Food / Vegetarian food in Poland? [83]

"Sante" says, on their web page, there's only soya meal and water in it. Not GM.
18-20 pcs per pack. You just have to soak it for 4 (Kotlety Sojowe Minutki ) or 10 (Kotlety Sojowe „a’la schabowe”) min. in hot veg stock/broth.

Same company make soy pate soy drinks and so on. According to Santo's www the only product with eggs in it: cakes (Kruche ciastka Dietto Sport & Fitness).

Have a look an www in english w w w.sante.pl/business.php
Have fun in Wroclaw :)

Food / Where can I find information for a Poland Foods assignment? [12]

Have a look at web pages:
Ministry of Economy (I'm not allowed to leave comments with links so put "www" instead of "ddd" ok?) ddd.mg.gov.pl/English

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (and here too, "www" instead of "ddd") ddd.minrol.gov.pl/DesktopDefault.aspx

UK, Ireland / British celebs that are bigger in Poland than in Britain [49]

Don't forget about Norman Davies? He writes about history of Poland.
Nigella Lawson it's popular (I don't know why, for me she is... yuk!)

Genealogy / Szewczyk, Toczko/Toczek, Kurzydlo family from Wara POLAND [38]

something like "small shoemaker"

Language / kaboom, ruff ruff ruff, meow, or moo, or bang! - sound effects in Polish? [29]


I'm afraind you're wrong

if it's "kici, kici" like "kity, kity" when atracting cat's attention
it's definetly not the polish sound a chiken makes :)


it's rather "mniam mniam" :)

News / Polish politician thrown off Lufthansa plane. Just enjoy. [60]

Everyone knows Rokita is "difficult", all other politicians will say the same. I think everyone in Poland realize the guy is just being him usual pain-in-the-neck self, and laughing at him all the way.

Language / ANGLOS HAVE TROUBLE WITH SZCZ, SOME WITH TRILLED 'R' [22]

guy I teach Polish can't say "palcych" :)

Genealogy / Looking for family of Pogoda or Iwanos (Ewanos) [7]

1-3 people by the name of Iwanos, town: Krakow.

Food / a question about włoszczyzna [19]

parsnip = pasternak

pietruszka is parsley's root

but nowadays it's parsnip that is available in shops, not many people realise that
parsley root is not as sweet as parsley's root, not many will notice the difference, even in Poland.
Do not substitute onions for leeks if you don't have to.

Savoy cabbage - don't use dark, outer laeves, can be substituted by any other white cabbage except for chinese cabbage, 1/4 it's enough for a huge pot :)

Hope this helps :)

Food / a question about włoszczyzna [19]

Some people use onions to make rosół, my grandma used to, but first she used to cut it in a half and blacken it over a flame. That supposed to "give a colour" to rosół.

My British head chef told me in UK it's onion prefered over leeks, he said leeks give broth ugly green colour, unles one use only white parts, closer to the roots :)

Food / Looking for a recipe for a Polish poppy seed strudel/cake (makowiec) [15]

could you describe, the particular kind you want to bake :)
any of those here?
google.com/search?q=makowiec

Food / favorite polish recipes? [65]


if you're not cooking type go for bigos (hunter's stew) it's time consuming, but easy to cook :)

Food / a question about włoszczyzna [19]

all the vegs in włoszczyzna were introduced to Poland by a chefs that came to Poland with queen Bona. Bona -in 1518 became the second wife of Sigismund I of Poland. "was a patron of Renaissance culture, which thanks to her, began to further flourish in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. She is also considered to have influenced the Polish and Lithuanian cuisines, having introduced many new dishes to the Commonwealth."

Food / Looking for a recipe for a Polish poppy seed strudel/cake (makowiec) [15]

for the recipe go.

and for step-by-step photos of assembling the cake

to make your life easier you could buy the filling in any polish delis, look for a big can of "masa makowa" :)
Good luck and let us know if it's the taste you are looking for :)

UK, Ireland / Free Flights at Ryanair?! (UK / Poland) [39]

have a look here - Ryanair is thinking of charging for using toilets onboard :)

Genealogy / Hrys Galicia? Anyone know where this is? (Possible incorrect spelling). [4]

what's the date on the document? any surnames on the document?
Galicia (Ukrainian: Галичина (Halychyna), Polish: Galicja) is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine.
So you might to be looking for smtg that's not in Poland anymore. If it's Ukraine then it's Cyrillic alphabet.

In Polish it could be:

- Hryś?
- Ryś (which is a name for a cat-like animal) living in those parts
- Ruś?
- could it be Boryslaw, Ukraine? hell, long shot, but have a look - Jewish community, at some point (1941?) getto establ. if I got it right - read here.

