annab
12 May 2007
Food / Polish Marinated Mushroom Recipe [8]
I suggest at least a couple of months. Yes, store in cool place - the fridge would be best.
I suggest at least a couple of months. Yes, store in cool place - the fridge would be best.
annab
11 May 2007
USA, Canada / Store with Polish Speakers in Chicago to buy suit [11]
I think you'll have to check the Milwaukee/Belmot area. But it seems there are not many Polish stores that sell suits only (Polish foods/video stores is another story :). Maybe try Kohler or another big store..
I think you'll have to check the Milwaukee/Belmot area. But it seems there are not many Polish stores that sell suits only (Polish foods/video stores is another story :). Maybe try Kohler or another big store..
annab
11 May 2007
Food / Polish Marinated Mushroom Recipe [8]
Ingredients:
2 kg of small mushroom caps
2 cups of water
2 cups of vinegar (10%)
2 teaspoons of salt
4 teaspoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of allspice
2 teaspoons of black pepper
5 bay leaves
0.5 kg of sugar
0.1 kg of salt
Preparation method:
Bigger cups cut into halves or quarters, smaller leave uncut. Pour vinegar and water into a pan, add all spices and cover with a lid, bring to boil. Leave to cool. Clean your mushroom, rinse thoroughly. Boil 2 liters of water in a big pan, place your mushroom and simmer for 30 minutes on low heat. Strain, place in jars and when they cool off, cover with marinade. Place your spices evenly in jars. Then cover your jarred mushroom with lids, close well and store in cool, dry place.
Ingredients:
2 kg of small mushroom caps
2 cups of water
2 cups of vinegar (10%)
2 teaspoons of salt
4 teaspoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of allspice
2 teaspoons of black pepper
5 bay leaves
0.5 kg of sugar
0.1 kg of salt
Preparation method:
Bigger cups cut into halves or quarters, smaller leave uncut. Pour vinegar and water into a pan, add all spices and cover with a lid, bring to boil. Leave to cool. Clean your mushroom, rinse thoroughly. Boil 2 liters of water in a big pan, place your mushroom and simmer for 30 minutes on low heat. Strain, place in jars and when they cool off, cover with marinade. Place your spices evenly in jars. Then cover your jarred mushroom with lids, close well and store in cool, dry place.
annab
16 Mar 2007
annab
16 Mar 2007
Food / Polish Apples and Apple Pies [6]
Apples can easily bear the name of the Polish national fruit. They are extremely popular in Poland, available in plenty of varieties all year round, tasty and healthy and, last but not least, cheap. At the end of summer apples are rich in flavor and literally warmed up with sun rays. Hence it is the best time to prepare our home preserves, jams, marmalades, apple vinegar and so on. As autumn approaches we can also be looking forward to "apple pie season." There are a number of various apple cakes and pies in Polish cookery books.
Here some of them are presented:
Apple Cake Roll
Ingredients:
Dough: 5 eggs
0,15 kg of sugar
0,1 kg of flour
1 spoon of spread fat
Filling: 1 kg of apples
0.1 kg of sugar
juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon or 1 teaspoon of lemon zest, 3 spoons of powdered sugar, 1 cup of whipped cream (optional).
Method of preparation:
Rinse the eggs, separate yolks from whites. Whisk the whites while adding your sugar. Add yolks and stir with a whisk. Strain the flour onto your egg mixture and carefully stir with a spoon. Place your dough evenly on a sheet of greaseproof paper, spread with fat, and placed on baking sheet. Bake for ca. 15 minutes in 180 centigrades. Take your cake from the oven , place it on a kitchen towel sprinkled with powdered sugar, take off the greaseproof paper and roll the cake together with the kitchen towel. Leave to cool. Rinse, peel off and grate your apples and sprinkle with lemon juice. Add cinnamon or lemon zest and 0,1 kg of sugar. Take kitchen towel off the cake and cover it with your apple mixture. Then roll it up once again and place in a fridge for an hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar or add some whipped cream and serve cool.
