krysia 23 | 3058 24 Dec 2009 / #31Krysia, for how long have you lived in the US? :)All my life.But, I travel around the world and even when I visit Poland, I enjoy their food and don't look at it as disgusting making others feel uncomfortable.
southern 73 | 7059 24 Dec 2009 / #33I also noticed that polish women here in Athens have a tendency to eat just polish food.(not bad if you want my opinion since it is cheaper than greek food in restaurants).1 kochanie-1 pierogi and 1 zywiec for me,not a bad account.
kith 1 | 69 28 Dec 2009 / #34I don't know, but I had two friends from China years ago who wouldn't think of eating any food that wasn't Chinese. They were even racist about it, saying how superior a race they were . . . yada, yada, yada. I ended the friendship.
kondzior 11 | 1037 29 Dec 2009 / #35Frankly eyeballs, shrimp or crab are the things I would never have eaten. It has nothing to do with Polish food, these things are just digusting (for me).And I would never have eaten anythig from foodstand. Polish or American, or whatever. I was working at hamburger foodstand as a student, and I know what kind of meat they are using. It moves on it's own.
Sasha 2 | 1083 29 Dec 2009 / #36shrimp or crab are the things I would never have eatenWhy so? :) Seafood seems to be healthy and (mostly) delicious.It moves on it's own.And stretching its hands bawling "papa"? :))
kondzior 11 | 1037 29 Dec 2009 / #37Why I find sea food disgusting? Maybe because I live as far from the sea as possible in Poland (on the south, in the mountains at the south, near Bieslko- Biala). Once I have eaten pizza with sea food, I was competly drunk back then though.And that hamburger meat had many small legs.... Even owner of the foodstand hardly could stand the smell as she was cooking... But enough spieces and people where standing in lines to buy this stuf.Maybe today, or in other countries, with new sanitary regulatons, it is different. But I would not bet on that.
JustysiaS 13 | 2235 29 Dec 2009 / #38Frankly eyeballs, shrimp or crab are the things I would never have eaten.i have a Polish friend who refuses to eat shrimp because they 'look like worms' lol. i tried to convince her, give her a bit of my seafood salad and she would run away and everything ha ha. it's all in the mind i say, many foods sound or look disgusting at first but trying just a little bit will not only broaden your horizons but also convince you to experiment with different dishes in your own kitchen. i'd never even think of having poultry or meat with a sweet sauce before i came to England and tried out all the different foods available here. i was used to traditonal Polish cuisine, lovely and full of flavour but maybe too 'heavy' sometimes... i prefer lighter stuff like salads or chicken/seafood dishes myself.
Lenka 5 | 3540 29 Dec 2009 / #39I wouldn't eat crab either.It's because of the way it's prepared-killing some living creature by cooking it is to much for me.
JustysiaS 13 | 2235 29 Dec 2009 / #40crab meat is delicious, and lobster mmm mmm! oysters and squid are a bit chewy but i still like them :)
AdamZhou 1 | 8 29 Dec 2009 / #41In my opinion, it just depends on different people, different culture and different tradition.My Polish friends are willing to trying different kind of food. One of them have been in Japan. He tried many type of Japanese food, including uncooked squid. When he and his friends were in Shanghai, China. They also ate much chinese food which is quite wired to them, such as frog legs, shark fin, tongue and feet from ducks. Some of them even ate turtle and pigeon. In Thai restaurants, they liked to eat the curry crab, as well...
kondzior 11 | 1037 29 Dec 2009 / #42Sure. And leeches on sugar or brain of the monky it delicious too. For the right people. I, for one, would rather not find out. Thank you very much :-)
dtaylor5632 18 | 1998 29 Dec 2009 / #44I tried horse penis once after a a butcher on Kazimierz sunday market told me it was great for Tartar.I say I tried, I mean I gave it to my friends who believed it was beef.
kondzior 11 | 1037 29 Dec 2009 / #45Well, golonko IS delicious. But horses should not be eaten. It would feel almost like eating human being. As a matter of fact, some horses are more humanly then men.
dtaylor5632 18 | 1998 29 Dec 2009 / #47jonniWell that's the point, we eat what is nice and good for us. Horse is good that it contains hardly any fat, and is up there with the best beef steaks you can get.Whether an animal looks sweet and fluffy shouldn't determined whether or not we should eat it.
JustysiaS 13 | 2235 29 Dec 2009 / #48some horses are more humanly then men.they taste so nice.maybe that's why ;DWhether an animal looks sweet and fluffy shouldn't determined whether or not we should eat it.i could never ever bring myself to eat a bunny! ;)
kondzior 11 | 1037 29 Dec 2009 / #49And humans tastes like chickens. Or was that lizards?Now, that I call foreign cuisine.
JustysiaS 13 | 2235 29 Dec 2009 / #50a bit of cannibalism thrown in lolNow, that I call foreign cuisine.it's not foreign, it's like next door ;D
jonni 16 | 2475 30 Dec 2009 / #52Whether an animal looks sweet and fluffy shouldn't determined whether or not we should eat it.Indeed. Little wooly lambs look cute, but I could eat one now.And humans tastes like chickens. Or was that lizards?Closer to pork, in my (limited - only did it once knowingly) experience, though a smoker tastes just like smoked meat.
Amathyst 19 | 2700 30 Dec 2009 / #54And that is why British girls are obese ;)Dont worry, Ive seen a fair few chubby looking Polish girls here in the UK, more will follow :D By the way wasnt this a thread about Polish food and not British girls? Or cant you help yourself?As to the OP, so what if some Poles prefer their own food, what do you think the average Chinese family cook at home? spag bol?
krysia 23 | 3058 3 Jan 2010 / #55i have a Polish friend who refuses to eat shrimp because they 'look like worms' lolI don't eat them coz they look like maggots. Disgusting. Some people don't eat rice because during the vietnam war they had to eat rice and in there were tiny white maggots so now they will never touch rice.
polkamaniac 1 | 482 3 Jan 2010 / #56I know lot's of people that don't like lobster or shrimp but I love them ---------------------------bardzo smaczne
kith 1 | 69 3 Jan 2010 / #57As to the OP, so what if some Poles prefer their own food, what do you think the average Chinese family cook at home? spag bol?My point exactly
anton888 - | 82 3 Jan 2010 / #58I think is normal to prefer your own national cuisine, but can't really stand those ppl asking 'how you can eat this' or making all those sounds to suggest those kind of food is disgusting only because you not use to it. Cabbage that had been cooked for days smell and look really bad as well, so what is the issue with prawns and lobsters?
polkamaniac 1 | 482 20 Jan 2010 / #59You gotta be able to try foods outside of you comfort zone.Isn't that what progress is all about????? Being able to take risks is part of life---would be pretty boring if it was always the same thing and the same meal.
cms 9 | 1253 20 Jan 2010 / #60Nonsense, they are very open minded - my day in WarsawPolish breakfastThai for lunchKFC for dinnerKebab for post club snackThink I better stick to the salad tomorrow