Food / What Polish foods and brands do you miss when you go to other countries? [216]


There's something of a revival now. Personally I wouldn't touch it.

Eel Pie (and eel and ham pie) has a long tradition. I've eaten eel and ham pie, however it isn't especially interesting and (like eel in most other places, like Poland) belongs to a time when there was less variety of food available.

Food / What Polish foods and brands do you miss when you go to other countries? [216]


Traditional in the East End of London. They have Eel Pie and mash shops.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


I've never felt especially 'free' there. Certainly less so than in Poland or the UK.


It must be a very strange feeling to be on the wrong side of history...

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


Another issue here is also the usual urban/rural split; this does have an effect in some countries, both on schooling and the general environment that kids are raised in.

Worth pointing out that most of these ridiculous 'zones' here are underpopulated backwaters; none of Poland's big cities (where there's greater scrutiny of decisions and a wider talent pool of local politicians) has taken such a bizarre and ill-advised decision.

Food / What Polish foods and brands do you miss when you go to other countries? [216]

I don't like it that much unless it's crispy bacon fat. Unless it's what you mentioned that you put on bread. Delicious, though I see it mistranslated a lot in Poland as lard. Lard is the refined kind that comes in chilled block; nobody would eat it as it iss. Dripping is the delicious thing that goes so well on bread.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]

Exactly. And a significant cohort are children with serious intellectual and/or physical disabilities who were adopted several years after birth and after spending most or all of their lives in institutional establishments..

But hey, some people out there think it's the end of the world if an unwanted child is adopted by a carer who isn't overtly heterosexual.

Food / What Polish foods and brands do you miss when you go to other countries? [216]

Even if you don't like fat, cooking something with the fat attached does help the flavour; hence golonka being so tasty.

Food / What Polish foods and brands do you miss when you go to other countries? [216]

Like Jack Sprat, I never eat that bit; there's usually plenty of actual meat on it.

Food / What Polish foods and brands do you miss when you go to other countries? [216]


Golonka is delicious; reminds me of the pork hock I used to buy years ago.

Hard to imagine that some people don't like it.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


One among many.


Not as drastic as the unwanted erotic dreams of outspoken homophobes.

The mentality of those who rant the loudest (and longest) about the subject is very telling; they hate something about themselves that they'd rather not be. Similar to immigrants who hate immigration.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]

Notice that the comment above clearly suggests that his first thought on the matter is the mechanics of what he imagines two (or more) men do in bed.

Rather than more basic rights of safety, cohabitation, pensions or even the sex life of two (or more) women. Perhaps female sexuality doesn't cross his mind as much...

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


Lack of self-awareness and lack of political guidance.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]

These so-called zones are sad shades of this. Something that no sane person would want a return to.

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Genealogy / Want to find a person [777]

It sounds like one of the E.T.A Hoffman surnames assigned to Jewish people in Warsaw during (I think) the first decade of the nineteenth century. These tended to follow themes. On one particular day all the surnames were types of fish (his wife had apparently cooked a nice lunch) and on another day they were all musical terms.

There's an English surname, Oliphant, however as I recall the origin is something to do with olives.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


Probably the best approach. With narcissism manifested as overt hatred of specific groups in Polish society who have done him no harm yet he still feels the need to start multiple trolling threads about on an online forum, it's best to avoid getting sucked down the rabbit hole of someone's poor mental health.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


And of these stats, most aren't extreme homophobes. Only the ones who think about it all the time...

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


Unfortunately decency and truth matter little to bigots.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


Sadly, and very few (if any) of them with actual first hand experience of the matters they spit so much bile about.

Food / Black pudding & kaszanka [36]

I suppose it could. In the ordinary stuff where the bits of fat are much smaller, it soaks into the rest when you cook it. Black pudding doesn't need much oil when you fry, so presumably it lubricates too.

I've only ever bought the basic kind.

Food / Black pudding & kaszanka [36]


The cheaper kind in supermarkets don't have that. That pic is from the most traditional supplier who win prizes.


I've seen that happen however it isn't very common.Usually it's sliced and fried.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]

Rage online from a distance, while people in Poland (LGBT or not) get on with real life.

Food / Black pudding & kaszanka [36]

Here's a black pudding for comparison. From Chadwick's of Bury, a very traditional maker:

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Food / Black pudding & kaszanka [36]


Kiszka certainly; it's in a class of its own. I feel hungry now!


Though not hungry for krupniok; there's just something about it.

Life / Sobering-up station in Poland [13]

They never reach the papers and the dibble are good at denial.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


They always lose in the end.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]

Mythology.

In the real world, PiS made a real own goal here; one that they're trying to extricate themselves from without losing face.

They haven't yet succeeded.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


Nutters.


Fantasy that you've read online.


And the donkey he rode in on...

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


The ECHR hasn't yet passed judgement; the case is still open.


You really don't follow the news, do you...

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]


Simple, the issue isn't.

Simple, the mistake that PiS made certainly was. They picked the wrong enemy. They picked an enemy far stronger than they are, an enemy who are used to adversity and who have never been defeated despite so many failed attempts.

Polish people aren't fools, nor are they instinctively haters. Most people here are used to a very nuanced and subtle political and social environment; PiS dropped a bollock and didn't realise that. Hence the outpouring of support and the general scorn on the boobies of PiS.

News / E.U. Denounces Poland's Authority on LBGTQ Free Zones [150]

I saw one of those and was squinting at it to see where the battery was :-)

The electric ones with GPS that you rent look fun. I wanted to have a go on one but my partner (same-sex so not off-topic) pointed out that 4 mojitos and an electric scooter don't mix well...