Your favourite Polish foods!

WoclawBoy,What is it?

don't recall that product being sold in Poland;)

It's sold on certain streets lol

schab ze śliwką - pork loin with prunes

It actually looks pretty damn good.

Strzyga,Thank you for posting that,I'm going to get to cracking on some of these dishes,in other words,get busy cooking lol.

P3, if you're interested in desserts, check out this blog. Some of the recipes are translated into English. You'll find there both traditional Polish and international ones.

mojewypieki.blox.pl/html

Thanks again strzyga,if I can see what their doing,then I'm all set.

A summer stew made of bell peppers. When you see people leaving the supermarket here with huge bags of them in different colours, that's what they're usually going to make. Leczo also has kielbasa and onions in. It originally came from Hungary, but is common enough in Poland nowadays. There are two schools of thought about how long it should be cooked. I prefer it fairly lightly cooked, some people like to boil it down to a bigos-like mush. Frozen Leczo from the supermarket tends to be somewhere in between. The secret of making it is to tear the bell peppers rather than cut them. It's a seasonal dish because it uses so many peppers, it's only economical when they're at their cheapest. Delicious!

Actually, Curry is a British creation based on a variety of Indian dishes. Curry as it is served in Europe is very, very different to food in India. Anyway, Dessie, what's with the 'we Indians' stuff? Bought a wigwam?

John357,Do you use any kind of stock or do you let the ingredients do the flavoring?

Probably best that I make no comment on that.

Anyway, to get back to the topic, despite being neither a Pole nor a Jew, I do have a fondness for Jewish-Polish food, duck with horseradish, sorrel and raisin pie and, best of all, fruited rice pudding.

Personally I wouldn't. I add a small amount of water as necessary, but Leczo is one of those things that is nice because of the clean flavour. There are also usually tomatoes. Some people add zucchini, sugar and garlic though I don't.

Really, all it contains is a lot (in Poland they really do use a lot) of bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, kielbasa, paprika and a little salt.

Sometimes people serve it as an accompaniment to meat, and usually boil it to a mush. In my opinion it is good as a main dish itself, if it isn't boiled down too much.

John357,Thank you,this sounds like a delicious stew,and easy to make!

The secret is to tear the peppers, never, ever cut them; to add any water later, to add the tomatoes later, and at first, just cook the peppers slowly in oil or smalec.

Harry,what is sorrel?

You don't know what sorrel is? Oy vey!

Seriously, it's a herb which is typical for Polish and Jewish food from these parts. The taste is quite sharp, a bit like unripe strawberries.

perfect for the crockpot, no?


Agreed! It has all the makings of a simple but tasy meal. I'm in; can't wait to get started :)

Harry,I'd never even heard of the spice,It's not too common over here I don't suspect.Is it used in mainly desserts,or in other dishes as well?

It's a herb rather than a spice, mainly used for soups and sauces, and sometimes salads.

Harry,Thanks for the info.

Sorrel soup is very common where I live (in the east). Costs nothing to grow. Perhaps an acquired taste, but I liked it first time.

Teflcat,I had no idea,that's cool to know.

I think what everyone seems to be forgetting here is that britain is and has, for the last few hundred years, been a melting pot of culinary culture. We emerged from peasant and basic inglenook cooking into an explosion of worldwide and rather bizarre dishes. Since the early years, Britains population has been made up mainly of 'other Europeans', all cooking the same way, meat on a spit, boiled turnips, just as bland as the rest of Europe. When we pilfered spices, fruit and slaves with their recipes from afar, we started to develop British cuisine. A true representation of the British Isles being 'anything goes'. The British kitchen is the most diverse in the world as we take from everywhere. The quality and choice is truly the creates. Yes we manufacture shite for the mass consumers but we do have the greatest Chef's and most world restaurants outside of the country of origin. We will always share the most liberated palettes thanks to our multicultural diversity.

The English Kitchen was transformed by the spice trade and after suffering 18 courses of varying delight, like spiced goose and jellied exotic fruit came the war and that's when our reputation for god-awful mince and potatoes really stuck to anyone either not from the U.K. or a foodie family.

A quality Sunday roast made well is an absolute delight, full of flavour and one of the most satisfying dishes you will pick at for hours after. Similarly a curry, wherever it's from, India, Thailand, indonesia etc also has a big place at he table. What we are getting at here is that in Poland, there is not nearly the variety that we are used to from the U.K. or U.S. or Australia even. There are Thai kitchens, curry restaurants and a plethora of Kebab grills etc but without the same history we have had in the U.K., the choices will be less. Polish food is great in it's own right but it's roots have long been in preserving harvests and getting through the winter months. That is now changing rapidly with the demand from the increasing expat communities but the attitude and taste of the Poles seems to remain loyal. You have to admire that but I think there is also an underlying intolerance to anything 'unusual' a little like us brits were in the 60's and 70's. We just lost touch after all that rationing, powdered egg and tripe. We were xenophobic and proud, now look at us!?!

Now, anyone for Kedgeree?

And we have more types of cheese than France!

Spot on... make a mockery of anybody that says that british cuisine is bland. The French in the middle ages employed english cooks to teach thier cooks. Infact dishes that sound foreign have been found to be english is there construction... Lasagna for example has been found in medieval cookbooks. Give me a good Steak and Ale pie over bigos or golombka anyday..Polish use herbs but apart from simple medieval spices like pepper and cinamon are useless when it comes to spicing foods.

pierogi!! I used to love just the meat ones but I have gone onto potato and cheese now! Fried in a little butter.....yes please!! AND mizeria is my fav salad! :)

I also LOVE both mushroom & kapusta-filled

Indian!


Cucumber raita... Indian!!

Everything's Indian. Like "pundit". ;)

Or you think that you're English simply because you're called Dave? Dev = Indian!!! haha :)

I love pierogi too. But dim sum are Chinese, not Indian. Which makes a change! lmao :D

And while we're on subcontinent topics (even if off-topic), I must have eaten 10 lakh pierogi in my lifetime hahaha

Dumplings/Pasties ... or italian ravioli!

Merged: What traditional Polish food do you like?

How in Subject. Do You coock at home Polish, write what.
Any one knows gut sites about polish cooking?

debreeshin veptrovan... . It is pork cutlets that are breaded and braised...

Has anyone found a polish recipe site ans posted it yet?
Most things I cook often have Polish equivelents. Especially the Boheme/German dishes.
Many of the Portuguese dishes I cook are similar, but Polish dont seem to use tomato bases much nor have easy access to Hominey or chicpeas

ie: Menudo?- flezcki with spicy tomatoe base and hominey.