Vilnius Apple Pie
Ingredients:
Pancake batter: 0,2 kg of flour, 0,2 liter of milk, 0,2 liter of water,2 – 3 eggs, 0,2 kg of fat, salt to taste
Apple filling: 1,5 kg of apples, 0, 25 kg of sugar, 0,1 kg of honey, 0, 05 kg of raisins, fat, bread crumbs for cake tin spread
Method of preparation:
Rinse the eggs, place yolks and whites in a blender, add milk, water and salt and blend for 30- 40 seconds. You may also use a whisk. Add strained flour and stir it thoroughly until a mixture is even and air bubbles appear on its surface. The batter density should be that of a single cream and it should spread evenly on a frying pan. Fry your pancakes, put them aside. Rinse and peel off the apples, take out the seeds and grind the fruit. Mix with sugar and simmer until slightly transparent. Spread a cake tin of a size of a pancake with fat, sprinkle with crumbled bread and place with pancakes so that they cover the rims. Add honey and rinsed raisins to apple mixture. Spread the filling on pancakes and place them one by one in a cake tin, pour with fat and place in preheated oven. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve hot, poured with cream and cherry juice.
Apples can easily bear the name of the Polish national fruit. They are extremely popular in Poland, available in plenty of varieties all year round, tasty and healthy and, last but not least, cheap. At the end of summer apples are rich in flavor and literally warmed up with sun rays. Hence it is the best time to prepare our home preserves, jams, marmalades, apple vinegar and so on. As autumn approaches we can also be looking forward to "apple pie season." There are a number of various apple cakes and pies in Polish cookery books.
Here some of them are presented:
Apple Cake Roll
Ingredients:
Dough: 5 eggs
0,15 kg of sugar
0,1 kg of flour
1 spoon of spread fat
Filling: 1 kg of apples
0.1 kg of sugar
juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon or 1 teaspoon of lemon zest, 3 spoons of powdered sugar, 1 cup of whipped cream (optional).
Method of preparation:
Rinse the eggs, separate yolks from whites. Whisk the whites while adding your sugar. Add yolks and stir with a whisk. Strain the flour onto your egg mixture and carefully stir with a spoon. Place your dough evenly on a sheet of greaseproof paper, spread with fat, and placed on baking sheet. Bake for ca. 15 minutes in 180 centigrades. Take your cake from the oven , place it on a kitchen towel sprinkled with powdered sugar, take off the greaseproof paper and roll the cake together with the kitchen towel. Leave to cool. Rinse, peel off and grate your apples and sprinkle with lemon juice. Add cinnamon or lemon zest and 0,1 kg of sugar. Take kitchen towel off the cake and cover it with your apple mixture. Then roll it up once again and place in a fridge for an hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar or add some whipped cream and serve cool.
Vilnius Apple Pie
Ingredients:
Pancake batter: 0,2 kg of flour, 0,2 liter of milk, 0,2 liter of water,2 – 3 eggs, 0,2 kg of fat, salt to taste
Apple filling: 1,5 kg of apples, 0, 25 kg of sugar, 0,1 kg of honey, 0, 05 kg of raisins, fat, bread crumbs for cake tin spread
Method of preparation:
Rinse the eggs, place yolks and whites in a blender, add milk, water and salt and blend for 30- 40 seconds. You may also use a whisk. Add strained flour and stir it thoroughly until a mixture is even and air bubbles appear on its surface. The batter density should be that of a single cream and it should spread evenly on a frying pan. Fry your pancakes, put them aside. Rinse and peel off the apples, take out the seeds and grind the fruit. Mix with sugar and simmer until slightly transparent. Spread a cake tin of a size of a pancake with fat, sprinkle with crumbled bread and place with pancakes so that they cover the rims. Add honey and rinsed raisins to apple mixture. Spread the filling on pancakes and place them one by one in a cake tin, pour with fat and place in preheated oven. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve hot, poured with cream and cherry juice.
annab
17 Nov 2006
Food / Polish Soups - some Recipes [5]
Autumn this year is exceptionally sunny and warm in Poland. There are however cooler evenings approaching soon. For such weather we might need something nutritious and warm to cheer us up. Here are some recipes for tasty Polish soups:
Polish Beef Broth with Yeasts Dumplings
Ingredients:
Broth: 0,75 kg of beef meat, boneless
Soup vegetables with cabbage, bay leaf, parsley or dill, ground pepper, salt
Dough: 0,70 kg of flour, 0,07 kg of yeasts, milk, salt
Stuffing: meat from your broth, onion, ground pepper and salt.
