News / 33rd Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow [6]

Someone I know used to run a Jewish film festival. I'm not sure if it still happens. That was in Warsaw rather than Krakow and was very worth seeing.

Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [103]

I'll put a couple of weird stories about Polish trains later.

Good ones and bad ones.

News / France and Germany plan to flood Poland with illegal migrants. [199]


That means nothing.

News / France and Germany plan to flood Poland with illegal migrants. [199]


So in fact not illegal, and of course Poland is part of nice progressive Europe.

News / France and Germany plan to flood Poland with illegal migrants. [199]

@Ironside
Surely not so much illegal as legal, if:

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


I've never gone that far, though pre-internet I've read some real dreck left in hotels and offices.


Somehow that doesn't surprise me.


At least it didn't have gypsies or regency beaus in.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


723 including 23 in one year.

A fascinating character really.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Cartland

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History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


She was cheated out of that prize.

She should have got it for volume alone and all the skinheads love her.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Well deserved.

An odd thing to fight over. Who did the thugs want to win?

Life / My experience in Poland 15 years ago as an American trying to live and work there. [167]


Perhaps he went to particularly dodgy schools.

Food / Polish mustards [134]

What for?

Food / Polish mustards [134]


There's no "we".

Food / Polish mustards [134]


Those terms are subjective. What's considered hot in PL is barely even medium in some other places.

I remember seeing a packet of kotlety sojowe mix which on the back of the packets had the phrase "if you want to make it spicy, add a tomato".

Off-Topic / I saw flying oras many of them flying above my backyard [5]


More likely auras.


I've always quite fancied that.

Food / Polish mustards [134]


The dark one? That only exists in the UK as far as I know. Polish ones are a bit similar. Sort of between that and Dijon.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


Yes, the stock photo was definitely taken at exactly the same time of year ;-)

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]

Both, like Schrödinger's pussy.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]

Better yet to get it flushed out in a clinic.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

What for?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

These are the mustard plants in the U.K. Quite different.

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Food / Polish mustards [134]

I like butter but if it's melted, olive oil is better anyway.

That or dripping.

Food / Polish mustards [134]

Try it with olive oil. Works nicely.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]


Noc Kupały in Poland.

There are some nice traditions that predate the arrival of Christianity.

Food / Polish mustards [134]

I'd leave the salt out if you're using ketchup and probably the pepper if there's Tabasco in.

Plus horseradish and mustard together seems like overkill. I'd just use the horseradish.

Food / Polish mustards [134]

I forgot; a few drops of lemon juice too.

Food / Polish mustards [134]


Made the usual way. Mayonnaise (ready made will do at a pinch), a little passata or a tiny tiny bit of tomato puree, either a tiny pinch of cayenne pepper or a dash of Tabasco, a (very) little Worcester Sauce.

Pretty well standard.


How odd. Perhaps spending your day with a bunch of ten year olds and your evenings with glassware and ethanol are taking its toll.

It is rather bland compared to the real thing.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [344]

They traditionally are.

Food / Polish mustards [134]

'Twist'?

This is a thread about mustard.

And yes, the stuff in P9lish shops is bland and full of additives.

Food / Polish mustards [134]

That's very eloquent.

Just a shame Polish mustard is so full of additives and uninspiring.

Food / Polish mustards [134]


Is greater than yours.


I just buy mustard flour and don't do plant spotting or pointless riddles.

You should try some musztarda Ukraińska, it might do you some good.