Bobko 25 | 2077 27 Feb 2024 #31reminds me of chinse stuff.Which is why I think it came to us from the Steppe nomads.
jon357 73 | 22653 27 Feb 2024 #32PelmeniWe 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.
Bobko 25 | 2077 27 Feb 2024 #33We have a pelmenitsaWhat 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 read once that people in the frozen east pile them up outside their hovelI don't see why not, especially pre-refrigeration days.
jon357 73 | 22653 27 Feb 2024 #34Sounds like something you would use to make pelmeniYes handy things if you want to make pelmeni however I use mine mostly for standing hot things on.
Alien 22 | 5229 27 Feb 2024 #35In 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.
jon357 73 | 22653 27 Feb 2024 #36dumplingsBest 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".
jon357 73 | 22653 29 Feb 2024 #37And of course Sajgonki have been around so long in Poland that they're part of the culinary landscape.
jon357 73 | 22653 29 Feb 2024 #39I like ready-made onesThey'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.
Alien 22 | 5229 29 Feb 2024 #40raw materials from an animal sanctuaryFortunately, I only buy those with vegetables.
OP pawian 221 | 24284 3 Mar 2024 #41In restaurants I always get it with pickled cucumbers, not tomatoes.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.
OP pawian 221 | 24284 9 Mar 2024 #42Chlodnik Litewski is one of the nicest things in Polish cuisine.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!SoupIce cream
jon357 73 | 22653 9 Mar 2024 #43Lithuanian Cold SoupChlodnik Litewski?Delicious however the one in the photo is far too dark
OP pawian 221 | 24284 9 Mar 2024 #44too darkMade 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.
jon357 73 | 22653 10 Mar 2024 #45then they get darkRemember it darkens overnight; better to use less rather than more to keep the delicate flavour and colour.
Novichok 5 | 7807 10 Mar 2024 #46It's flavor and color. You don't need "u". Learn English before you post.
jon357 73 | 22653 10 Mar 2024 #47It's chłodnik Litewskie.We are discussing food not your non-standard spellings of flavour and colour.
mafketis 37 | 10789 10 Mar 2024 #48standard spellings of flavour and colourar flavor and color.... Webster didn't go _neerly_ far enuff.
jon357 73 | 22653 10 Mar 2024 #49ar flavor and colorIf t'noorth n t' saarth n Ingland wo t split laak Czechs n t' Slovaks wid afte gaw f'netic wi' t'nyew lngwidge.
mafketis 37 | 10789 10 Mar 2024 #54AutokorektMore like auto co-wrecked!get it? get it? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.... I slay myself sometimes.....
mafketis 37 | 10789 10 Mar 2024 #55Has 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
Lenka 5 | 3526 10 Mar 2024 #56@mafketisNow 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 ...
Atch 21 | 4159 11 Mar 2024 #57You don't need "u"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.
mafketis 37 | 10789 11 Mar 2024 #58You do if you're properly literate.enthusiast of British spelling =/= 'properly literate'etymology of words should be respected, not simplifiedYou must hate this then....en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Caighde%C3%A1n_Oifigi%C3%BAil
Atch 21 | 4159 11 Mar 2024 #59en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Caighde%C3%A1n_Oifigi%C3%BAilYes, I do. It also meant the end of the lovely old Irish script in which people used to read and write the Irish language.
jon357 73 | 22653 11 Mar 2024 #60the lovely old Irish scriptI remember seeing a passport that had that script.It was on the postage stamps too as I remember.