USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]


Yeah you're right, I got off track in a sense. However, notwithstanding my error, you can't dismiss where Polish food originates from. If a recipe or a dish is and has been a rarity here, it is likely to be so there, i.e. not many Americans of Polish descent or first generation immigrants are well versed enough in those recipes for them to affect the perception of Polish cuisine.

I hope that brings my contribution back in keeping with the original question

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]

Maybe we should start a recipe thread or cooking ideas thread...

Here's a super simple one: dissolve a couple anchovies in oil and fry your potatoes in that. It's just a side dish but the anchovies impart a nice flavour to a load of potatoes.

Another one, I like bacon, you like bacon, we all like bacon. Bacon is super fatty, next time you cook a load of bacon, roll each strip up and skewer a bunch on a skewer (I use wooden ones but metal ones are superior for obvious reasons) place as many of these skewers over a pan and cook them in the oven on low heat.

These are retardedly easy and require no real cooking skill other than monitoring heat...

Anyways to get this back on track, one thing that happens is that young people don't spend enough time learning to cook from their mothers. Cooking does require patience and practice at times and IS a process of learning from failures. Does anyone think that the younger generation they more expectant they are of quick results? Maybe they get discouraged from exploring the last unpolluted art form left (that's cooking for those of you who are reading impaired)?

USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]


to be fair, he was quite specific on at least one point and that is the traditional cuisine ONE IS LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER in Poland is not refined in the use of herbs like in French, Italian or even Japanese cooking, the flavours from spices don't run across the board like a lot of "curry" dishes do. It's delicious but it is predictable and it is stodgy.

The recipes you listed look fabulous and no one is saying herbs aren't used in Polish cuisine but generally they are used to the same effect over and over again your culinary skills and repertoire are far outside the norm here in my experience.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]

If the topic was about men neglecting themselves, would you feel any different?

Now, aphrodisiac, it's not all Polish women, it really is the younger generation that are packing on the weight.
Stress?
How stressful lis life in Poland now compared to 10 years ago and more...you seem to be suggesting it's more stressful but I wonder if it really is.

Healthy food.
I remember when it was hard to find unhealthy food, food should never be an enemy if someone is reasonably active. Sadly however this isn't the case.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]


Zager and Evans


Zager and Evansbut anyhow it's 6 am here and i'm getting ready to go to training. Activity is your friend. I know a lot more men here that are active in sport. Get active and over the long run you'll pay attention to what you eat and benefit.

Although the thread title might seem to be picking on women I wrote it with good intentions. I honestly am appalled at how quickly young people have let themselves slide in comparison to a generation ago. Polish women, if nothing else will mention their mantra of "we are the mostest beautifulest..." so this is kind of like a nudge to them. Get fit and wake up to the dangers of modern food (and it really is sad that some foods are dangerous if I stop to think about that) cause it's taking its toll on your bodies, ie your appearance is paying the price.

Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]


The funny thing is that Poles most likely do smell funny to Arabs or Blacks or East Asians, etc.
I asked my buddy this last year when I was back home, the conversation went something like this:

Me: Hey Faz, y'know how when you're standing in line and waiting to do whatever you can smell if a black person is behind you?

Faz: Yeah (tentatively)?
Me: I know this sounds racist but I don't care, it's honestly what I've noticed, seriously do you know what I'm talking about?

Faz: Yeah.
Me: And y'know, your people and other ethnicities of Pakistan and Afghanistan and India and well y'know your diet is distinct- y'know culturally speaking?

Faz: Well y'know F4, it's a little more complicated than that you see...At this point Faz explains the variances in the ethnic tribes which is of course was not dependent on political geography but rather physical geography and the diaspora that exists and as usual I have forgotten the differences between Jat, Desi and everything else:(...but yeah our diet definitely affects how we smell and I've heard it before that we smell like curry.

