author-link=George Motz |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/921863985 |title=The great American burger book: how to make authentic regional hamburgers at home |last2=Zimmern |first2=Andrew |author-link2=Andrew Zimmern |last3=Brearton |first3=Kristoffer |last4=Young |first4=Douglas |date=2016 |publisher=Stewart, Tabori & Chang |isbn=978-1-61769-182-9 |location=New York |oclc=921863985}} The dish is common among the [Volga German](/source/Volga_German) community in the United States and Argentina. It was brought to the United States in the 1870s by German Russian Mennonite immigrants.{{cite book |title=The Great Plains region |last=Rees |first=Amanda |series=Greenwood encyclopedia of American regional cultures |year=2004 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport, Conn. |isbn=0-313-32733-5 |page=253 }} It has developed strong cultural associations with the [cuisine of the Midwestern United States](/source/cuisine_of_the_Midwestern_United_States), particularly in Kansas and Nebraska. The soft yeast rolls contain some sugar, butter and eggs, and either warm water, milk, or a mix of both. The filling is a basic mix of onion, ground beef and cabbage which can be made more complicated by the addition of different cheese blends, condiments and seasonings like caraway seeds. {{anchor|etymology}}Bierock is similar to both [pirog](/source/pirog)i/[pirozhki](/source/pirozhki) of [Russian cuisine](/source/Russian_cuisine) and [börek](/source/b%C3%B6rek) of [Turkish cuisine](/source/Turkish_cuisine). There is debate about the actual etymology of the word ''bierock''. Traditionally it was supposed that ''bierock'' was derived from the Russian word ''pirog''.{{cite book | author1 = Timothy J. Kloberdanz | author2 = Rosalinda Kloberdanz | title = Thunder on the Steppe: Volga German Folklife in a Changing Russia | publisher = American Historical Society of Germans from Russia | date = 1993 | isbn = 9780914222255 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4rvWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22bierock%22+%22pirog%22}}{{cite book | author = Andrew F. Smith | title = The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink | page = 48 | publisher = Oxford University Press | date = 2007 | isbn = 9780195307962 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AoWlCmNDA3QC&q=bierock+pirog&pg=PA48}} However, a recent theory speculates that the word ''bierock'' may be derived from ''börek''.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-25-fo-6599-story.html|title=You Say Purek, I Say Beerock|work=Los Angeles Times|date=25 June 1997 |access-date=27 May 2016}} This theory is based on both geographic close proximity of the former [Volga German ASSR](/source/Volga_German_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic) to present day [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan) as well as the influence of considerable population of historically [Turkic speaking](/source/Turkic_languages) peoples such as Kazakhs and Tatars living in the [Volga](/source/Volga_Federal_District) region.{{cite web|url=http://www.languagesoftheworld.info/historical-linguistics/turkic-words-in-russian.html|title=Turkic words in Russian|work=Languages Of The World|date=14 February 2011 |access-date=27 May 2016}} Neither theory, however, has been conclusively proven. Other spellings are ''bieroch'', ''beerock'', ''berrock'', ''bierox'', ''beerrock'', ''biddicks'', and ''kraut bierock'' in the U.S, and ''pirok'' or ''kraut pirok'' in Argentina.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} In Argentina, the ''Fiesta del Pirok'' (Bierock Festival) takes place every July, in [Crespo](/source/Crespo%2C_Entre_R%C3%ADos), [Entre Ríos Province](/source/Entre_R%C3%ADos_Province).[https://archive.today/20120629155301/http://www.turismo.gov.ar/esp/calend/rcalend.asp?Meses=7&Pcia=Entre+R%EDos Secretary of Tourism of Argentina] ==See also== {{portal|Food}} {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [Fleischkuekle](/source/Fleischkuekle) * [Hot Pockets](/source/Hot_Pockets) * [Pasty](/source/Pasty) * [Pierogi](/source/Pierogi) * [Runza](/source/Runza) * [Vol-au-vent](/source/Vol-au-vent) * [List of pastries](/source/List_of_pastries) * [List of sandwiches](/source/List_of_sandwiches) {{div col end}} ==References== {{cite book | last1=Jakle | first1=J.A. | last2=Sculle | first2=K.A. | title=Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | series=The road and American culture | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-8018-6920-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nYcgnWKWXgC&pg=PA176 | access-date=May 27, 2016 | page=176}} ==External links== * [http://www.plainsfolk.com/recipe/bierock.htm Typical recipe for bierocks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416055107/http://www.plainsfolk.com/recipe/bierock.htm |date=2009-04-16 }} {{Pastries}} Category:American breads Category:Argentine sandwiches Category:German-American cuisine Category:German-Argentine culture Category:German-Russian culture in the United States Category:Russian cuisine Category:Russian Mennonite diaspora Category:Volga German diaspora --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bierock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bierock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bierock?action=history)). 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