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Dio ScrantonRECTORY, SET, COOK! IV: Pastor Chef Spotlight
According to Father Thomas Petro, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Rectory in Dupont is also known as “Polish Heaven.”
For this year’s competition, Fr. Petro was joined in the kitchen by seminarian Jeremy Barket.
It was fitting that this pastor-seminarian team chose to prepare a Rectory, Set, Cook! dish that is “indicative of Polish tradition, particularly at this parish, at which it is a hot item as festivals, food sales, and the like.
“Haluski and kielbasa is like milk and cookies for the Polish,” Fr. Petro says, explaining that their particular version is the “simple, old-fashioned, church-picnic variety.” That means it contains butter, onions, noodles and cabbage and not much else. Maybe a little salt and pepper.
For the head chef in this operation, seminarian Jeremy Barket, who serves at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish when not in residence studying at his seminary, butter and onions are a combination that simply cannot be perfected upon.
“Butter and onions – I don’t think they’re making a candle of that any time soon,” he mused. (Perhaps they should?)
To find out some haluski-making secrets, we invite you to watch Fr. Petro’s video, and support his efforts to raise money for anti-hunger and anti-homelessness programs through Catholic Social Services. To view this video and make a donation, click here: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/2025PASTORCHEF/team/FrThomasPetro