Me: Well y'know black people have that specific smell?
Yeah: Yeah I know what you mean.
Me: And Oriental or East Asian people have that smell, like, especially in their houses?
Faz: Loud and clear brother...wait are you saying our house smells like curry?!?
Me: No, no, no, I'd say so if it did, but that's not what I'm getting at.
Faz: Well what are you getting at?
Me: Well if everyone else has a specific smell then white people must have one too, right? I figure we don't pick up on it cause we're the majority here or maybe we are only sensitive to what other ethnicities smell like.

Faz: Well that's a good question F4 and I'm glad you asked me. The answer is YES! You can especially smell it in some people's homes. Some people have it more than others. I remember this one guy from wrestling, and he had the biggest white boy smell I've ever come across. He wasn't dirty or big or anything- he just really smelt like a white guy. It's a specific odour.

Me: I knew it! Do I have it bad?
Faz: Not really man, maybe you're diet is different though.
Me: Yeah, I need to eat more...

I enjoyed typing that out cause I could pretend I was listening to Faz talk- he's got a way with people...kind of like me but in the opposite direction:)

But to summarize that for anyone who thought FRAT. All ethnicities have their own specific odour and to some people it stinks. Perhaps it's dependent on diet and perhaps it's genetic but the phenomenon does exist.

USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]


For me the tragedy is, the food I enjoy eating and the produce I cook with for my family is under attack from economic powers (it seems) to be more "profitable." This is worrying and I sincerely hope that Poles won't put their heads in the ground like so many other people have but will instead fight this and preserve the alleged integrity of their food (sources)...

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]


yes and no.
From the isolated perspective of the where fat has a tendency to deposit on men and women, yes.

BUT what I specified is it is young people in which I am seeing the largest disparity (compared to 5-10 years ago). What's especially dangerous about this for girls is that the hormones which direct where fat goes don't activate until late childhood and girls fat cells will grow at a faster rate than boys' do. IF a young girl gets fat at a young age then she will have a tendency to gain weight in a more male-like pattern.

Men are more physically active and the outlets for men to exercise are much greater than for women. This has begun to show in females aged 15-24 from what I've seen and I do fear how it will play itself out especially for the girls if things don't move in a different direction.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]

No, the fatties are becoming more common place.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]

Amathyst, you could post any picture and say it's you. I'll take you at your word because because truly doesn't affect me in the least. My point is it is clear neither of us have a clue about the other let's stop making ridiculous assumptions based on the flimsiest bits of information and let's stay on topic.

Seriously, the average woman is getting mighty plump over here and it has revealed that Polish women (except for my lovely lady:) never were anymore attractive than their European counterparts, they were simply slimmer.

There are some very serious repercussions to this trend though. The public health care system is going to be under even more scrutiny and demand in the coming years. Children are also going to have a lot of problems too. I will be interested to see how people react in the coming years both economically and socially.

You can believe what you want on the matter but if you haven't been here for 5 years then my question is why you are arguing the matter?


Good point, and come to think of it, I have seen a lot more children that age in buggies than I used to.

Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]


Of course you do, as does anyone else. While you are not a short timer, you are nonetheless not Polish and have no more right to tell another Polish person what to think or say than I have to tell you what to think or say. You dismissed one person's right to an opinion and say what she wants yet tout yours. It comes across as hypocritical.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]

Pip might be right, one of my friends is an anesthesiologist and told me some researchers have recently concluded that there are a lot more benefits to salt (darned if i can remember the specifics). We spoke (he spoke and I listened) about the 180's that have happened in medical discovery.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]


No.


Judging by your reply, you're sure of a lot of things you've not an iota of sense about.
Perhaps all those children all looked "healthy" to you because you compared them to yourself. Not trying to be nasty, just surmising (fat people often do that, you don't see yourself as fat so by virtue, anyone slimmer than you can't be either:)


Put away the white knight suit of armour and stop being a beta male. Being slimmer than some of the fattest women in world (UK ladies) is masking the problem.

That's like saying compared to Central London, property prices here are reasonable.


