News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]

Just to be fair - there are actually still houses with no plumbing and outside toilets! My husband's distant family are one of them! It was really a shock when he took me to visit.

Oh - my husband who is from Poland was once asked if they had TV in Poland too!

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]

We went hiking there 2 years ago and it is really beautiful. Why an M16? Doesn't Poland have it's version of "hillybilly"?

Love / DO POLISH MEN DATE OLDER WOMEN? [169]


I'm not sure about that - my husband is 7 years younger than I am and we've never had any problems with his family.

History / Poles and Russians -- love-hate relationship? [209]

Poland has Sliwowica too!

Food / Borscht - Zurek / Bialy barszcz recipe [153]

I wonder if many people make it this way or just use vinegar or lemon juice to sour it"

USA, Canada / Can Polish citizens with US greencard travel to Canada? [63]

Ok thanks, I thought that maybe they would have to have some sort of "mini" visa.

USA, Canada / Can Polish citizens with US greencard travel to Canada? [63]

I did check the website but just wanted to ask as sometimes people have stories to tell?

USA, Canada / Can Polish citizens with US greencard travel to Canada? [63]

I know - that's why I was trying to find out. It's a little ways to drive to find out that he can't cross the border!

USA, Canada / Polish Language Newspapers available in the US [21]

Thanks, I am interested in finding out more about smaller and "local" ones like Bialy Orzel.

USA, Canada / Polish Language Newspapers available in the US [21]

Wow - what a list! Thanks so much for getting that all together!

Tamara

Food / How many Poles are vegetarians? [52]

Wow - the same fork - suprised you didn't die

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

Poland is a wonderful place where on the same trip you can see a pimped out Mercedes speeding down a country lane where an old lady is sweeping her yard with a broom made of straw or sticks.

Where just on the outskirts of a major tourist area, there are small villages where people still get their water from a stream with a bucket.

And people live in houses with televisions, vcr's and DVD players but don't yet have indoor plumbing. It is a wonderful dichotomy of existence.

Exactly!

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

Strange request but I am looking for a recipe for "hamburgers". I've eaten hamburgers in Poland at a flea market and they were really good. They aren't just "ground beef" formed in a patty like in the US. I'm wondering if they are all pork or a mixture of pork and beef and what seasonings are used and if any onion, garlic, or any other ingredient is used and if so, is the onion &garlic sauteed first or added raw? Also, they didn't seem to have been fried in a pan as there weren't any "fry marks" or dark brown crusting as you get when you make "kotlet mielony" at home so were these burgers boiled or baked??? Also, if anyone can remember all the condiments that are used. Remember:

ketchup
mustard
raw onion
some kind of kapusta but not kiszona
I'm not sure if tomato is typically used?
Anything else???

Thanks!

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

Hmmm, sounds more like meatloaf. Stalk celery isn't really a common ingredient in polish foods and I'm sure that they use at least half pork if not all and their not fried, at least in the usual sense but anyway, sounds good.

Life / Poles always ask how much money you earn. Why do they do this? [30]

I have to admit it was difficult to get used to. I don't think that they are purposely being rude. It is just what you are used to and they are including you with their friends and family when they ask you. When you think about it, why is it considered "rude" -just because someone told us when we were young that it was rude when we asked them a similar question. It is no more "private" an issue than most of what people today tell the world. Weren't you ever curious how much someone made or paid for something? When they ask you, you can then take your turn and ask back. Just because someone is different doesn't necessairly mean that it's a bad thing, does it?

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

Merged: Kremowka - help with Polish dessert ingredients

Hi,

If someone could tell me what the following ingredients are and if there is an "American" equivalent, I would really appreciate it. Also, there is a Polish pastry called "kremowki" which from looking at it, is 2 layers of something close to puff pastry with about 4-5 inches of some kind of cream in the middle. Can anyone tell me what kind of cream it is? I don't eat sweets but my husband loves this and I can't find a recipe in any of the Polish food mags that I have. Dzienkuje bardzo!

Smietany (best guess is US "whipping cream or heavy cream"?

Serka waniliowego hamogenizowego

Bialego poltlustego sera (and vs tlustego?)

Budyniu smietankowego ( I know that budyniu waniliowego is vanilla pudding)

Sera smietankowego

Smietanki kremowki

Twarozku smietankowego (twarozku is like farmers cheese, mostly what is used for traditional cheesecake but this I 'm not familiar with).

Anybody?

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

inkrakow
Thanks inkrakow,

I still a little confused - is there a difference between:

Bialego poltlustego sera (and vs tlustego?)- mid-fat white farmers'/curd cheese (i.e. not full fat or non-fat) and twarwog?

Unfortunately, the "british english" equivalents are the same "dictionary definitions" that I got when I looked up these ingredients. I'm trying to find out what they are called here in the states.

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

so it is different from "Bialego poltlustego sera "(and vs tlustego?)- mid-fat white farmers'/curd cheese (i.e. not full fat or non-fat) ???

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

So the answer is "yes" bialego sera is the same as twarog! Hurrah! Don't know why some recipes call it one and others the other...

any other help with the below, ie examples of what they might be in a US grocery store?

Budyniu smietankowego - cream custard (budyn is a custard) -

Smietanki kremowki- double cream (min. 30% fat)

Twarozku smietankowego - cream and curd cheese

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

Well I was going thru my recipes to find something to make for Easter dessert for my hubby and wasn't able to translate the ingredients above to anything readily available outside of a Polish market.

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

We don't have twarog, either mielony or cream flavored. In general, cheese doesn't come in flavors. We have cottage cheese which is much more wet than twarog. We also don't have pudding "budyn" cream flavored - either vanilla, chocolate or various fruit flavors . So, I'll wait until we make a trip to a city with a large Polish market and just stick to the recipes that use things close to Philadelphia cheese.

Also, how is Smietanki kremowki- double cream (min. 30% fat) - different from bita smietana?

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

Thank you All!

Study / Polonica Polish Language Camp in Poland [3]

Really? We thought that it was really reasonable, considering that it was for 2 weeks! We don't have any Polish language lesson places where we live and we thought it would be a great experience. I will look at the link you provided for the camps. Thanks!

Life / Looking for where to find information about a Polish prescription drug (eve drops) [6]

Yes, thank you. I found it.
Thanks for the help.

Life / Looking for where to find information about a Polish prescription drug (eve drops) [6]

Yeah, I noticed that the search on the 2nd site only had furniture ads :). I found what I needed, and unfortunatley, this isn't available in the US.

Thanks again.