Preparation method:
Prepare your broth with the ingredients mentioned; leave it to cool, gather the fat. Melt the yeasts in a small quantity of lukewarm milk, add them to your flour, add salt and knead the dough, until springy. Set aside to grow. Take meat from your broth and mince it with quartered onion. Add ground pepper, salt and stir carefully until smooth. If the stuffing is too dense, add a little bit of broth. When your dough is ready, roll it evenly, cut round shapes with a cup brim, fill with stuffing and make dumplings. Fry them on both sides until golden brown. Pour hot broth into the bowls, sprinkle with parsley or dill. Serve with dumplings.
Nutritious Polish-Style Tomato Soup
Ingredients:
Small batch of soup vegetables
Onion, 0,25 kg of minced meat, egg, half a cup of flour, 3-4 spoons of tomato paste, 2 spoons of oil, parsley or dill, ground hot peppers, salt
Preparation method:
Clean and grate the vegetables. Fry thinly cut onion, add minced meat and fry smoothing evenly. Add vegetables and fry for a short time, stirring continuously. Pour six cups of boiling water into a pan, add meat and vegetables and cook for about 25 minutes. Knead tough dough of flour and egg, grate it and pour into your soup; cook until pasta is soft. At the end, add your tomato paste, bring to boil and spice to taste. Add water to the quantity of 1,5 – 2 liters. Pour into bowls and sprinkle with parsley or dill.
“Krupnik” with Mushroom
Ingredients:
Soup vegetables, 4 spoons of barley groats, 6 dried mushroom, 3 potatoes, dill, onion, 1 spoon of oil, salt, ground pepper, bay leaf and allspice
Preparation method:
Rinse the groats, pour into 1,5 liter of boiling water and cook for 15 minutes. Clean soup vegetables, grate carrot, parsley and celery and add to cooking groats. Rinse and soak dried mushroom in water, cut into slices and pour into the soup. Cut onion, and fry until transparent. 10 minutes before the end of cooking add leak, cut into thin slices, and potatoes, diced, fried onion and spices. Pour your soup into bowls and sprinkle with dill.
Sour Potato Soup
Ingredients:
5-6 big potatoes, 1 liter of light broth, half a cup of milk, half a cup of sour cream, parsley, 2-3 teaspoons of crushed fresh estragon leaves, 1 spoon of vinegar, bay leaf, salt
Preparation method:
Peel and dice potatoes and pour into boiling broth, add bay leaf, cut parsley and bring to boil. At the end of cooking add milk and estragon leaves, add vinegar to taste and warm up thoroughly. Take your pan off heat and add sour cream.
Autumn this year is exceptionally sunny and warm in Poland. There are however cooler evenings approaching soon. For such weather we might need something nutritious and warm to cheer us up. Here are some recipes for tasty Polish soups:
Polish Beef Broth with Yeasts Dumplings
Ingredients:
Broth: 0,75 kg of beef meat, boneless
Soup vegetables with cabbage, bay leaf, parsley or dill, ground pepper, salt
Dough: 0,70 kg of flour, 0,07 kg of yeasts, milk, salt
Stuffing: meat from your broth, onion, ground pepper and salt.
Preparation method:
Prepare your broth with the ingredients mentioned; leave it to cool, gather the fat. Melt the yeasts in a small quantity of lukewarm milk, add them to your flour, add salt and knead the dough, until springy. Set aside to grow. Take meat from your broth and mince it with quartered onion. Add ground pepper, salt and stir carefully until smooth. If the stuffing is too dense, add a little bit of broth. When your dough is ready, roll it evenly, cut round shapes with a cup brim, fill with stuffing and make dumplings. Fry them on both sides until golden brown. Pour hot broth into the bowls, sprinkle with parsley or dill. Serve with dumplings.
Nutritious Polish-Style Tomato Soup
Ingredients:
Small batch of soup vegetables
Onion, 0,25 kg of minced meat, egg, half a cup of flour, 3-4 spoons of tomato paste, 2 spoons of oil, parsley or dill, ground hot peppers, salt
Preparation method:
Clean and grate the vegetables. Fry thinly cut onion, add minced meat and fry smoothing evenly. Add vegetables and fry for a short time, stirring continuously. Pour six cups of boiling water into a pan, add meat and vegetables and cook for about 25 minutes. Knead tough dough of flour and egg, grate it and pour into your soup; cook until pasta is soft. At the end, add your tomato paste, bring to boil and spice to taste. Add water to the quantity of 1,5 – 2 liters. Pour into bowls and sprinkle with parsley or dill.
