1 c Cracked wheat or bulgur

2 c Hot water

1/2 c Poppy seeds

1 c Honey

2 c Water

1 ts Salt

Festive spirits Soak wheat in about 2 cups of hot water for 30 minutes. Bring to a boil and cook covered until tender. Mix in poppy seed. Cook honey with remaining 2 cups of water for 20 minutes. Cool and serve with wheat and poppy seed mixture. NOTES: * Christmas Eve Kutia -- This recipe could be used as part of a 12-course meal known in Polish as Wigilia, or on its own. Wigilia is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve. Yield: Serves 4-6. * For added enjoyment a liberal amount of festive spirits may be added. In Poland the festive spirit is usually called Spiritus, which is grain alcohol. : Difficulty: easy. : Time: 1 hour. : Precision: Approximate measurement OK. : Original recipe passed down through the generations and translated from Polish into English (with a few mods) by Edward Chrzanowski : MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu or {ihnp4,allegra,utzoo}!watmath!echrzanowski : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust