Food / Kudłate Pierogi [5]

I also notice that the first recipe puts the egg in the filling and not the dumpling dough (hence the potato flour) and the second one puts the egg in the dumpling dough not the filling. I suppose it's whatever you feel comfortable with, and doubtless some people do both. There are probably a dozen variations.

Food / Kudłate Pierogi [5]

Another recipe I saw has a filling of 700g of potato (that's a lot!), 200g of farmers' cheese and a chopped and softened onion. I'd use the onion instead of the 'Vegeta'. That one says to cook for on7 7 minutes. I'd cook for somewhere between 7 mins and the 20/25 mins in the first recipe. It all depends on what works for you when you try the recipe.

BTW there's a typo in the first line of the last post. I called it pyszne.pl (that's a food delivery service here) instead of przyslijprzepis.pl). That just has cheese/egg whereas the second one (from wielkiezarcie.com) has a potato/cheese/.onion mix. I'd probably go for the potato/cheese/onion, though with far less potato!

Worth experimenting with what works for you.

Food / Kudłate Pierogi [5]

This is just my quick translation (with notes in brackets) of the pyszne.pl recipe. Hope it makes sense, and let us know how the recipe works out.!

Ingredients
1 kilo of potatoes
1 pack of farmers' cheese (the one in my fridge is 250g, I'd make sure you've got more than that since some packs are bigger)

1 lightly beaten egg
2 tbsp potato flour (I suspect a lot of people just use normal flour instead with maybe a bit of cornflour added!)
Salt and pepper as required
A pinch of Vegeta (I'd not bother with this, just use a little extra salt. Maybe add a little parsley/cornflour which Vegeta - a post-war Czech food additive - contains together with MSG and onion powder; I'd not bother with those at all.).

200 grams of scrag end of pork (I'd use fatty bacon, called 'boczek' in Poilish)

Method
Peel, wash and grate the potatoes. Reserve any of the starchy juice that comes out while grating (if there isn't any, use a bit more potato flour since it's better to use too much flour than watch the pierogi fall apart when cooking.

Add salt and pepper to the grated potato and starch/potato flour.

Break up the farmers' cheese with a fork. Beat the egg and add to the cheese.

Take a spoonful of the potato and make a disk, holding it on the palm of your hand. Put some of the cheese/egg mix in the middle and fold into an oval ball.

Drop the dumplings in boiling water and cook for 20 to 25 minutes so they're cooked through; this is about the potato being cooked properly.

Dice the pork and fry slowly (I'd use diced fatty bacon for this).

Drain the pierogi and serve with the pork/bacon bits scattered on top.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


There are rules for OSCE members. It's also an accepted convention, no country holds elections without Observers unless they've got a lot to hide.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


The "horseshoe effect".

Wasn't there a bunch called the Liga Grunwaldzka?

So many political games surrounding the election. The elephant in the room is that there's no real possibility of International Observers from the OSCE or any other body at the moment. Unthinkable to hold an election without them.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Isn't that the view from Kopiec Kościuszki?

Life / Are there public cultural centers in Poland? [2]


Lots. There's a particularly good one in Kielce (WDK) and lots of smaller ones, depending on the policies of the local authority..

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

The Philharmonia in Sczecziń. I posted about it here when it won an architectural prize.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

Or just what to do with it. I've suggested keeping it carefully for now. I've a feeling though that during lockdown, any fool with the right lightbulbs will be growing something if they think they can get away with it.

News / "POLISH death camps" term used by "Parade Magazine" Anti-Polish Bigots [249]

Remember, that term has a very specific meaning. It's best to use it correctly.

News / "POLISH death camps" term used by "Parade Magazine" Anti-Polish Bigots [249]

That happened everywhere that there were Germans. Nevertheless, it wasn't a Death Camp.

News / "POLISH death camps" term used by "Parade Magazine" Anti-Polish Bigots [249]

On Alderney?

BTW, it wasn't a 'Death Camp'; those were the places established solely to kill people.

Real Estate / Building a modern house in Poland? [6]


Too many pedestrian bungaloid suburban-style houses plonked down in ever expandeing villages. Unfortunately the build quality is often too good; it would be better they were built worse and more likely to be demolished soon. them and their vile shiny plastic roofs.

