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PolskaDoll   
6 Mar 2009
Love / Do Poles ignore domestic abuse? [54]

It can seem almost impossible but from what I'm told in a couple of years you'll look back

Yes you're right, it's possible. I work with a girl who abused was by her husband. He cut all her hair off, locked her in a cupboard when he was out among other things. Now she's slowly more confident, very quiet but she's getting there and it's just been a couple of years since she got away from him. Oh, and now she's got lovely, curly hair down to her shoulders. :)
PolskaDoll   
6 Mar 2009
Love / Do Poles ignore domestic abuse? [54]

what if daddy starts being violent towards your baby as well,

Yes, exactly. There's a lot of it in the news at the moment. Delikatna, you're not just responsible for yourself, you are responsible for this other life too.

The following is a quote from Olasz's third link:

Children in a home where the mother is being abused are also at greater risk of being abused themselves, or being used to control their mother. Due to his own lack of self-worth the abusive partner feels the need to control all those to whom he considers himself superior. In a family, this includes the children.

You can't change a guy like that. What sort of hold does he have over the other flatmates that they won't stand up and thump him one?

So get out of there girl. There are places you can go, even if you don't have anyone else in the UK.

PS - It says in your profile you speak Polish. Are you Polish? Or did you just learn the language?
PolskaDoll   
6 Mar 2009
Work / New English 'teacher' in Poland (I have no qualifications). [119]

do you think that just speaking english qualifies you to teach it?!!

Sometimes yes and sometimes no, it depends on the level of your own understanding and knowledge of the English language. Many people have great knowledge of the English language but are not qualified teachers.

teaching any language requires some form of training and skill acquirement and experience - otherwise you are taking cash from people under false pretences. Not on.

You're only taking money under false pretences if you are not teaching the students anything. There are some qualified teachers who are guilty of that. Some training might be beneficial for new teachers but experience is only gained through actual teaching.
PolskaDoll   
3 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

Just in case..Scroll to bottom of page

I like that. ;) Actually I might print it out...

MASHROOM SOUCE for golabki!!!!!!!!!!

I've been asking for that too but it seems the popular opinion (my friend and her boyfriend) is tomato. We'll see..
PolskaDoll   
3 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

The lord only knows. :} There is now to be a third cook though, so three of us sharing the task ought to be enough. I hope...

I only hope I have enough time to take pictures too. :)
PolskaDoll   
3 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

just a chance??? what kind of polish people are these that you're inviting?? ;)

a HUGE chance. :) A lot of the Polish people that are coming are beer drinkers. There will be vodka though, particularly in my glass. ;)

oh PD,

how about kielbasas.. it can't really be a polish meal without some of those.. no? :)

Kielbasa came to mind this afternoon at work while I was listening to muzak whilst on hold to another company. I don't know how I didn't think of that before. Thanks for adding it. :) Lots of nice ideas now. :)
PolskaDoll   
3 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

We thought about making it like a buffet style but only putting out a small amount of each thing at a time and keeping the rest warm. Everything is so filling that we ruled out courses because people would be full after a starter, this way they can take what they want.

If we do it as a meal we need to make a set menu.

The idea is to give Polish and Scottish people a taste of the others cuisine. So far there is about 20 people coming. Eek.
PolskaDoll   
3 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

Good idea. :) So maybe that's why my friends boyfriend said of my last golabki "They were nice...but not how my Mum makes them." Too spicy...oops :| :)
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
UK, Ireland / More Polish workers leaving the Isles [28]

the ones who stayed in Poland might be in a better position than SOME of those who left.

I just read about that in a magazine, you can read it following this e-pages.dk/polishdemo/63/ (and by flicking to page 74). It talks about how Poles an feel returning home after a time away. It also talks about how there aren't the jobs there were a year ago.
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

Tattie Scones !

Of course! :)

Best buy your booze now tho before the price goes up ;-)

Hopefully I'm going to convince my boss to buy some of it. He owes me one. Actually he owes me several ones. Anyway, if not I'll take the cheap route and make it BYOB. :D

I think the problem is that Haggis and Cabbage just don't go together that well. I made some peirogi with haggis and chedder cheese, and it was nice.

Yes that could be a bother. I think I will try it this week though, just to see the effects... ;)

You need to accompany the haggis with something that will take the spice away, or give it an extra depth of flavour.

I was thinking - what about simply having bread?
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

I would have thought pierogi with haggis would have been nicer than gołąbki, i can't imagine the cabbage going as well with the haggis. That's just my opinion though.

I'd like to try both. It's not me who is cooking the pierogi but I'm sure me friend will try it if I ask nice enough. :)

I worked in a Scottish resaurant for 5 years so I will rack my brains and think of anything that would combine nicely with polish food or would be something appealing to the polish palete.

Fantastic. Thanks. :)

I know it's a christmas eve dish but maybe you should try Barszcz z Uszkami? Chleb ze smalcem is a nice addition if you have a lot of drinking planned - people won't get pissed that quickly while eating some good old chleb ze smalcem ;) of course with beer..

OK, noted and thank you. :)

borscht? red or white

I prefer white myself so yes I think so.

Why not do a platter which consists of the best of both.

Hopefull we'll aim for that. I am really liking these ideas of mixing things up like haggis golabki although I take on board the negative sides of that, and haggis pierogi.

do soup in a bun:

My friend mentioned that but neither of us have done it. It's a good idea and I think I'll let her do it. Her Mum can give her some tips on it. :)

You can't have a Polish menu without pierogi!!!

It's true. So it's going back on. ;)

potato pancakes: Polish style/ local style.

