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Posts by Miloslaw  

Joined: 5 Mar 2018 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 5 hrs ago
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Miloslaw   
9 Feb 2021
History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

I think this whole thread is pretty disgusting.
As I posted in the Serbian thread, there were bad guys on all sides.
But WW2 in Poland was particularly disgusting due to the extreme barbarity of the Germans and Russians.
People tried to survive and sometimes survival was more important to them than morality.
It is easy for us to judge them now, in the comfort of our homes and comfortable lives, but it does not gain us anything.

There were some bad Poles, just as there were some bad Jews.
But in the main, people tried to do the right thing.
And in any case, we are certainly in no position to judge them.
Miloslaw   
9 Feb 2021
Food / Is brain-damaging vegan fad growing in Poland? [176]

@MarieAntoinette

These 100% Vegan muscle men that you seem to be obsessed with look unwell to me.
Their look is abnormal and all that muscle will turn to unhealthy fat as they get older and can no longer keep up their exercise regime.

There is just no reason for us to eat them

Oh, but there is.... to keep a healthy, balanced diet.

I think it is obvious to all of us now that you are a vegan extremist.
Let us agree to disagree.Most people will disagree with you.
Meat eating will not disappear for generations... if ever....your views are just not held by most people.
And probably never will be.
Miloslaw   
9 Feb 2021
Food / Is brain-damaging vegan fad growing in Poland? [176]

I prefer the thin and crispy Italian base, hate the thick doughy ones.
Has to have tomato sauce( not ketchup ) and Mozzarella ( or similar cheese ).
My toppings are pepperoni, anchovies, mushrooms and hot chillies.
Vegetables on a pizza does not work for me.
Miloslaw   
8 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

. You even claimed that you forgot the Polish language. It turned out you didn't forget.

And he posts in a Polish forum....... he can deny it as much as he likes, but it is obvious that his umbilical cord is still, at least partially, attached to Poland.
Miloslaw   
8 Feb 2021
Food / Is brain-damaging vegan fad growing in Poland? [176]

Because we have the illusion that we are superior

It is not an illusion.
We are superior.
I hate veganism, it is just another of the new "right on" cults.
Humans are natural omnivores, we need both plants and meat to remain healthy.
If you contradict what I have just said then you contradict nature..... not advisable.
Miloslaw   
8 Feb 2021
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

No

Yes it is..... part of the canal structure the Prussians/Germans tried to build!
I have no idea about the two sisters though.....
Miloslaw   
7 Feb 2021
Life / Polish Music. [298]

@Lenka
Yeah, I get that.
Miloslaw   
7 Feb 2021
Life / Polish Music. [298]

To this day, I cannot understand Polish musicuans love of Reggae, but hey, they are pretty good at it.

youtu.be/RJ8D94_yl_E
Miloslaw   
7 Feb 2021
Life / Polish Music. [298]

I believe her real name is Misia Furtak, but she performs and records as Tres B.
I have posted this before, but I think it is so good that it deserves another post.
Tres B with "Like is"".

youtu.be/_LW2mS2CwQ4

Another Polish tune that I have posted before, but deserves another blast.....

youtu.be/brCzJ7ygLY8
Miloslaw   
7 Feb 2021
Life / Polish Music. [298]

@Chemikiem
I Really liked your Lady Pank plus guests post.
Most "Westerners" will hear a slight Reggae/Ska influence to the rythmn but although the band might have leant slightly that way, the tune has a very traditional Polish rythmn, which was shown to great effect near the end when the accordian kicked in.

My dad and many of his peers loved accordian music.
Miloslaw   
6 Feb 2021
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

I'm confused, to me, those are faworki... Is it a different word for the same thing?

Yes, a different word for the same thing.
Miloslaw   
5 Feb 2021
Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

I think you're over-cooking them, Lenka

I think this is a common problem in Polish cooking.
A tendency to over cook.
@Lenka
Just par boil then and then roast them in hot oil.
But use British spuds, not those crappy Polish ones.....
Miloslaw   
5 Feb 2021
Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

@Lenka

I think you are right.
The British tend not to eat boiled potatoes as the Poles do, I have to say I was never a fan either.
They prefer to roast, mash or make chips out of them.
Miloslaw   
5 Feb 2021
Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

it's just the only option as they have problem keeping shape when cooking.

How are you cooking them?

As Atch said, those types of potato are best for chips or roast.
Miloslaw   
5 Feb 2021
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

No idea what the English equivalent is.

I am pretty sure that there is no English equivalent........ :-)
Miloslaw   
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

@Novichok
Because so many Jews never assimilated.
My Polish Jewish friends dads fought in the Polish army.
But they were not fighting for Poland.
They were fighting to protect Jews.
They could all speak Polish but refused to do so when they came to Britain.
It is a very sad state of affairs.
Of my two Polish Jewish friends at school one had a very Germanic/Yiddish surname.
The other one had a very Polish one and I knew that his ancestor's must have been bakers.
But because he did not understand Polish, he was unaware of that.
Miloslaw   
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

@Novichok

They were friends of mine and did not regard themselves as Polish.
Miloslaw   
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

someone who would remind me that I as a guest in their country,

I never had that.
When people discovered my family was Polish they always wanted to know more.
I never felt any animosity.
Mind you, there was a fair number of us, in school, out of my class of 30 there were 4 Poles and two Polish jews too.
Miloslaw   
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

So in the end, do you "feel" more Polish or more British?

