Turkey for New Year's dinner in Poland?

I have repeatedly seen in various (hard-copy and internet) sources that roast turkey is a Polish New Year's favourite. Is this a relatively new custom or an age-old one?

I have not heard of any Poles that i know having turkey , and the shops are certainly not full of birds for sale.... I must confess i would prefer a Turkey or chicken to the traditional carp , but then i am a Brit... Its likely the younger Poles who have aquired a taste for birds in the UK or USA may slowly introduce the idea to Poland , but i think most Poles will stick to the traditional carp...

Nor have I.


New Year's dinner not Christmas, geez, you really are a Brit :p

Noooooo we Brits have our birds on Christmas day , its the USA that have the thanksgiving dinner...

This year i had a cup of soup and some bread for Christmas dinner , but i did have some nice Russian chocs and biscuits that had been sent from Moscow by my lady...

She was horrified at my Christmas dinner choice , and threatens next year will be very different....she will be living in my farm by then....oh boy do i have some spring cleaning to do...!

On the other hand, a very old (17th or 18th century?) Polish drinking song (Pije Kuba do Jakuba) does contain the following stanza:
Indyk z sosem, barszcz z bigosem, jadły dawne pany,
Dziś ślimaki i robaki jedzą jak bociany..."

Turkey in gravy, borscht and bigos the lords old old did eat,
Now like storks it's snails and vermin that is theiri big treat....

(This of course reflected the reaction of the old Polish Sarmatian tradition against the newfangled 'frog' food being introduced.)

Yuk...i think i would prefer carp to that stuff....

typo-eradicated version:
Turkey in gravy, borscht and bigos the lords of old did eat,
Now like storks it's snails and vermin that is their big treat....

Arrrrrrggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!
Not Christmas dinner but New Years!
Check the title of the thread, it is not about Christmas or thanks giving it is about New Years.
How you Brits ever managed to have an Empire is completely beyond me :p


Turkey has always been a common dish here in Poland, you can find it on most menus, you always could.
As your song suggests.

It woudn't be New Years without turkey for dinner

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I ate at Soup Plantation for New Years (because I had a coupon.) Now I feel deprived of a tasty turkey meal.

Christmas and new year are two different days are they then...???

Actually some of us Yanks will have Turkey for both and be quite happy about it!
You can have the ham.....or whatever. :)

The last time I looked on the calender ,they were seperate days.

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As has always been the case because turkeys are more abundant in the states.

Traditionally in the UK Goose is the bird of choice for Christmas. And, in Scotland at least, we have steak pie at New Year.

The goose is good but after cooking a 15 lb. goose,all you're left with ,is about 5 lbs of meat ,after the bones are discarded. But---the "smalec" is the best part after the fat solidifies.

It is a problem yes, and it also means that to get a decent amount of food you need a really big oven.

And agreed, the best part of the goose the wonderful fat!

and----It's it's a lot better when you add "skwarki to the twósć !!!!!

Merged: Turkey leftovers after Poland's Christmas?

Families that served roast turkey on Christmas often have a lot of meat left over. How does your family deal with that matter? Is the turkey meat simply used up in sandwiches or put to some more creative use?

Not one of your better threads of the 775.

Krokiety?

Win some, lose some.... Krokiety are great. So are meat pierogi and even gołąbki using minced cooked turkey. And of course as an addition to the other meats in bigos.

My family mixes the turkey with gravy & tops it over mashed taters. Some of the turkey meat is also given to the critters.

One thing you can do is make a fine soup out of the matter. You can even throw in some black eyed peas for luck.

you're all a bunch of culinary freaks. rubbery tasteless whitebread + mayo + salt&pepper = bliss.

Is that what you do with your carp leftovers? yuk!

I make kebabs. They are from Turkey, afterall.

Good to be home, eh?

Sheppard pie
Turkey Curry
Turkey enchiladas
Turkey quesadillas
Turkey soup
turkey tacos
turkey and veggie casserole
turkey and veggie stir-fry
turkey meat and buckwheat pierogi
turkey pate (you can use up the liver)

That way you can torture yourself and your family for days and days...

One year I went to NYC the day after Thanksgiving and I saw a half of a roasted turkey on the sidewalk. I thought what a good idea to use up the leftovers. Whenever I look at the leftover turkey now, my first instinct is to throw it out the window, but then I think of all the starving children...

This is a southern thing for New Years.


Perfect! I sometimes throw on a little leftover stuffing too!