How could I forget potato pancakes! Of course.

sałatka jażynowa

Yes I think that's a good one. I'll have to make sure it's made without peas, I don't like them but love the dish! :}

In my opinion everyone will love this soup. If you want to make a good impression, this is the one. ;)

OK, I'll put it on the list. Last time I had that it was out a tin. :/
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

Good idea. Potato and leek is my speciality but I could give the cock-a-leekie a bash this week and see how I get on. I think I might take pierogi off the menu.

szkotja2007:
Golombki filled with Haggis.

I think I'll put that to my Polish fellow cook and see what she thinks.

The answer is...Yes! Now I'll have to try that out first too :D
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
Genealogy / Looking for a town called Wolagrsbowfowska [7]

Wola Grabowska

Yep better than my suggestion. ;)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grabowska_Wola,_Przysucha_County

If you speak Polish there's lots of info in the web.
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

don't want to sound like a boor but really, a group farting ain't the best thing to happen at a party.

:) You don't sound like a boor. One of the reasons I am looking for other dishes is because a lot of Scottish people think ALL Polish food contains cabbage. Trying to make the party as less flammable as possible just in case someone lights a cigarette. ;)
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
Genealogy / Looking for a town called Wolagrsbowfowska [7]

I've searched maps online for Wolagrsbowfowska

Hmm, I couldn't find anything so I changed the first "s" to a "z" and tried "Wolagrzbowfowska" instead.

All I got was Wola Grzybowska. It's currently a part of a Warsaw district as you can read in the article. It may have been something else before. Good luck.
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

Good suggestion szkotja2007 :)

I especially like:

Golombki filled with Haggis.

I think I'll put that to my Polish fellow cook and see what she thinks.

Most Polish people I speak to aren't that keen on Scottish food.

Yes this is problem which is why we made it Polish/Scottish. Some Scottish friends are not keen on Polish food so we thought, something for everyone and you can try a bit of the other.
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
Food / Menu suggestions for a Polish/Scottish night. [89]

I finally managed to palm the menu for the cafe onto someone else (I don't like cakes so don't know Polish ones but thanks for all your help in the other thread).

So now it's down to planning a menu for a Polish/Scottish night at the end of the month.

Here's what we have so far:

Polish Menu

golabki
pierogi
bigos
(all the usual suspects)

Scottish Menu

haggis neeps and tatties (of course)
mince and tatties.

I thought about adding Scotch Broth to the Scottish menu but I am not keen on it.

Anyway, could you give me some further suggestions for the Polish one? No cakes or puddings because we won't be having them. Any kind of soup or "main course" is fine though.

Thanks.

PD :)
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
UK, Ireland / More Polish workers leaving the Isles [28]

Personally I don't really see much changing.

If they just tightened up a bit on checking individuals. Like the guy who hacked up the Lithuanian girl. He had already committed serious crimes in his own country so why should he be allowed to come to this country and live and work(?).

Poles leaving UK were heading to Scandinavia, especially Norway.

Not just Poles. People are actively seeking places to move to to get away from the "credit crunch".

However, people move about. I have talked to Poles who only want to live here for a short time and never had any intention of staying here but neither will they return to Poland. Not in the immediate future anyway.
PolskaDoll   
2 Mar 2009
UK, Ireland / More Polish workers leaving the Isles [28]

Many still want to join other family members across there.

It's true that. My friend wants to bring her Mother across here simply because my friend doesn't want to go back to Poland. The reason she doesn't want to go back is that she has lost contact with about 80% of the people she knew in Poland and that includes family members. Her parents divorced while she was over here and the majority of the family members who were present in her life were on the fathers side and stopped contact with my friends mother and eventually my friend. So her mother is quite lonely in Poland without her. She is just about finished her university degree and I think after that her mother will join her here.

It will be interesting to see how immigration gets tackled by politicians, the closer we get to a general election.

Yes it will be. It's hot discussion around Edinburgh just now, particularly after the rape that happened a couple of weeks ago. The UK needs to get it's finger out and get some proper way of checking immigrants who come into the country. A general election is way over due, maybe that way we could actually elect who runs the country and get rid of Mr Balloon.
PolskaDoll   
1 Mar 2009
History / Chopin's Birthday - 1st March and Death [12]

Fryderyk Chopin born 1st March 1810.

Yep. He's a member of PF, wonder if he'll pop in later or if he'll be too busy celebrating his 199th birthday. :)

Thanks for the musical interlude Eagle20, I enjoyed that.

Raise a glass for Mr Chopin. :)
PolskaDoll   
1 Mar 2009
Work / New English 'teacher' in Poland (I have no qualifications). [119]

In Poland it is common to have a tutor on top of having regular lessons at school. Tutor already helps the student.

So perhaps I should have used the word "tutor" then. Either way, I meant the guy might be better off "assisting" the students rather then try to be the one teaching them. That gives him practice he needs. He might have to charge less but once he gets his confidence in this field he can move onto teaching. As he's already noticed there's a great demand for it.

Still, it gives you the edge for sure. It shows that you are prepared to invest your time and effort in the industry.

Exactly. I should imagine students feel more confident being taught with someone who has at least gone to the effort of getting a qualification.
PolskaDoll   
1 Mar 2009
Work / New English 'teacher' in Poland (I have no qualifications). [119]

Any positive suggestions from anyone?

You might be better off trying to earn money as a "teaching assistant". Advertise yourself as someone who can help people who are already having lessons but are maybe struggling with it. You could be their conversation partner or help them with written exercises. Without a qualification or proper structured learning method you won't get very far as a "teacher" and in fact would just be wasting the time of the students and wasting their money.