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Joined: 30 May 2008 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 19 Mar 2025
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pawian   
3 May 2011
News / Polish President Lech Kaczynski and gov officials die in a plane crash in Russia [686]

If any fellow polish people out there i'd like to hear your thoughts.

Osama killed by Obama, Kaczynski by Putin. . . .
What has this world come to?

I am really scared....

Americans generally believe Russia shot down Kaczynski's plane

Yes, it is quite possible. They will be sure when Hollywood makes a film about it.
pawian   
2 May 2011
Life / Are Polish roads really this bad? [237]

I thought the roads in Krakow very good, with the exception of parts of Pogorze and the main roundabout by Makro/Ikea that takes you to the A4.

Funny, I have the same opinion but reversed. :):):) And I have travelled to and around Warsaw a few times within the last 4 years.
pawian   
2 May 2011
Life / Are Polish roads really this bad? [237]

Yes but they are few and far between.

Slowly, slowly.

road to Warsaw

2007
2008
2010

We stayed in Wroclaw and hired a car for 2 weeks, people said I was mad to drive on the Polish roads,

Breslau road

Have you driven on the roads around Krakow?
A friend on mine busted his axle after he hit a pot hole last year.

True.

You certainly have better roads in Krakow than in Warsaw.

Not true.

great pics Pawian.

Thanks. For praising me so much, :):):) a reward:

Country road in 2007
And in 2009
pawian   
2 May 2011
Life / Are Polish roads really this bad? [237]

ood pics Pawian. Do you remember where specifically they were taken, especially pics #4 - 7?

Yes.
4 - road Kraków Warszawa.
5 - Kraków Zakopane.
6-7 - countryside near Krakow.
pawian   
30 Apr 2011
Life / Why Poles have so pro-emigration attitude? [93]

What steam, pawian?

You sounded unusually agitated. It seemed you lost your Scottish composure. :):):)

He is accusing the regime here of being oppressive when it is anything but when compared to some others around the world.

Yes.

Do you live under oppression, pawian?

Nope, I am as free as a bird. I say things in forums and post pictures and they haven`t come for me yet. :):):)

Do you want to leave Poland because of what you face here?

No, in no other country could I say things and post pictures on forums and get away with that so easily. :):):)

I've been suspended twice before

I knew about one time.

s you know, I can spend lengthy times away from the forum.

Hmm, are you sure? I thought you are (or were as it might be a false presumption) addicted.

He is sidetracking the thread with his nonsense.

Nonsense - yes. Sidetracking- rather not. :):):)
pawian   
30 Apr 2011
Life / Why Poles have so pro-emigration attitude? [93]

I don't get it why is so massive departure to abroad!!

Poles are natural born travellers. After all, it was Poles who had discovered America, not Columbus. And even if they hadn`t, Columbus was Polish, anyway.
pawian   
29 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

What about today?

By the way, horseradish sauce used to be called by the French in the nineteenth century, "the Polish mustard."

I call it Polish tabasco.

Leaves of horseradish

Why are you presenting leaves? Someone may wrongly think they are the main ingredient of "Polish mustard."
pawian   
29 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

"Barszcz zwyczajny"

Wow, I know this smelly weed. Often wondered if it can be used in kitchen because it bears a striking similarity to dill.

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So historically "barszcz" was green, not red.

It seems green borsch had many variants

, derived from the Polish name szczaw for sorrel. Due to its commonness as a soup in Eastern European cuisines, it is often called "green borscht", as a cousin of the standard, reddish-purple borscht soup.
pawian   
28 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

The brownish/black ones are kominki! They might be called differently in other parts of Poland though.

Yes! We call them by their species name - lejkowiec dęty - Funnel Mushroom. Other local names are black boots.

Great as pierogi/naleśniki stuffing (boil them, fry with onions, add salt and pepper and mince).

They are not bad.

The creamy ones though, I see them often but never picked them, are they good for eating?

Yes, the best are pickled:
pawian   
28 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

I haven't actually seen those creamy mushrooms in my life (now that I see what their down side looks like)

Funny, isn`t it? Those spikes, I mean....

erhaps I have seen these dark things but don't know them and never picked them

Yes, nobody does, that is why there is more for me and my family. :):):) After drying, we add them as spice to dishes, if that may help you.
pawian   
28 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

when I was a kid gołąbki z blachy with a pinch of salt were a real treat.

I prefer gołąbki to other mushrooms, no matter how noble. Luckily, people are afraid to pick them, so I can be picky in the forest and choose the best specimen. :):):)

Did you teach your kids about mushrooms or did you leave that job for grandpa?

First, I taught myself about mushrooms as a young man, and taught my kids later on.

PS. What can you say about the next two photos?

i use these:
:)
to make this:

It means you destroy great mushrooms by mixing them into a tartar sauce???

Outragoeus sacrilege!

Precz z mego serca!
pawian   
28 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

I think it is better to learn from people who are in the know eventually

Will you trust those people ? Even experienced pickers make mistakes.....

Yellow - maślak
Green - gołąbek zielony

Yes!!!

and I know why - because it is some kind of gołąbek -

Yes!

Another set, gumishu and Short:
pawian   
28 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Is this a test?

Yes! :):):)

Did you pick them yourself?

No, my 10 yo son! :):):)

Zrobiłeś zdjęcie sąsiadowi?

No!! Sąsiadce! :):):)

W podkarpackim mamy do wyboru, od małego chodziłem na grzyby z dziadkiem.

Good. Tell the names, then. :):):):)

podgrzybek, kurki...

And?
pawian   
28 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Go out more often and in no time you’ll be an expert too.

Enough to take a few good books with illustrations.

I usually pick (kozaki, prawdziwki, podgrzybki, gąski, maślaki, gołąbki, kanie, opieńki, rydze, kurki.)

Do you really know them? Which of them can you see in the photos above?
pawian   
28 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

The Polish mushrooms are the world's best, and are hard to come by here in the USA.

Yes, due to excellent climate conditions and the most advanced technology of collecting and drying, Polish mushrooms are the best.
What do you think of these?:
pawian   
26 Apr 2011
Food / Polish head cheese [46]

I eat really strange things, but I refuse to eat pig head. (though in US once I bought pig ears and tried to fry them but it was a disaster),

Hog head or Pig's feet and ears
Apple cider vinegar
onions
garlic
salt
black pepper
red pepper
sage

Boil meat with onions, garlic, salt, black pepper, water and vinegar till falling off the bones. Allow to cool until able to handle with bare hands. Pick meat off the bones, discard bones. chop meat and cooked onions to desired consistency. Add vinegar, salt, black and red pepper, and sage to taste.

Pour into a large pan and allow to cool in refrigerator overnight. Cut in squares, serve with saltine crackers.