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English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland


convex  20 | 3928  
9 Nov 2010 /  #91
I'm gonna stock up on baked beans and Cheddar....hurray

Is that Cheddar any good? How does it compare to that Old Irish stuff that's usually on sale around here?
Seanus  15 | 19666  
31 Oct 2011 /  #92
It's back with us again. There should still be virtually everything available on Wed when I'll be popping along as it's a national holiday tom.
isthatu2  4 | 2692  
1 Nov 2011 /  #93
"English" and "cuisine" two words I dont expect to read in the same sentance TBH :)
Seanus  15 | 19666  
1 Nov 2011 /  #94
Well, to be fair, the best stuff is Scottish and not English. Cheddar and scampi, for example.
isthatu2  4 | 2692  
1 Nov 2011 /  #95
I gave up years ago trying to figure out what "English " food was... I was brought up on things like kedgaree (sp?) which I thought for years was some local fish dish, turned out to be something first ate by Brits out in India as a sort of halfway between "civilised" food and a good curry ;)
teflcat  5 | 1024  
1 Nov 2011 /  #96
Well, to be fair, the best stuff is Scottish and not English. Cheddar and scampi, for example.

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pawian  221 | 25006  
1 Nov 2011 /  #97
Well, to be fair, the best stuff is Scottish and not English. Cheddar and scampi, for example.

Yes. I can`t wait to buy original haggis in Liedl.
hythorn  3 | 580  
1 Nov 2011 /  #98
Well, to be fair, the best stuff is Scottish and not English. Cheddar and scampi

could you take out a road map and point to where you think Cheddar is? :-)

and whilst you are at it, please complete this sentence

'big prawns dipped in batter and fried to buggery taste better in Scotland because.......'

is it because the Scots use languostine or Dublin Bay prawns or Norway lobster tails?

@ Pawian
Haggis with mashed potato and neeps (which is a turnip like vegetable called swede) is truly excellent
I cannot understand why Poles do not grow swede. It is an excellent root vegetable
there must be a reason for this as Poles grow most things that grow in the UK
come to think of it swede is the only UK vegetable that they do not grow in Poland
then again I have not seen too many brussel sprouts over here
I know you can get them though
teflcat  5 | 1024  
1 Nov 2011 /  #99
I cannot understand why Poles do not grow swede. It is an excellent root vegetable
there must be a reason for this

When I asked my mother-in-law about this, she said that brukiew were fed to people in the camps during the war, and perhaps that is why they are now fed only to livestock. She got hold of some seeds and grew some for me a few years ago. Delicious cooked with carrot and then mashed with a little butter and black pepper.

Last October/November I bought 12 packets of Lidl's cheddar and finished the last packet in, I think, March this year. The last packet had a few calcified crystals but it had kept really well in our always-cold storehouse. I'm going for 15 tomorrow.
inkrakow  1 | 98  
1 Nov 2011 /  #100
come to think of it swede is the only UK vegetable that they do not grow in Poland
then again I have not seen too many brussel sprouts over here
I know you can get them though

They don't grow butternut squash, or parsnips here and Jerusalem artichokes, the favourite veg of fancy chefs in the UK, is considered cattlefeed. There are piles of black turnips and horseradish root everywhere (I mean - how much of that stuff can you possibly need!!!). It's a weird place, Poland...
hythorn  3 | 580  
1 Nov 2011 /  #101
I am sure I have seen parsnips and butternut squash

never seen jerusalem artichokes
teflcat  5 | 1024  
1 Nov 2011 /  #102
I am sure I have seen parsnips

You may have seen the root vegetable part of parsley. It looks very similar.
rozumiemnic  8 | 3875  
1 Nov 2011 /  #103
the best stuff is Scottish and not English. Cheddar and scampi,

how is Cheddar and scampi Scottish exactly? You sweaty socks crack me up, you blindly deny any responsibility for colonialism, and yet want to grab anything good in Britain for yourselves.

BTW CHeddar is in Somerset if you failed to locate it near Stenhousemuir.
Wroclaw  44 | 5359  
1 Nov 2011 /  #104
I am sure I have seen parsnips and butternut squash

farmers grow that which brings most profit. i remember about ten years ago when a load of them switched from wheat to sweetcorn.

things like parsnips might be coming from ukraine.

in the wroclaw area it's: wheat, sweetcorn and not much else. smaller farms seem to produce spuds and other things.
teflcat  5 | 1024  
1 Nov 2011 /  #105
sweetcorn

I never buy Polish sweetcorn. The European Corn Borer kills up to 90% of the crop, so those nice folk at Monsanto do great business here among maize farmers. I've proofread scientific articles on the ECB and pest control and it's scary stuff.
Wroclaw  44 | 5359  
1 Nov 2011 /  #106
maize

thanks. i couldn't think of the word.
alfred  
1 Nov 2011 /  #107
Black peas, parkin and treacle toffee. Do the ex-pats celebrate Bonfire Night in polska?
JonnyM  11 | 2607  
1 Nov 2011 /  #108
No. Believe it or not, it's illegal.
teflcat  5 | 1024  
1 Nov 2011 /  #109
Do the ex-pats celebrate Bonfire Night in polska?

It would be a little difficult to explain to the neighbours that the party was in celebration of the hanging, drawing and quartering of a Catholic for trying to blow up a Catholic-persecuting parliament.

Joking aside, it's not a bad idea to have an ethnic party from time to time. My Bloomsday party always attracts a good crowd.
alfred  
1 Nov 2011 /  #110
No. Believe it or not, it's illegal.

Illegal, gasp!
JonnyM  11 | 2607  
1 Nov 2011 /  #111
The fireworks anyway. And most people in PL are horrified at the idea of parkin, when you explain it. Until they actually try it, of course.
hythorn  3 | 580  
1 Nov 2011 /  #113
most people in PL are horrified at the idea of parkin

Johnny are you from Lancashire?
Seanus  15 | 19666  
1 Nov 2011 /  #114
Wow, many bait takers out there ;) As for fish and chips being 'English', why is that the Dolphin chippie and Ashvale often win the top awards? It's actually British Week, not English cuisine week.
JonnyM  11 | 2607  
1 Nov 2011 /  #115
Yorkshire

What is it?

A heavy duty ginger cake made with dripping and sometimes served with strong cheese. The culinary opposite of szarlotka and kremowki.
alfred  
1 Nov 2011 /  #116
The fireworks anyway.

Could do with banning them here, until the weekend of course.
mafketis  38 | 10933  
1 Nov 2011 /  #117
a turnip like vegetable called swede

Or rutabaga (ROOT-a-bay-ga) in the US. I like them sliced thinkly and quickly deep fried. yumm Polish people are prejudiced against them though : (
JonnyM  11 | 2607  
1 Nov 2011 /  #118
yumm Polish people are prejudiced against them though : (

Lovely stuff! A friend who holds a Burns' Night here has to bring them from Scotland.
alfred  
1 Nov 2011 /  #119
Are parsnips big in Poland? Did anyone mention rhubarb crumble?
isthatu2  4 | 2692  
1 Nov 2011 /  #120
As for fish and chips being 'English',

lol, you really wont like who actually invented Fish n Chips..............and it wasnt the Scots, twas the other tribe of Gods chosen people ;)

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