News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]


If that's the case, then why not declare a one-party state? It's been tried before.

Food / What is the typical expat diet while living in Poland? [42]

The average American has a horrible diet -- just look at the number of fast-food joints and fat slobs in the supermarkets and on the streets. There are health-conscious niche groups as there are in any country. But some of them are promoting equally unhealthy vegan diets and other fads.

Food / What is the typical expat diet while living in Poland? [42]

Every cuisine is a combination of various influences. If someone wants to be pedantically precise, then one could say: "what in the 19th and 20th centuries.has traditonally been regarded as British, German, Mexican, Hungarian, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Albanian, etc. cuisine."

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]


Poland had serious assets in 1989 -- KGHM, the shipyards, then still productive, the refinerifes, AZoty, coalfields, Cegielski Marine engineering Works, Stalowa Wola ,car and aviation factoties and other important industrial faciltiies apart form thsoe that were antiquated. That could have been the basis of a Polish Capital Consortium (PCC), a public-private undertaking that could have attratced private Polish investors. Then, for example, when Daewoo went bankrupt, the PCC could have pruchased its Polish and developed its Polish operation, instead the Ukrainians did. Ex-comunist Balcerowicz did absolutely nothing in that direction. Instead, he turned Poland into a crony-friendly place attracting foreign investors solely as a cheap manpower country.

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]

Poland A or, better yet, Poland AA stands for arrogant a*seholes!

Except that this is the Polish Forum, not a global or foreign corporate forum.We should consider what is good for Poland and Poles. Is it good that Balcerowicz sold off or destroyed most of Poland's industry, that most Polish brands are foreign owned and that effectively Połes work in their own country as mercenaries of foreign conglomerates. Why hasn't anything been done over the past quarter-century to create a Polish corporate class, Polish corporations manufacturing and exporting original Polish-designed products? Globalism is fine when one is a player, not a victim. About the only example of Poles participating in globalism is chain of petrol staitons in Germany. And the best known Polish logo is reportedly some tawdry computer game called Witcher. Not much to show for after 25 years of market economy.

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]

That is proof that Poland is Catholic to the core. whether or not some frustrated expat approves or not!

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]

That's a lie. Poland B do not regularly vote for the Platformer morons, crooks and other shady types, and the Platfusy are the biggest party that harbours so many of scam artists and idiots.

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]

FLASH! BREAKING NEWS! THIS JUST IN!
Poland's latest Sunday mass head count has just dropped to 29.372% It is unclear at this point whether the RCC can last another year.

Feedback / Is the Administrator of the P.F. a Native Pole ? [80]

ATTENTION MODS: is it a punishable offence taat will earn one a warning on PF to ask who is the owner of the forum?

Po polsku / Ilu "polanoglotów" na PF? [25]

Masz rację, Gombrowicz nigdy mi nie leżał. Próbowałem przedrzeć się przez "Ferdydurke", ale mi się nie udało. "De gustibus non est disputandum" - jak mawiają Norwegowie. Wiem, że Gombrowicz i Joyce byli swego czasu bardzo trendy. Cóż, widocznie nie jestem trendowaty!

USA, Canada / A good Polish restaurant in Michigan? [25]

Merged: Polish Kitchen (restaurant) in Petoskey

Anyone driving across Northern Michigan might want to sample some Polish fare at this restaurant owned by the Bębenek Family in Petoskey:

petoskeynews.net/dining/menus/polishkitchen.

Food / What is the typical expat diet while living in Poland? [42]

Never heard of drumrolls. What are they? Curry dishes have become part of British cuisine but their subcontienntal origin cannot be denied and they are not a part of traditional, indigenous English cookery.It'd be like saying pizza is a typical Polish dish.

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]

The point was the extent to which Catholiciuty permeates Polish culture, collective historical memory and present-day lifestyles. When the frogs were murderdering clergy and burning chruches and turning their country in a "Be my brother or I'll kill you" blood bath, the Polish Enlihgtnement was led by priests and bishops :Krasicki, Staszic, Kołłątaj, Konarski, etc. The cross and Blessed Virgin were on the standards of all of Poland's Europe-saving victories (Legnica, Vienna, Warsaw and Soviet demise). Father Skorupka led Polish troops agaisnt the godless bolshies in 1920. Catholicity encompasses the totality of what Polishness is all about. Do the Irish write K+M+B on their door jambs? Do priests make their New Year rounds of Irish parishioners' homes? In Poland, crosses are proudly displayed in homes, schools and hospitals, businesses and public institutions, and most Polish public holidays are Catholic inspired. But there are horse-blinkered types who pretend they can't see all that and are fixated on taking a Sunday head count. So it'll come as not surprise if the riposte goes: Yes, but only 38.7% of Poles go to Sunday Mass. BTW did you know that some fulfil their weekly obligation on Saturday?

Food / What is the typical expat diet while living in Poland? [42]

By wet aging do you mean soaking the meat in a marinade? Then should dry aging be something like air-drying sausage?

Po polsku / Ilu "polanoglotów" na PF? [25]

Co piłaś czy paliłaś do poduszki? Bełkot nie z tej ziemi, ale nie bez pewnego uroku!

Love / My Love Story: my 'good' family vs her 'bad' family in Poland [25]

You're even better than Satan at quoting Sciupture. Congrats!

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]

For lack of substantive arguments you have latched on to the Sunday mass thing and repeat it over and over like a mantra. The Irish don't even celebrate the feastdays of their patron saints the way Poles do their imieniny. And the Irish have never saved Europe from pagan or atheist hordes the way Poland did in the 13th century against the Mongols, in the 17th century against the Turks in 1920 against the Bolsheviks and in 1989 against the continuation of godless communism. Now it is a bulwark against the slime of Western deviation and libertinism.

