Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


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

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


Jesteś uparty jak osioł. I am not Polish though!!!!!! Nor am I a mind reader :)

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

Is this something to be planted? Installation is a strange word to use.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

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 :)

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


maf suggested raisins in post #75 earlier so I disregarded them and chose sultanas instead.


I can think of dishes with raisins but not sultanas. Usually Xmas or Easter though. Jewish carp/Babka/Kutia/Chalka

Travel / Fishing in Poland - where to go, what to catch? [81]

Turbot/Plaice/Flounder? Although shape is not exactly the same.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [972]

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Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

They look like sultanas to me but I can't think of a single Polish dish that uses them. I also thought of prunes but they're much bigger than what's in the dish.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


That was the part I thought was so obvious that I presumed the riddle had to be something else.


On one particular day? Weird.

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

But the number plate isn't shown in the original pic of the van. You only gave the reg number in post #450. If I'd seen the flag sign of course I'd have known it was a Scottish plate.

That's an older model 2012 van and the MA it starts with in the reg corresponds to Manchester/Merseyside.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [972]

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Yes. No idea about your barrel idiom though.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


That's all? I'm surprised you can taste it in a large pot of fruit and water.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


No idea. Presumably you can buy the plants but the date has no particular significance I can think of.

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


How can I tell? There is nothing in that plate to tell it's from Scotland.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

@pawian white objects???

I can barely see them but are they pieces of plastic showing the varieties of the particular plant available?

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [162]


Maluch. Such cute cars :)

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


Are you talking about the pieces of paper hung up?

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


I will give this a go. Do you put spices in yours or just for Xmas Kompot?

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


Some very blurred plants.


Have you seen them eating the plants? I've never actually seen a hare.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


How long would this keep in the fridge after making? I've had Kompot before but the smoky tasting one usually served at Xmas.

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


Part of the UK, Scotland/Wales?

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

The picture on the van reminds me a bit of a winged hussar.

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

A winged Hussar?

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

Could be the end of the leek lifecycle but they can be produced in response to extreme weather. Cut them off and the leek will keep growing.

You can eat them which I'm sure you've done.

Food / Help with Polish recipe - Żurek soup? [25]


All my favourite Polish foods :)


I'm not sure what's going on either. The thread title has been changed to include the words ' Żurek soup', so it now looks like I was suggesting a type of soup that the OP already knew about. There's also a quote in my post that I didn't make.

On other threads I've had quotes removed with the end result that what I was saying no longer made sense.


Interesting. I bet not many people do that anymore.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

What is meant by ' to have eaten a barrel of salt together?

Polonia / Should I visit Portugal? [35]


I can't imagine a more boring holiday.


Me neither although I suppose if you are a family with kids it might work out to be cheaper.


Maybe they don't have a choice but to take them. You're presuming that grandparents have retired and aren't still working. That might not be the case.

Food / Help with Polish recipe - Żurek soup? [25]

The soup sounds like Żurek, Polish sour rye soup, which is made from fermented rye flour and is traditionally served at Easter.

everydayhealthyrecipes.com/polish-zurek-rye-soup-recipe/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour_cereal_soup



In Poland this is called Twaróg ( Polish farmer's cheese )

It sounds like your mother was trying to extract any remaining liquid in the cheese by pressing it. Maybe someone else here can help as I've not heard of this method before.

Life / Which animals are native to Poland? [103]


They're so cute! I didn't even know there were black squirrels. Thought they were either red or grey.