Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


yes

but just smalec on the black bread - sledz would be overkill ;-)


Worth the pain - Leclerc do great korniszony !

Study / Rumor about racism - will I be fine in Poland as a black International student from Africa? [245]


'Praga' covers the whole area east of the river. A bit like saying Brooklyn. Most of it is OK. The places to avoid are the obviously poor-looking housing estates dotted around the fringes of the city - you can usually tell by the state of the shops and the amount of grafitti. Warsaw is, on the whole, a safe city.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Better with just butter or smalec. The taste is too strong for anything delicate.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Food of the gods. Good value in Poland too, though dark rye bread never seems to suit it.


Boil some good potatoes, buy a jar of herrings in oil, strain a bit of the oil off, put the steaming (this bit's important) potatoes straight from the pan onto a large serving dish, then pour the contents of the jar over it.

Delicious on a winter day. A glass of vodka goes nicely with it, red wine if you want to be posh.

Travel / Unusual architecture - bulidings and structures in Poland [28]

There are several in Rapa.

At the time they were built, that area was German and an influential local doctor promoted vertical burials in pyramids for reasons now lost to us.

Merged: Mirrored house built in Izabelin

There are some interesting things happening in architecture in PL at the moment. A lot of what gets built is bland with most of the innovative stuff being corporate, but this is one of the interesting ones.

History / Lusatia allied with Poland? [19]


No. Being surrounded by a dominant state ensures that any 'protection' deals would have been short lived.


Yes.

Work / How much to pay a housekeeper in Warsaw? [23]

When was that? 1950?

Language / Burak or redneck? [36]

And Lynrd Skynrd?

Language / Burak or redneck? [36]


Rube is I think a US English word and surely archaic.

Language / Burak or redneck? [36]

Would you say say there are specific redneck musical tastes?

Language / Burak or redneck? [36]

The only US Southerners I know are perfect gentlemen - not rednecks at all.

A burak isn't the same as a redneck. Burak implies a total lack of sophistication and a very narrow world view combined with a very low standard of behaviour. And nearly always overweight, a drinker, superstitious but not necessarily very religious, poor taste, a mistrust of anyone outside their immediate family and with a low IQ. True underclass.

A redneck is defined by right-wing politics, a closed mind, fundamentalist religion a mistrust of people from outside their community and a belief in conspiracies.

A burak is white trash, even if they have a bit of money (as some do). A redneck is not necessarily.

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]


Some might, others might not.


Remember him do you?

And since you think that I don't know who he was or have read any of his (a classic liberal if ever there was one) writing perhaps you can enlighten me on his role in determining whether or not applying the rule of law has any relevance in a modern constitutional,liberal democracy.

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]


There's a lot to be said for having "letter-of-the-law nitpickers" in a constitutional democracy.

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]


I wouldn't bet on that.


Actually it did. Poland has signed up for it as a condition of membership. As long as it continues in its present form, Poland will adopt it.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Anchovies are a bit the same - something to do with the salt and minerals.

What are pilchards called in Poland? I don't remember ever seeing them, but they would fit well with the cuisine.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

ick. I used to buy fresh ones for my cat as a rare treat. The Polish ones are nice with bread, gherkins and vodka.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

szproty!

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]


What's an 'alien in Poland'?

Remember, joining the Union changed everything.

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]

Aliens? America isn't part of the Union. Poland is, and other citizens of Union states are not quite aliens...

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]

All these people can do is lie and use colourful but feeble rhetoric.

Love / Simon Mol - would he have been so "successful" in other countries than Poland? [121]

This guy actually met the women through a particular group whose meetings he sometimes went to (some sort of green environmentalists) and the awkward thing is that before they agreed to have unprotected sex with him, they knew full well that he was HIV positive.

Love / Simon Mol - would he have been so "successful" in other countries than Poland? [121]


Some kinds of needy individual will use any excuse he can find to wheedle and wine in the hope of winning what he's after.

News / Fraudsters and common thieves top the crime league in Poland [12]

Surely he'd have to account for the money and file accounts. Perhaps he needed another Maybach.

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]

Now Kuklinski (whose name has cropped up here a few times in the past week) is seen as both, depending on one's opinion of his deeds/misdeeds. Also Lech Wałęsa is revered by some and is an object of calumny for others.

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]

That description could fit quite a few people, not least in modern history. Views, however, are sharply divided about Stanislaw August Poniatowski.

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]


That and the complexity of DNA/RNA.

BTW, I find my own family tree of passing interest only, however it does go back reasonably reliably to the Mongol Horde

History / What do Poles owe to Czechs? [89]


And ignoring the main point of the argument but replying only to an afterword is indisputable proof that you acknowledge that your argument was just plain wrong. Stupid and disrespectful even :-(

But Hej, Poles and Czechs as cultures owe quite a bit to each other, for what it's worth.

History / What do Poles owe to Czechs? [89]


What about them? Did every single soldier (including the female ones) do that? Did all of them (or even most of them) stay alive long enough to do that.

Put your brain in gear before you open your mouth.


It makes a difference?

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]


Indeed. DNA isn't heritage - it's biology. I'd even go further and say it doesn't tell the whole story about ancestry.

History / What do Poles owe to Czechs? [89]


I second that. They were not politicians, they were ordinary men and women who were drafted into the army.