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Expats' Polish food favourites [140]
Although I had addressed this thread to PFers of non-Polish ethnicity, I'll throw in my 2 groszy worth even though I am the descendant of four Polish-born grandparents making me 100% of Polish blood. My Polish favourites which aren't widely known throughout the US mainstream (although found in Polonian neighbourhoods and delis) include:
SOUPS: sorrel, pickled-cucumber, clear beetroot barszcz with paszteciki, flaki (tripe), krupnik (vegetable barley), czernina (duck soup - actually more common in Polonia than the Old Country nowadays); yellow split pea.
COLD STARTERS; aspic dishes - meat, fish, pork and veal tongues; hard-boield eggs in creamy sauces
HOT STARTERS: hot stuffed eggs (with dill and fried onion) in shells; rydze z patelni (butter-fried wild lactarius mushrooms)
MAIN MEALS: roast stuffed chicken Polonaise (wtih bread, liver and dill stuffing); roast duck with apples; roast pork loin with prunes: bitki wołowe w śmietanie (beef fillets stewed in cream) and bukcwheat groats as the idela accompaniment.