“Krupnik” with Mushroom
Ingredients:
Soup vegetables, 4 spoons of barley groats, 6 dried mushroom, 3 potatoes, dill, onion, 1 spoon of oil, salt, ground pepper, bay leaf and allspice
Preparation method:
Rinse the groats, pour into 1,5 liter of boiling water and cook for 15 minutes. Clean soup vegetables, grate carrot, parsley and celery and add to cooking groats. Rinse and soak dried mushroom in water, cut into slices and pour into the soup. Cut onion, and fry until transparent. 10 minutes before the end of cooking add leak, cut into thin slices, and potatoes, diced, fried onion and spices. Pour your soup into bowls and sprinkle with dill.
Sour Potato Soup
Ingredients:
5-6 big potatoes, 1 liter of light broth, half a cup of milk, half a cup of sour cream, parsley, 2-3 teaspoons of crushed fresh estragon leaves, 1 spoon of vinegar, bay leaf, salt
Preparation method:
Peel and dice potatoes and pour into boiling broth, add bay leaf, cut parsley and bring to boil. At the end of cooking add milk and estragon leaves, add vinegar to taste and warm up thoroughly. Take your pan off heat and add sour cream.
annab
4 Aug 2006
Food / Cold Soups - Recipes for Summer [2]
Tired of constant heat we dream about something really light to eat. Cold soups create separate page in many national cookery books. There is a huge variety of them. Literally every tasty and ripe vegetable or fruit might become the basis of such a dish.
In Southern Europe cold soup with melon, sparkling wine and cayenne pepper is eaten. The English appreciate strawberry cold soup, with green pepper and a drop of whisky. Spain is the fatherland of classic gazpacho, the Balkans have tara-tora: cold soup with yoghurt, cucumber and plenty of garlic. In Poland we have Lithuanian cold soup. I am not even bothering to try to explain the origin of the name, but the soup is so popular and so typically Polish, one may find its recipe in every cookery book.
Here are some tasty recipes for some Polish cold soups:
1. Lithuanian cold soup
Ingredients:
1 l of sour milk
250 ml of sour cream
0,3 – 0,4 kg of young beet greens
0,1 kg of crayfish meat
Dill
Chives
Hard boiled egg
0,1 kg of veal roast or roasted chicken
0,1 kg of cucumber
0,05 kg of radish
Salt
Pepper
Beet leavening for taste
Preparation Method:
Rinse and dry young beet green, chop and cook in water with beet leavening. Rinse and slice your radish, rinse and chop your cucumber. Pour sour milk and sour cream together and give it a whisk, add cooled young beet green liquid, radish, cucumber, crayfish, sliced egg, chopped dill and chives, diced meat, ad salt and pepper to taste and leave to cool for a couple of hours.
2. Mazovian cold soup
Ingredients:
Leaves of 2-3 beetroots
0,15 – 0,2 of veal
1 cup of sour cream
1 cup of dill pickles liquid
1 dill pickle
2-3 eggs
Dill
Chives
Salt
Pepper
1 tablespoon of vinegar
Preparation Method:
Take equal parts of sour cream and dill pickle liquid and mix it thoroughly. Cook beetroot leaves in water with vinegar, chop it and add to sour cream and then stir. Cook the eggs, cut into quarters, chop veal and pour all the ingredients to your soup. Add salt and pepper. At the end chop dill and chives and pour into soup. Place your dish in a fridge until it is ready to be served.
3. Mazurian cold soup.
Ingredients:
0,25 l of broth
Rye leavening
Leaves from 2-3 beetroots
0,5 l of sour cream
3 eggs
2 dill pickles
Dill
Preparation Method:
Prepare rich broth, either from beef or veal meat. Strain, add rye leavening to taste. In a separate pan cook beetroot leaves with dill, chop it thoroughly and put into a soup tureen. Pour 0,5 l of sour cream and stir. Then pour in 1 cup of your broth constantly stirring. Add eggs, boiled and sliced into quarters, and chopped dill pickles to hot soup. Place your tureen on ice. Instead of rye leavening you might use dill pickles liquid, which I to be cooked with broth for w while. Serve cool.
All cold soups taste delicious with typical Polish rye bread.
Smacznego!