Having slept on it I can further answer your question by saying that although I was born in England I have never felt English.
Yes, I have a British passport and cannot deny that I am British, but never English.
Miloslaw   
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

Yes to all of those.
I even went to Chatechism and did confession, communion and confirmation, but I am not religious now.
I could not speak English when I started school as English was never spoken at home.
We used to go on a "Polish picnic" once a year, organised by a Polish boys school in Henley on Thames

dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-3778062/A-second-wind-willows-rebirth-stately-home.html

where we would meet up with extended family and friends and occasionally to one in Pitsford;

czeslawsiegieda.com/pitsford-hall/#:~:text=Pitsford%20Hall%2C%20Northamptonshire&text=Pitsford%20Hall%20was%20a%20private,Polish%20school%20fo

Yes, I had a very Polish upbringing.

I suspect that Dolno has a similar tale to tell.
Miloslaw   
31 Jan 2021
Life / Polish Music. [298]

This is not bad, but, to my ears, it is like a weak Rammstein..... who I love!!!
youtu.be/GNcW5Mz40jg

Poles are pretty good at Metal..... :-)
youtu.be/C0tNHrYFbx4

Poland's history makes much of it's artistic content, especially popular music, very dark....
youtu.be/YM9lI34TYq4

This may not be to everyones taste, but it is very heavy, very Polish and to Crow's liking, very Slavonic......
youtu.be/V6dZanTfI2I

Poland has a lot of very angry bands....
youtu.be/AY6QvkKGfmA

Hey, Poland Rocks.......
youtu.be/jc1iiXFq9rs

This is just superb.... I am thinking of old traditional English, Scotish or Irish tunes and this is right up there....
youtu.be/00d8QKKWU3c

I will end with this one.
Typically Polish.... controversial, violent, uncompromising, new and yet traditional. .... ;-)
youtu.be/_o1vQ143Jmw
Miloslaw   
31 Jan 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

When I was about 7 years old, my dad decided that he did not like the way things were going in London.
Half of the kids in my class were, what we now call afro carribean, and he decided that we needed to move to the suburbs for the sake of my and my sisters education we moved to a lovely, large house with a back garden that was 120 feet long and 60 feet wide.

The first half of the garden was just a lawn, with an apple tree and a pear tree,
The second half was like a typical Polish garden.
We grew potatoes, carrots,peas, green beans,cabbages,tomatoes, cucumbers and many more.....

@Lyzko

Ironside asked me that question when I first joined PF.
And I will answer you in the same way.
That is a really difficult question, and one that my son and I have often debated.
In the end, we would have to side with Polish.

Ogorki.
We used to grow cucumbers in the garden and mum used to pickle them.
But in brine, never in vinegar.
For years I bought Polish made jars of Polish ogorki and whilst I liked them, could never understand why they did not taste as good as my mums.

Now I know...... ogorki kiszone are the business......
Miloslaw   
31 Jan 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

So, what makes you feel Polish?
I will tell you about my life......
My dad came to Britain via a Siberian labour camp where my grandmother died.
He lived, with his father and two sisters for four happy years in Uganda, thanks to the British government.
His older brother lied about his age and fought for the Polish army, along with The British in Africa and finally at Monte Cassino..... he ended up in Britain.

Dad and .his family finally got to Britain and were placed in an ex army camp in Essex.
Dad made a good friend, who had suffered more than my family, and eventually became my uncle.
They moved to London and got a flat in Paddington.
Grandad died in Essex......
Dad and my uncle progressed.
Dad started his own business and bought his first house in 1955.... two years after marrying my mum.....and I was born in 1957.
So, in 9 years, and at the age of 30, he was married, had his first child and owned his own house.....from having nothing.....
It was quite a big house but with a small garden in NW2.
Our garden had a lawn with a huge apple tree at the back and space for a shed and a chicken coop.
My mum stopped keeping chickens after one unfortunate event when trying to kill one.....
Miloslaw   
30 Jan 2021
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]

@Lenka
I remember as a kid watching a huge downpour of rain through the window and shouting out "Cholera" and my mum chastising me for the use of that word.
Miloslaw   
30 Jan 2021
Life / Polish Music. [298]

OK. So two lessons to be learnt from posting on this thread.
1.I need to post who the band is and the title of the song because Admin/Mods will delete the embedded link.
2.Admin/Mods need to show a bit more Polish bravery in not deleting embeded videos.
Don't be such cowards.
Do you really think that youtube is going to care about a little forum like this?
Try it..... see what does not happen.....allow embedded videos......
Miloslaw   
29 Jan 2021
Love / Divorced a Cheating Polish Wife [62]

@cruisepatron
Are you for real?
I can't imagine any real man divulging the stuff you have.
You are either a nutter or a troll.
Probably another anti Polish troll...... and if so, please just FO.