News / Presidential elections and debates 2015 Poland [472]

We look forward to the rude awakening of all the gulible Bronkites and Komorists when Andrzej Duda becomes the next President of Poland. That's only three days away!

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]

A tiny island is hardly comparable to a fairly large European state -- Catholic Poland! The formerly Catholic nations of Spain and Irleand have betrayed the faith of their fathers and begun sinking into secularist-libetrtine slime.

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]

So what does that prove? Poland is thankfully still Europe's most Catholic nation. Whether anyone likes it or not, Catholicity permeates the culture, language, symbolism, family life, lifestyles and most every other aspect of life in Poland.

Love / My Love Story: my 'good' family vs her 'bad' family in Poland [25]

Only is she repented and truly regretted her sin. That's the whole point. The libertines claim that "anything goes" and if it's pleasant admn feels good go for it". To those characters the very idea of sin, repentance and penance are totally alien concepts. And you know it, so enough of your trademark baiting for today.

Life / Foreigners in Poland: migrants, immigrants and expats [13]

Then where does the émigré fit into this picture? We talk about the Polish émigré government, émigré organisations and émigrés who stayed abroad not to forsake their Polishness but to keep the true spirit of free Poland alive. When Poland dumped communism some of them were too old and infirm to return. Are they classed as immigrants or migrants or what? Does it make any difference to the defonition whether they took on a new citizenship, retained only their Polish one or had dual or treble?

Love / My Love Story: my 'good' family vs her 'bad' family in Poland [25]

Only if they go and sin no more. The Jesus you so hate but love to quote never said: Keep on wallowing in your filth!

Food / What is the typical expat diet while living in Poland? [42]

Very confusing? What then in your view is the difference between a migrant and immigrant? Wiki is also not very clear on that.
In America if you called yourself a migrant people might ask ¿Hablas español? or what crop are you now harvesting -- beans or strawberries? Migrants are mainly viewed in terms of itinerant Mexican fruit and vegetable pickers.

More food......less immigrant/migrant/expat

What are 29-day-aged steaks, what cut of beef is it, where are they sold and for how much? I have never had a good steak in Poland so I avoid them like the plague. Most supermarket steaks are from old cows whose udders have dried up. Its good for mince but not much else. Sometimes beef shank is OK if you boil the hell out of it and ox tongues are tender but require at least 3 hours of boiling.

There is supposedly an Argentine steak place out on Pulaska but prices run around 300 zł a kilo. Too rich for my blood.
Our cuisine is mostly Polish -- today we had the classic combination -- breaded pork cutlets with braised cabbage and boiled potatoes. Occasionally we have spaghetti bolognese, pierogi, naleśniki, hamburgers, fried fish or or braised young cabbage and kiełbasa. Bigos only in the colder months. Soups include:yellow split pea (my favourite), krupnik, tomato with noodles (wife prefers rice), cream of sorrel (szczawiowa), tripe or bolete mushrooms.Inb summer chłodnik. Fried stuffed eggs in shells are great and my all-time favourites include roast chicken Polonaise with bread, liver and dill stuffing (kurczę po polsku) and roast duck with apples (or apples & prunes). Not to mention roast pork loin with prunes.

Po polsku / Ilu "polanoglotów" na PF? [25]

To gdzie szukać tych ciekawych tematów? Czy jest na PF jakiś
e-śmietnik?

Love / My Love Story: my 'good' family vs her 'bad' family in Poland [25]

Farming is a respectable occupation, pimping, prostitution, lapdancing, stripping and porn peddling is not! At least as far as decent folk are concerned. Maybe in the unsavoury circles you run in all the smut and scum jobs are commendable, as long as you can cash in. Anything for filthy lucre, innit?

"You're not marrying her family" is a typical myth peddled by those who want to destroy marriage. Because if anyone actually believes that (other than the very few couples that emigrate and break off all ties), they will soon be in for a rude awakening. Because YOU ARE in effect marrying not only one person but also their relatives and circle of friends, their likes and dislikes, habits and priorities.. There is always Christmas and Easter, birthdays and anniversaries, christenings, weddings and funerals, Sunday dinners, family visits and a myriad of meet-ups that can be pleasant occasions or dreaded ordeals. So beware of marriage-haters and family-bashers who try to tell you "you're marrying just one person!" That is a bald-faced lie!!!!

Love / My Love Story: my 'good' family vs her 'bad' family in Poland [25]

Farming is a respectable occupation, pimping, prostituion, lapdancing, stripping and porn pedling is not! At least as far as decent folk are concnered. Maybe in the unsavoury circles you run in all the smut and scum jobs are commendable, as long as you can cash in. Anything for filthy lucre, innit?

Po polsku / Ilu "polanoglotów" na PF? [25]

Zauważyłes zapewne cudzysłów! Ja termin ten półżartobliwie ukułem, zresztą mylnie pod wpływem angielskiego bo powinien brzmieć polanoglota, czyli polski native speaker, osoba dla której polszczyzna jest językiem ojczystym (choć sądzę, że cały czas o tym wiedziałeś i tylko chciałeś się trochę podroczyć).

Food / What is the typical expat diet while living in Poland? [42]

DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS:

EXPAT: An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than that of their citizenship.

MIGRANT: Someone who moves from place to place, especially who leaves his own country and settles in another; a farm worker who moves from place to palce to harvest seasonal crops.

IMMIGRANT: Someone who leaves his own country and moves to another.

NOTE: The difference between migrant and immigrant seems a bid blurred. I wonder how Harry distinguishes the two.
Hardly any expats in Poland?! What about the hordes of Anglos from the UK, States, Canada and Oz who have flocked to Poland to cash in on the demand for English teachers?

News / Poland's presidential system? [9]

Yes, but are they working for Poland?