Tired of constant heat we dream about something really light to eat. Cold soups create separate page in many national cookery books. There is a huge variety of them. Literally every tasty and ripe vegetable or fruit might become the basis of such a dish.
In Southern Europe cold soup with melon, sparkling wine and cayenne pepper is eaten. The English appreciate strawberry cold soup, with green pepper and a drop of whisky. Spain is the fatherland of classic gazpacho, the Balkans have tara-tora: cold soup with yoghurt, cucumber and plenty of garlic. In Poland we have Lithuanian cold soup. I am not even bothering to try to explain the origin of the name, but the soup is so popular and so typically Polish, one may find its recipe in every cookery book.
Here are some tasty recipes for some Polish cold soups:
1. Lithuanian cold soup
Ingredients:
1 l of sour milk
250 ml of sour cream
0,3 – 0,4 kg of young beet greens
0,1 kg of crayfish meat
Dill
Chives
Hard boiled egg
0,1 kg of veal roast or roasted chicken
0,1 kg of cucumber
0,05 kg of radish
Salt
Pepper
Beet leavening for taste
Preparation Method:
Rinse and dry young beet green, chop and cook in water with beet leavening. Rinse and slice your radish, rinse and chop your cucumber. Pour sour milk and sour cream together and give it a whisk, add cooled young beet green liquid, radish, cucumber, crayfish, sliced egg, chopped dill and chives, diced meat, ad salt and pepper to taste and leave to cool for a couple of hours.
2. Mazovian cold soup
Ingredients:
Leaves of 2-3 beetroots
0,15 – 0,2 of veal
1 cup of sour cream
1 cup of dill pickles liquid
1 dill pickle
2-3 eggs
Dill
Chives
Salt
Pepper
1 tablespoon of vinegar
Preparation Method:
Take equal parts of sour cream and dill pickle liquid and mix it thoroughly. Cook beetroot leaves in water with vinegar, chop it and add to sour cream and then stir. Cook the eggs, cut into quarters, chop veal and pour all the ingredients to your soup. Add salt and pepper. At the end chop dill and chives and pour into soup. Place your dish in a fridge until it is ready to be served.
3. Mazurian cold soup.
Ingredients:
0,25 l of broth
Rye leavening
Leaves from 2-3 beetroots
0,5 l of sour cream
3 eggs
2 dill pickles
Dill
Preparation Method:
Prepare rich broth, either from beef or veal meat. Strain, add rye leavening to taste. In a separate pan cook beetroot leaves with dill, chop it thoroughly and put into a soup tureen. Pour 0,5 l of sour cream and stir. Then pour in 1 cup of your broth constantly stirring. Add eggs, boiled and sliced into quarters, and chopped dill pickles to hot soup. Place your tureen on ice. Instead of rye leavening you might use dill pickles liquid, which I to be cooked with broth for w while. Serve cool.
All cold soups taste delicious with typical Polish rye bread.
Smacznego!
annab
27 Jul 2006
Love / How to tell if my Polish girlfriend is in it just for the papers [7]
mfleis1
It sounds like you are in love.. :). As "mina" asked, it would be easier to answer your question if we knew the age difference between you and her. It's not that very important, but if she's only 20, her emotional life may not be fully developed. You sound as an established man. The good news is that - as you write - you met through your Polish friend so it could indicate not only you see it could work out on the long run. I wouldn't sweat your "citizenship issue" too much - after all getting the US citizenship does not equal good health or success. It was probably worth "more" back 20 years ago when Poland was in a different political system as it is now; currently more and more Polish people get visa to get to the US. My best idea would be for you to be yourself and give it some time to see how it goes. Again, don't be too "suspicious" of anything because it won't help your possible long-term relationship.
Good luck!
Anna
mfleis1
It sounds like you are in love.. :). As "mina" asked, it would be easier to answer your question if we knew the age difference between you and her. It's not that very important, but if she's only 20, her emotional life may not be fully developed. You sound as an established man. The good news is that - as you write - you met through your Polish friend so it could indicate not only you see it could work out on the long run. I wouldn't sweat your "citizenship issue" too much - after all getting the US citizenship does not equal good health or success. It was probably worth "more" back 20 years ago when Poland was in a different political system as it is now; currently more and more Polish people get visa to get to the US. My best idea would be for you to be yourself and give it some time to see how it goes. Again, don't be too "suspicious" of anything because it won't help your possible long-term relationship.
