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Feniks   
22 Aug 2024
Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [94]

Not me. I've got two left feet.

Here is the best-looking car ever...Nothing comes even close..

It doesn't look anything special to me.

As far as American cars go I would pick either the Shelby Cobra 427 or Chevrolet Corvette C2.

British, I would pick Austin Healey 3000 Mark III or 6os/70s Lotus Elan DHC.
Feniks   
22 Aug 2024
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1418]

Tony Blair actually mentioned it from the dispatch box.

I didn't know that! Small world....

it really is only a summer thing when peppers are in season, however it's delicious.

The dish I make which is similar I've eaten all year round. I only use yellow and red peppers for it though. I don't think the dish really suits green ones.

zucchini 'meatballs':

They look nice too.
Feniks   
22 Aug 2024
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1418]

in the urban parts of the north it used to be almost a religion

I get that. My mother was a northerner and watched it religiously for years.

I don't remember Ida Clough but Ivy Tilsley and Percy Sugden definitely yes. Where you lived was obviously popular with cast members!

That was a sensation.

Wasn't it just! I can remember seeing people wearing T-shirts with that slogan. I don't think anyone expected the storyline to become that huge!

I love them in a version of leczo

I hadn't heard of this but after looking at the recipe link I've been eating something similar for years. Minus the courgettes! Maybe I'll add them next time.

zucchini patties

I would definitely give those a try.
Feniks   
22 Aug 2024
History / 20 years of Poland in the EU. [314]

Tethered caps

Haven't seen them yet but then I don't drink anything out of bottles......

but now there's a huge building site.

I was staying in Alexanderplatz earlier this month. There were massive cranes everywhere!

great kebabs

I have to say the kebabs I had in Berlin were probably the best I've tasted.

I hear about a knife crime happening very often.

Me too. The worrying thing to me is that the attackers are often teenagers.
Feniks   
22 Aug 2024
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1418]

Deirdre Hunt/Langton/Barlow/Rashid/Barlow's stuffed marrows on Corrie were famously bad

I've watched Corrie on and off for years but I don't remember her stuffed marrows! I'd forgotten all her surnames too! Fair play, you've got a good memory. I remember the 'Free the Weatherfield One' campaign though.

That and pumpkins plus all sorts of squash. Every day for four years.

That sounds dire :(

Fried with garlic sound great, though

They take up the flavour really well as they're quite a bland vegetable.

Courgettes is French

I was talking about the word Zucchini which is from Italian Zucchina. I know courgette is French, we just call them that over here :)
Feniks   
22 Aug 2024
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1418]

Calamari? Like eating rubber bands.

That's my experience too. Very hit and miss as to how it's served.

stuffed zuchhinis

It's an Italian word but I always associate it with the American term for what we call courgettes.

marrows.

Don't remember ever trying them. I do like courgettes though. Nice gently fried in garlic butter.
Feniks   
20 Aug 2024
Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [301]

Paper apples

I didn't know what these were so I read up on them. You might find this interesting:

copernico.eu/en/articles/papierowki-paper-apples-journey-old-apple-variety
Feniks   
19 Aug 2024
Food / Traditional Polish Foods [140]

I already told you - sultanas are raisins to 90% Poles and Polesses.

Jesteś uparty jak osioł. I am not Polish though!!!!!! Nor am I a mind reader :)
Feniks   
19 Aug 2024
Food / Traditional Polish Foods [140]

None. I would do exactly the same but when it comes to a non-Pole like me trying to guess ingredients for recipes, I am going on the fact that sultanas are not mentioned in Polish cuisine. Even if they are big raisins :)