Let's say that IS the reason I moved, what would that say about me and what pray tell do you think I was trying to say about Polish girls as a consequence.

Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]

^
Polish people can think and say whatever they want in their own country.
E.g. If someone doesn't like the smell of another person then that's their prerogative.
What annoys me no end are native speakers not fit to do sfa in their own country who come here and try to make like they're enlightened above their poor Polish cousins on all things political and social. It's always the ones that have been here for the short term...

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]


True but there's something different now in the attitudes of consumption. Massive portions (cinnabons are the size of a car tire) and the increasing feasibility of businesses offering such things denotes such a change.

Tell me you don't see a change in people's physiques here.


Don't get me started on video games. They turn a kid's (more often boy's) brain to mush, unable to focus on anything for more than 5 minutes.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]


No one commented here that it's only the mother's fault.

yeah polish adult males are pretty fat around the waist now but when I look specifically at the kids in their later teens, I see a contrast to that older generation. I am predicting that unless things veer off course from where they're going now, in 5 years the average 25-35 Polish male will be holding up much better physically than his female counterpart.

Work / Polish salaries - New statistics [38]

^that's one perspective.
I'd be curious what the employer's perspective is.
Certainly there'd be some truth on both parts. I will comment that there's a reason why there are 30 million fryzjerki in the town where I live- the owners all pay their employees a pittance so their former employees set up some competition. I'm sure there are many more examples, this is one.

USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

You started to make a very valuable observation regarding processed foods and then somehow twisted into a "our food is the best" post- pity.

Pride comes before the fall and this is another example of it. Blindly adhering to the idea Polish food isn't (to varying degrees) subject to the same "economic" factors which pollute food sources throughout Europe is naive at best and obnoxiously retarded at worst.

Love / Polish women USED TO BE much more attractive: [162]


Stop thinking like a light switch (the bad kind), critiquing the oncoming of one extreme is not endorsement of the opposite (extreme).

Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]

^
I guess that's a true contradiction. However, I won't judge the Poles too harshly on this. Unemployment is still high, wages are not keeping up with inflation and the social infrastructure is still a beast. To welcome outsiders who are seen as likely coming to milk the system would be asking too much imo.

Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]

<good call

Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]

guys this shouldn't be tit for tat. Not one of us here were involved in any of the situations we speak of except for the OP allegedly being $hit-kicked. let's not start blaming individuals here for the actions of others.

Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]

So why not stay in Egypt then? Maybe it'd be easier for you guys over there. I don't know maybe it'd be worse for your wife. I don't even know if this did happen to you but if it did it must be an awful feeling.

In a weird way I can see the reason why some Poles are against immigration into Poland. As a country, things seem to be coming around and now that they are almost there, there's an influx of people from outside coming in to exploit that. I'm not saying it's right to do what they allegedly did, I am simply saying I can see at least one reason that may lead to such feelings...and I might approach things with that perspective in mind if I were in your shoes.

USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

FUZZYWICKETS is right and that coupled with what Sasha just wrote is probably the answer to the original question. No one is saying it isn't good, that is an entirely different matter.

Food / Is there a good substitute of Philadelphia Cheese in Poland? [14]

look at the ingredients on the back, compare philly cream cheese to what ever is right beside it and make your call. I made a cheese cake last week or so and went with the philly brand (1 pln more than the stuff beside it). I spent about 24pln on just the cream cheese.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

So you've bought up more property than you need for the sole purpose of charging rent (profit) and you're saying it's foreigners who are the problem? Maybe foreigners are doing the same thing as you but how can you justify your actions but attack theirs?

What about Poles abroad, how do you feel about them driving down the price of labour or living 20 to a flat and driving up the cost of rents?

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Could the makers not have done the exact opposite as well i.e. find people completely on the down and out or business failures, or frustrated journalism and economics post graduates?

What I mean is, simply reporting on the positives (and it's nice to see it being done) should not be understood to mean those stories are indicative of the majority of the country.

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die in a pool of acid.

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this