Good luck!
Anna
annab
25 Jul 2006
Life / What to buy for Polish Name Day celebration? [21]
Yes, I think flowers will be a good idea - Polish people in general like flowers (and it's no problem to buy good ones at this time of the season). If it's a Polish family I'm sure they will have plenty of foods, including cakes so I personally wouldn't buy one :). If he is a male friend you may possibly buy a cologne or some kind of perfumes, or a good bottle of alcohol; females should be happy with a good box of chocolates and/or some other small suvenir. Name days in Poland are usually made for fun so you should have fun too! :).
Yes, I think flowers will be a good idea - Polish people in general like flowers (and it's no problem to buy good ones at this time of the season). If it's a Polish family I'm sure they will have plenty of foods, including cakes so I personally wouldn't buy one :). If he is a male friend you may possibly buy a cologne or some kind of perfumes, or a good bottle of alcohol; females should be happy with a good box of chocolates and/or some other small suvenir. Name days in Poland are usually made for fun so you should have fun too! :).
annab
22 Jul 2006
Language / dorota ( dornitka) someone explain [5]
I'm almost confident "Dornitka" is just her nickname related to her first name (as a stand-alone word "Dornitka" doesn't mean anything in Polish).
I'm almost confident "Dornitka" is just her nickname related to her first name (as a stand-alone word "Dornitka" doesn't mean anything in Polish).
annab
22 Jul 2006
Life / Why do Poles drink so much? [161]
Well, on rare occasions I think. On the long run it's better to be an abstynent after all.
Generally moderate alcohol consumtion is actually good for you health.
Well, on rare occasions I think. On the long run it's better to be an abstynent after all.
annab
22 Jul 2006
USA, Canada / Poles face extra scrutiny when visiting the U.S. [9]
They will change the immigration law so that it is more convenient for the Polish citizens to travel in the US. When they change it -- that's another question...
They will change the immigration law so that it is more convenient for the Polish citizens to travel in the US. When they change it -- that's another question...
annab
22 Jul 2006
Life / About Polonia (Polish migrants who live or work abroad) [16]
Polonia is not what it should be. I agree with the original poster. Other nations living in a foreign country help each other and respect each other more than the Poles do...
Polonia is not what it should be. I agree with the original poster. Other nations living in a foreign country help each other and respect each other more than the Poles do...
annab
12 Jul 2006
Work / Pay, salary in Poland. [54]
I agree. I'm thinking about 2000zl per month is fine for an "average Pole".
I agree. I'm thinking about 2000zl per month is fine for an "average Pole".
annab
11 Jul 2006
Love / I met this really nice Polish girl... [10]
Hi Roy,
From your email, it sounds you are really serious about this girl.
I guess the best way to start a relationship without too much
involvement or commitment (either side may be not ready for) is to do
what you’re doing, be friends to allow yourselves time to get to know
each other a bit better. I guess she likes you too a bit since she
invited herself out with you, even if that was just as friends!
If you really want to move further and express your more-than-a-friend
attraction to her, just to make sure that someone else won’t start
dating her while you two are still only friends, you should get the
courage to ask her out. If I were you, I would just ask (if she says yes
of course) what she likes to do, a movie, a concert, pub, disco, walk on
the beach, fishing, a bike ride, funfair, etc..). I am pretty sure she
will tell you what she likes best. It not necessarily may be what you
like best….. At least give her some options to choose from. Be a
gentleman – you cannot go wrong when you are courteous.
Generally the rule is that if you want to get to know her better, you
should choose a place where you actually can talk, without too much
noise. A nice restaurant or cafe can do just fine. It does not have to
be expensive – ice cream may do just fine, but do not invite her for
dinner and end up only with ice cream. People do get hungry at dinner
time… :)).
See, the thing is if you care for someone, you try to make that person
feel comfortable and happy. If YOU want to have fun, on the other hand,
you won’t really care much what the other person feels or likes. If at
some point you want to kiss her, ask if that is fine with her. It may
not be the most comfortable question to ask, but it’s fair. My wife
declined a kiss, but it did not discourage me and today we are happily
married.
Also, the best policy is to be open and honest. Leaving things up in the
air for the other person to guess, usually does not work. Not too many
people are psychics you know.
