I have a Polish couple coming over for afew days and would like to cook for them.

I'm cooking chicken Kiev for 18 people tomorrow. Easy, inexpensive, and delicious. Do a Google search for chicken Kiev recipes. I've cooked lamb curry for them before and they ate every last drop, but I wouldn't spring a leg of lamb on them unless I knew that they liked them. I've also sauteed shrimp in butter and garlic. When they're done-it doesn't take long-I add about a cup of white wine or sherry to the pan, reduce it, and pour it over the shrimp. Serve over rice.

Absolutely if all else fails bust out the beef roast with all the trimmings.

Full English for breakfast, thats the stuff.

Why has nobody mentioned Beef Wellington yet?

Probably because it is "Filet de Boeuf en Croûte" in disguise, there is no historical fact relating this dish to the D o W.

How about London-style pie, mash and eels with liquor, lol ;)


omg, this is awesome, but sadly not really British, I believe.

wow... do you people eat some fruits or veggies, or just meat and pudding?! lol

I'm quite happy to just have a big pudding, lol :D

stew and dumplings. real english dumplings that is.

apple pie + custard. there is no custard in Poland

shock them with bread pudding and then tell them what it is.

u could offer toad-in-the-hole. just for the reaction.

u could also offer a christmas style dinner. or a roast dinner as mentioned earlier.

WB, it is not often I agree with you " roast with all the trimmings " whenever I have cooked up this storm in Poland, it has been well received.

Nothing in the world like a bland British breakfast

Boil me a steak,its a dental thing huh?? ha

Eh ?!

Sledz likes to knock the Brits every now and then, he thinks we boil steak basically. I explained there is a dish known as pot roast or sometimes hot pots but still he carries on. He also likes to link it with bad teeth, i dont understand his motivation behind this.


Whats bland about bacon, mushrooms, fried eggs, fried tomatoes, hash browns and pork sausages?

LOL - does Poland, as it happens, not have a particularly unenviable record of oral hygiene anyway ?!

Youre the person that started the Yank vs Brit thread,,,correct???

Its all in good fun WB, whats up with that Queen of yours?
I heard she wants money to pay her heating bills now,and she gets 60 million per year already!
What does she do with all that cash?
She certainly doesnt spend it on the poor or needy:)

yeh so what? thats a low blow, am i taking pot shots at you yankee muther fcuking trailer trash scum bags?


I know dude its all good, and damned if i know she's the Queen she does what ever the hell she wants and what ever a Queen does. Shooting deer and shite and being a general Mother in law which i suppose equates to being a pain in the ass..


I'll be sure to tell her to walk down Oxford street and hand out tenners for the homeless, just for you.

why do you say that? It was a good thread!


I hardly call that a pot shot and if thats all it takes to get that famous temper of yours going, oh well:)


Why have a Queen when she doesnt do anything for her subjects??

Its going on 2011 and Limeys still bow to royalty, when all they do is take, take, take and give nothing in return,,,,,lol

Not feeling the love here Sledz, i was only joking my man but hows that trailer park treating you these days?

Famous temper, love it, is as chilled out as one can be, these days when i get flustered i go punch my bag, i hung it recently.


She's a Queen who am i to ask such questions, royalty you understand.


Silly isnt it..

I wouldn't try anything that they will be fussy about. Hunter's Stew (bigos) for example. It takes quite a few attempts to get it down and they might claim to enjoy it only to not offend you. I'd keep it simple. A cutlette with potatoes, side salad and red cabbage might go down well. Simplicity is genius as they say :) :)

You havent read the thread Seanus less typing more reading but thats what i said originally, keep it traditional English and simple.

Well, a cutlette is French in name but we eat them as do the Poles. Potatoes, need I comment? I can imagine eating that in Scotland in a given family, no surprises. It's 'safe'.

Whats a cutlette?

well... i was just thinking what to make for dinner today...
and it's going to be chicken kotlet in pecan bread crumbs, rosemary roasted potatoes and salad with my home made dressing...
it may be an idea for somebody else... fast, easy and delicious...

But whats kotlet again?

Kotlet, WB. Kotlet de Volaille, for example. WB, it's the slab of meat wrapped in a kind of thinly veiled batter. Come on, you are bound to have tried them. Kotlet rzymski (cheese covered in Ruskoline type batter).

Pgtx, you are a tease. My taste buds have returned in force and that's just a torment.

To the OP. If you can make a chicken kiev, gushing in garlic butter then you are onto a winner. I haven't met anybody yet that doesn't like it.

chicken fried steak :)
or this:

Chicken breast that has had the crap beaten out of it by some old granny with a chip on her shoulder. Then covered in breadcrumbs and fried till its as tough as old boots ;p

Im a cheap skate (nice piece of beef for a good Wellington is about £25.00) :D Also believe it or not its a risky dish to do if you've never dont it before, last time at a friends the pastry was soggy and the filling wasnt exactly to my taste either.(people do it different ways)..Its a dish to be perfected before doing for people who have never tasted your food...

Get an M&S dine in for 2 they're huge and enough for 3 easy :) problem solved!

What? de Volaile what? you should have just said bread crumbed chicken or pork. Trying to be all fancy pancy. Its actually called pani escalope of pork/chicken in French. Its the French that invented the dish after all.


They probably didnt seal the meat, sirloin or fillet any other beef wont work.

Cheers Dave.

WB, in case it had slipped your mind, a fair percentage of English comes from French and you lived longer in the UK than I did, I think. It is called kotlet de volaille, nothing fancy about it. It's what they call it in regular shops here. Even milk bars. Nothing au fait there :)

Thats exactly what she didnt do...plus the filling was a bit too chunky and not seasoned enough...It was still very pink so all was not lost! But its still a risky dish if you've never done it before..


No $hit Sherlock ;0)