Here different old maps of Galicja, this one looks relatively new...

good luck :)

p.s.
what if the place doesn't exist anymore, so it's not on the map - have no idea how to look for it...

Love / In love with polish cleaning woman, but don't speak an OUNCE of polish :( [57]


Silver... so she's married... so what? You know what divorce is? ;)
The truth is (well, my truth) if the girl loves one man she won't be smiling, blushing etc. on the other man. If she is smiling at you "that" way she is not happy in the mariage. Go on, save her :) What if she's got married when 18, said yes to first man that asked the question, just to realize 3 months later that it was the mistake of her life.

Take her for lunch, don't forget your dictionary and ask if she's happy.
You have to put some fight in order to win what you're dreaming about :)

Genealogy / Hrys Galicia? Anyone know where this is? (Possible incorrect spelling). [4]

Zelona Gora = Zielona Góra?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina_Szypliszki - you'll find a list of villages and settlements in the area

Szypliszki - https://polishforums.com/archives/2005-2009/genealogy/anybody-familiar-szypliszki-30640/

I'm not en expert in looking for families, I can only tell you what I found on the Internet. Have a look on other threads, plenty of useful info there.

Love / In love with polish cleaning woman, but don't speak an OUNCE of polish :( [57]

Sokrates, I'm not sure who is 15 here. Adults surely know how make a conversation without using that kind of language.
Mistakes and divorces
it's happens every day. My mom made a mistake at one point, married her first husband. Lived with control freak for a year, to afraid to ask for a divorce. Met my dad, divorced (no infidelity at any point), got married again. Now she's happy.

News / Most important invention made in Poland [53]

different things are important for different people, why not take your own pick? (and that's science only)

Henryk Jordan, founding father of physical education?
Ludwig Gumplowicz (a founder of sociology)

there was smth about polish scientist working on blue laser and selling technology, but I don't remember particulars...
aeroscope, cryptologic bomb and so on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Polish_inventions

Food / History of the Polish potato (what did Polish people eat before?) [17]

what is wolod rice? never heard of it...

Life / Where to buy bedding in Poznan? [5]

try Jysk, Poland

News / Most important invention made in Poland [53]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlanders

same as highlander in Poland

Love / Do Poles ignore domestic abuse? [54]


I imagine the guys're convinced the situation you're in doesn't bother you at all as you put up with it.
I know


but I was just wondering... do you realize it'll only get worst? As you're not opposing every single "next time" will leave darker and bigger bruises to the point he'll get some kind of response from you...

Read to find out what's going on around you, as you clearly have no idea...

hiddenhurt.co.uk/Children/children.htm - here - effects it has on your child

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]

polishcanuck - you seem to be convinced polish girls are so useless that the only way for them is to force some poor chap into marriage. Ever crossed your mind you met wrong girls, and it was only because you might be sending out a wrong message? As long as you think somebody is interested in you only because of your nationality, money or others "goods" that's exactly the way it's gonna be.

And just for you to know, girls are fine on their own, able to earn their own money, get degrees etc., nowadays we are even allowed do vote, can you imagine that?! SO if we need a man it's not necessarily for "goods" it might be for "partnership" you know...

Love / Polish girls' obsession with marriage [124]


I'm sorry if I offended you, after half an hour "chat" with my mum I'm shouldn't talk to other people for few hours, just in case ;)


Do you travel to other countries as well?
What I noticed while living in Wroclaw for a while, few years back, getting to know my friend's american bf and his friends... Foreigners seem to be more easy going, they are a kind of "novelty", with more positive self-esteem, they do have that air of holiday affair around them, exoticness - all that make them more attractive.

What funny jumping at foreigners it's a "speciality" of islanders or people living in remote/closed communities. While I was living in Iceland I've noticed that every half-decent looking foreigner could find a shag (is that correct? to find a shag?) easly. I've been told by one icelandic uni teacher as much - it's a "speciality" of islanders or people living in remote/closed communities.

Work / Want to move BACK to Poland from Canada, need your help [5]

I was just thinking... if your mum's name is Dzidka then we're close family...

Love / Why do Polish Women Think They Know Better? [134]


Men, what men? Any real ones left?

Food / Polish dishes that could be prepared on Slow cooker? [14]

sure! bigos, gulasz (yes, I know, gulasz is hungarian, but we adopted it yeeeears ago), gołąbki.

Law / Register for VAT in Poland [9]

why not to ask "the source", drop them a line or two: mf.gov.pl/index.php?const=2&dzial=554&wysw=4