Most long-term relationship, if that’s what you are looking for, are
successful when a couple has things in common: they like similar
entertainment, activities, maybe similar jobs, similar foods, similar
hobbies, religion (may become a serious issues for some). I guess
couples have to have some common ground to enjoy together and to have
something to talk about. Opposites attract but usually for a very short
period of time.
For most Polish women a family (her husband and children) is more
important than a professional career, even though most women in Poland
do work. But, of course, there are exceptions to everything.
Good luck!
Anna
Hi Roy,
From your email, it sounds you are really serious about this girl.
I guess the best way to start a relationship without too much
involvement or commitment (either side may be not ready for) is to do
what you’re doing, be friends to allow yourselves time to get to know
each other a bit better. I guess she likes you too a bit since she
invited herself out with you, even if that was just as friends!
If you really want to move further and express your more-than-a-friend
attraction to her, just to make sure that someone else won’t start
dating her while you two are still only friends, you should get the
courage to ask her out. If I were you, I would just ask (if she says yes
of course) what she likes to do, a movie, a concert, pub, disco, walk on
the beach, fishing, a bike ride, funfair, etc..). I am pretty sure she
will tell you what she likes best. It not necessarily may be what you
like best….. At least give her some options to choose from. Be a
gentleman – you cannot go wrong when you are courteous.
Generally the rule is that if you want to get to know her better, you
should choose a place where you actually can talk, without too much
noise. A nice restaurant or cafe can do just fine. It does not have to
be expensive – ice cream may do just fine, but do not invite her for
dinner and end up only with ice cream. People do get hungry at dinner
time… :)).
See, the thing is if you care for someone, you try to make that person
feel comfortable and happy. If YOU want to have fun, on the other hand,
you won’t really care much what the other person feels or likes. If at
some point you want to kiss her, ask if that is fine with her. It may
not be the most comfortable question to ask, but it’s fair. My wife
declined a kiss, but it did not discourage me and today we are happily
married.
Also, the best policy is to be open and honest. Leaving things up in the
air for the other person to guess, usually does not work. Not too many
people are psychics you know.
Most long-term relationship, if that’s what you are looking for, are
successful when a couple has things in common: they like similar
entertainment, activities, maybe similar jobs, similar foods, similar
hobbies, religion (may become a serious issues for some). I guess
couples have to have some common ground to enjoy together and to have
something to talk about. Opposites attract but usually for a very short
period of time.
For most Polish women a family (her husband and children) is more
important than a professional career, even though most women in Poland
do work. But, of course, there are exceptions to everything.
Good luck!
Anna
annab
3 Jul 2006
Language / Polish language problems (orthography) [47]
It is as much fun as your English: "where," "wear," "their," "there", etc. Don't they sound surprisingly the same?? Or cases, like “bear” = animal vs. “bear” = put up with….
You just have to put up with it. I guess it is to exercise your memory. Good for everyone... There are cases, however, when this little quirk makes a world of difference: “Bóg” vs. “buk” vs. “Bug” or “może” vs. “morze.”
Have fun learning Polish!
It is as much fun as your English: "where," "wear," "their," "there", etc. Don't they sound surprisingly the same?? Or cases, like “bear” = animal vs. “bear” = put up with….
You just have to put up with it. I guess it is to exercise your memory. Good for everyone... There are cases, however, when this little quirk makes a world of difference: “Bóg” vs. “buk” vs. “Bug” or “może” vs. “morze.”
Have fun learning Polish!
annab
1 Jul 2006
Food / I would like to see more recipes from Poland please [5]
You must have been a good eater too. My memories from childhood revolve around me not eating enough to make my mom happy. She has always been a great cook, so I guess the fact I wouldn't eat was somewhat offensive to her. It was as if I didn't like her food!
To this day, I don't know why I didn't want to eat, and I still happen to skip a meal occasionally. I was always a small and skinny girl, but at times I wanted to make my mom happy, so once I ate so much that I couldn't move as my stomach hurt too much; and I had to be carried to my bed to rest. My family found that event pretty funny and they still have a laugh about it from time to time.
One thing I do remember, I hated barshch when I was little. Today, I have to agree with you though. The soup is very delicious especially when served with eggrolls stuffed with liver sausage (paszteciki) or mushroom filled dumplings (uszka).
