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 :)

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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 :)

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

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

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

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

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 / 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" :)

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

something like "small shoemaker"

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!)

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

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 :)