There's some pretty good modern architecture though, especially in the more expensive parts of cities. I don't mean the 'hobbit houses' that some people like, the ones with all the unlikely curves; instead there's some real minimalism. Plenty of good examples near me, amid the Ayn Randish dreck that people with 'ideas' have dreamed up

There's even a neo-brutalist house near me.. Very solid though, perhaps someone showing off because they can afford to. There are quite a lot of richer people's houses that are almost monumental, to display their wealth to posterity. If I were to build, it would possibly be something light and temporary, something that can easily be replaced in a few years. And not a bit of fake aggregate marble or shiny plastic roof near it.

Real Estate / Building a modern house in Poland? [6]

Very much so, and not always so toned down. There are some very striking modern houses here, plenty in the outskirts of Warsaw and other cities.

This is one of very many 'off the peg' architectural project companies.

homify.pl/katalogi-inspiracji/1336485/6-ultra-nowoczesnych-domow-parterowych

News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]


I saw that the Council Leader in Ciechanów had said that yesterday. Only sensible.

In any case, how would the election observation by the OSCE be managed? they certainly couldn't fly observers in at the moment, and wiithout international observation, any election would be problematic.

News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

74% think the election should be postponed; even most Duda supporters think that...

rmf24.pl/raporty/raport-wybory-prezydenckie2020/sondaze/news-najnowszy-sondaz-blisko-80-procent-polakow-za-przesunieciem-,nId,4411315?fbclid=IwAR1SKZySTq932gjU6tHVhge1NFJPLz042SqIUp1py5p-wdwOZhvWE4XdKyA

News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]


Hopefully. How would they even get the international observers right now?

News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]


In the middle of the night, one of their sleazy little techniques.

News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

Inflation is rising here, almost 5% now!

News / Famous Poles die - your memories [112]

Very sad news. The radio here are reporting that Krzysztof Penderecki died this morning, aged 86. He was Poland's greatest living composer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_Penderecki

tokfm.pl/Tokfm/7,103085,25111169,krzysztof-penderecki-nie-zyje-mial-86-lat.html

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]


An interesting question. I was having a video chat with a very old friend back home last night. He has a very very large amount, mostly fill, but high quality. Well stored, though obviously it'll dry a bit with time. He was wondering what to do with it, and how best to use during the crisis.

He's in a mid size provincial city with a market that's more much affluent than Poland though (like Poland) not a place to sell shatter, dabs, oils and vape cartridges (he makes all of those). Also hashish, though that doesn't sell well there. Looking at interesting ideas right now. He also make medical grade oil, though the people who need that most don't tend to have the cash to buy.

Normally he shifts stuff wholesale, however The Plague means that's dried up completely.

Any ideas?

History / Pictures of Polish Jews holding coins and lemons? [25]

They are fortunately rare nowadays, whatever you feel the need to try and say.

Life / Asking cost of living in Poland [24]


I was thinking more of the Bishop's Palace, the Regional House of Culture (WDK: amazing building) and that theatre/arts centre in the old factory. Some nice places to eat too. All expensive though if you haven't got an income.

I'm still curious about how much time the OP has spent in and around Kielce.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]


There are people who actually do this here in Poland. Using such services is very much at your own risk. maybe after the Virus, if they dispatch from, say, the Netherlands it might be safer.

Life / Asking cost of living in Poland [24]

Kielce is far from being one of the most affluent places in Poland. High joblessness and very visible poverty among other issues. A nice place to visit though.

@LJBialy
Did you spend much time in the Kielecki region, scoping out possibilities?

History / Modern myths and legends about communist past in Poland [250]


Pure comedy from someone who's never even been to the continent they lived on.

There's some first class architecture in Poland from te period 48 to 89. a shame (for you not us) that you'll never see it.

History / Modern myths and legends about communist past in Poland [250]


Rubbish, boy. Good that you had to google those three giants.


The usual kind, from people who never see daylight and can't get laid.

Pniewski, btw, was in a very modest way, a genius. So was Kurylowicz, who I had the privilege to meet quite a few times.

History / Pictures of Polish Jews holding coins and lemons? [25]


But do you?

History / Modern myths and legends about communist past in Poland [250]

The usual nonsense there.

Jeanneret, Pniewski and Gropius would laugh at you.

History / Pictures of Polish Jews holding coins and lemons? [25]


Doesn't look like that.