You must have been a good eater too. My memories from childhood revolve around me not eating enough to make my mom happy. She has always been a great cook, so I guess the fact I wouldn't eat was somewhat offensive to her. It was as if I didn't like her food!
To this day, I don't know why I didn't want to eat, and I still happen to skip a meal occasionally. I was always a small and skinny girl, but at times I wanted to make my mom happy, so once I ate so much that I couldn't move as my stomach hurt too much; and I had to be carried to my bed to rest. My family found that event pretty funny and they still have a laugh about it from time to time.
One thing I do remember, I hated barshch when I was little. Today, I have to agree with you though. The soup is very delicious especially when served with eggrolls stuffed with liver sausage (paszteciki) or mushroom filled dumplings (uszka).
annab
1 Jul 2006
News / Poland to Change the National Anthem? [22]
I have a couple of suggestions for our new Polish national anthem.
1. Maybe we should go back to "Bogurodzica Dziewica" to commemorate our forgotten roots and religion....
Or if some find it too unfashionable and shameful....
2. Maybe "Jak zwierzęta" [Like Animals] or "Koniec" [The End] or better yet "Piosenka Polityczna" [Political Song] by Elektryczne Gitary will do as a contemporary expression of our national identity.
Or if some think it does not reflect the contemporary world we live in....
3. Maybe we can skip having a Polish National Anthem altogether. We can simply embrace the reality of European Union and give our respects to our great European ancestors: Beethoven and Shiller by embracing and calling our own their co-creation "Ode to Joy." On second thought from that perspective, Hitler seems to be very misunderstood.... All he ever wanted was to unite Europe.... Why in the world everyone was against him.....??
What do we, Polish people, represent today?
I have a couple of suggestions for our new Polish national anthem.
1. Maybe we should go back to "Bogurodzica Dziewica" to commemorate our forgotten roots and religion....
Or if some find it too unfashionable and shameful....
2. Maybe "Jak zwierzęta" [Like Animals] or "Koniec" [The End] or better yet "Piosenka Polityczna" [Political Song] by Elektryczne Gitary will do as a contemporary expression of our national identity.
Or if some think it does not reflect the contemporary world we live in....
3. Maybe we can skip having a Polish National Anthem altogether. We can simply embrace the reality of European Union and give our respects to our great European ancestors: Beethoven and Shiller by embracing and calling our own their co-creation "Ode to Joy." On second thought from that perspective, Hitler seems to be very misunderstood.... All he ever wanted was to unite Europe.... Why in the world everyone was against him.....??
What do we, Polish people, represent today?
annab
3 Apr 2006
annab
16 Nov 2005
Genealogy / Annab - Looking for my Polish ancestors [8]
Eric,
My father emigrated from Poland as a young man. He probably neglected correspondence with his relatives and over time lost touch. I have a number of relatives from my mother's side, but I do think knowing where the other side of my family comes from is important. I know the name of the village where my father was born, but there are at least two other small villages with the same name and my attempts of contacting local parishes brought no results.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Anna
Eric,
My father emigrated from Poland as a young man. He probably neglected correspondence with his relatives and over time lost touch. I have a number of relatives from my mother's side, but I do think knowing where the other side of my family comes from is important. I know the name of the village where my father was born, but there are at least two other small villages with the same name and my attempts of contacting local parishes brought no results.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Anna
annab
13 Nov 2005
Genealogy / Annab - Looking for my Polish ancestors [8]
Hi,
I am looking for my deceased father's family; he was born in Poland. He came from a small village that I cannot possibly locate. I have tried contacting parishes in different places to see if they could help, but nobody responded. Maybe, there is a procedure I am not aware of, or a place I should contact to get my research started.
As I am aging, I would like to find my Polish family before it is too late. If anybody can give me any hints how to proceed, I would truly appreciate it. I know other people have been successful in locating their Polish relatives, so I though someone who knows what to do would see my post and give me some advice.
Thank you.
Anna
Hi,
I am looking for my deceased father's family; he was born in Poland. He came from a small village that I cannot possibly locate. I have tried contacting parishes in different places to see if they could help, but nobody responded. Maybe, there is a procedure I am not aware of, or a place I should contact to get my research started.
As I am aging, I would like to find my Polish family before it is too late. If anybody can give me any hints how to proceed, I would truly appreciate it. I know other people have been successful in locating their Polish relatives, so I though someone who knows what to do would see my post and give me some advice.
Thank you.
Anna