Polish dishes with foreign origin in the name

Which is why I think it came to us from the Steppe nomads.

We have a pelmenitsa.

Easy to make but definitely a 'now and again' dish. I read once that people in the frozen east pile them up outside their hovel and chip blocks off the pile throughout the winter.

Not very Polish though.

What the hell is that? Sounds like something you would use to make pelmeni, but I've never seen such a magical implement. It's why I never bother with making them, because it's such a pain in the ass.


I don't see why not, especially pre-refrigeration days.

Yes handy things if you want to make pelmeni however I use mine mostly for standing hot things on.

In Poland we still have lazy dumplings( which are actually noodles). I remember such a joke.
What Poland looks like from a bird's eye view. Like a plate of dumplings, half russian, half lazy.
Of course, this is a joke from the times of the Polish People's Republic.

Best just to call them pierogi in English. The word has come into the language like pizza, quiche or paella.

Calling them dumplings is a little bit "I am Agnes and this is Gregory".

And of course Sajgonki have been around so long in Poland that they're part of the culinary landscape.

I like ready-made ones, e.g. from Biedronka.

They're OK though I tend to buy more traditional krokiety from there.

I've tended to avoid Saigonki after that scandal just south of Warsaw where a wholesaler got in trouble for sourcing their raw materials from an animal sanctuary.

Lots of places have urban legends about things like this (every single small town in Britain has a Chinese takeaway which was allegedly found with half an Alsatian and a human hand in the freezer) however this was confirmed, reported on the TV news and resulted in a prosecution. It was the animal sanctuary who first alerted Sanepid.

Fortunately, I only buy those with vegetables.

Yes, it is a popular variety......

Here is a current pic of the dish from the place where I ate it first time in mid 1990s. Today they serve it with mild pickled peppers while 30 years ago they added hot pepperoni peppers.

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The only thing I like about Lithuanian Cold Soup is its colour - it reminds me of blueberry icecream (made of/with Polish blueberries, of course).

The remaining qualities of the soup are pathetic - it is very thin, I mean unfattening and cold. Soups should be served hot. In pre heated bowls, like in Ireland!!

Crazy dish!

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Chlodnik Litewski?

Delicious however the one in the photo is far too dark

Made with/from seasoned beetroots which stayed in the ground longer than usual - then they get dark. Don`t reject such soups - still fine for your palate and other organs. Trust me - I am a beetroot grower.

Remember it darkens overnight; better to use less rather than more to keep the delicate flavour and colour.

It's flavor and color. You don't need "u". Learn English before you post.

It's chłodnik Litewskie.

We are discussing food not your non-standard spellings of flavour and colour.

ar flavor and color.... Webster didn't go _neerly_ far enuff.

If t'noorth n t' saarth n Ingland wo t split laak Czechs n t' Slovaks wid afte gaw f'netic wi' t'nyew lngwidge.

Ie dont cair about british usage just amerikan

Webster? 'S a yokshir neim. Worra tretr t t'owd cvntry

Litewski. :)):)

Autokorekt 🦍

More like auto co-wrecked!

get it? get it? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.... I slay myself sometimes.....

Has anyone here mentioned Amerykany ?

A Polish cookie type thing, usually, not always, with a white sugar glaze on one side. Not sure why they're called that. They seem vaguely related to sugar cookies but those are thinner and usually not glazed. Also unlike sugar cookies they often have a strong ammonia smell (and are sometimes called amionaczki according to a friend)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_cookie

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@mafketis
Now you hit nostalgia button hard! I have to make sure I eat some next time in Poland.what would be the best place to buy them... Back in the day they ruled in the kiosks/ shops next to schools ...

You do if you're properly literate. The etymology of words should be respected, not simplified. The dumbing down of everything ........... make things simple and people become simpletons.

enthusiast of British spelling =/= 'properly literate'


You must hate this then....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Caighde%C3%A1n_Oifigi%C3%BAil

Yes, I do. It also meant the end of the lovely old Irish script in which people used to read and write the Irish language.

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I remember seeing a passport that had that script.

It was on the postage stamps too as I remember.