WHAT DID YOU EAT FOR POLISH EASTER TODAY?

In Germany every family (with children) does it...it's not a christian tradition....
(Okay...the eggs were accompanied by sweets and little surprises)


Interesting dialect version of "Oster Hase"! :)

I thought that you might like that little bit of history.

Eggs, ham, pickled beet salad, horseradish, bread. Simple food. No gluttony.

What in the world made you think of Easter in early September???

I will answer you with the post above my previous one, from January:


WHAT DID YOU EAT FOR POLISH EASTER TODAY?

Satisfied????

I am new to the forum.
My family has always had Bosh or Barszcz every Easter morning and have been making it myself for 27 years.
With the exception of being deployed in the Navy a few times.
Here is our method:
Put good smoked kielbasa in pot and cover with water.
Boil kielbasa for about 15-20 min.
Remove kielbasa from pot.
Bring back to boil and turn down heat.
Skim off fat on surface.
Add salt to pot by pouring and stiring until you can just start tasting the salt.
Bring back to boil and turn down heat.
Add white vinegar until you start tasting a bit of a sour taste.
It takes time and everyone's taste is different.
Bring back to boil and turn down heat.
Blend water and flour separately and slowly add to pot slowly until it thickens.
You may want to add more salt and vinegar at this time to bring the flavor back.
The best thing about this is you can go back and forth adding ingredents until you aquire the taste you like.
Be careful not to add too much of anything. Add a little at a time.
If you go too much, just add more water, but be careful not to lose the flavor of the water from the kielbasa.
The soup should almost look pasty like a med gravy.
And taste alittle sour from the vinegar with alittle salt but not too much.
Have a large bowl and cube 1/4-1/3 lb kielbasa, 1-2 hard boiled eggs, and cut up a slice or two of rye bread.
Pour the soup over all.
Do not forget the fresh horseradish root!
Wash the root well, and with a sharp knife 90 deg to the root, shave root onto the soup to your liking.
I like alot!
Enjoy!

For dinner it is always Baked Ham, Kielbasa, Scalloped Potatoes, String Bean Cassorole.
I'm getting hungry all ready!

Merged: Easter spread -- Polish and British?

What types of delicacies would most likely be found on the typical Easter table in Poland and Britain?

I believe roast lamb is a widely served Easter delicacy in Western Europe, but not in Poland. I wonder if the expats in Poland have a Polish, own-country or mixed Easter table? Anybody know?

Lamb is, indeed, a favourite Easter dish in Britain, and not only at Easter. Lamb is slowly becoming more widely available in Poland as people realise that its not the same as the mutton they might have tasted or smelled years ago. For me, I started the day with fried smoked bacon, our own eggs, and black pudding. I'm thinking about defrosting some oxtail for dinner, but I might cook a piece of deer, kangaroo or boar, all of which I've been saving for a special occasion.

Hair of the dog here.

Roast lamb tomorrow :)

Lamb found at Gdansk meat market. A nod of thanks for the tip goes in Scottie's direction :)

Where in Gdansk did you buy the lamb?

Przypiękne!

Pisanki i baranki są "szczyt" Wielkiej Nocy:-)

Beautiful!

The hand-painted Easter eggs and small paschal lambs are the high point of Easter:-)

At that expensive historic indoor market......never can remember names :)
Its' atmosphere is not so great IMO due to the tack for sale on the ground floor

What does kangaroo taste like? What can it be compared to?

Easter kangaroo (ruse to stay on-topic) is dense-fibred meat with a beefy taste. I've only tried it once, and it wasn't as gamey as I expected. Perhaps it was farmed and pampered. Nice, though. Very lean. Something like venison. Kaufland stocks it from time to time.

Thanks. I've tasted sarnina (venison) and don't mind the gamey flavour. A good marinade keeps it in check.