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

it will be off topic then...

Wrong. The question might be addressed to non-Poles, but concerns Polish food eaten by Poles like me.

So?......

any ideas? the previous one wasn'r clear enough...

It was clear enough for a person not necessarily endowed with outstanding intelligence. Those with really little intelligence should learn and try to improve it, by reading and interpreting such titles, among others.

PS. Remove the Poles and change food into Polish foods then
pawian   
25 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Dear Moderator who changed the title of this thread,

Can you remove the Poles from it? It doesn`t concern Poles exclusively. Even worse, this thread is designed for non-Poles mostly.

PS. It is OK, I don`t mind, everybody makes mistakes from time to time.
pawian   
24 Apr 2011
Life / Sexual culture in Poland [66]

Beautiful, indeed. What a pity the Polish language prefers to be "pawiem i papugą narodów".
pawian   
24 Apr 2011
Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [95]

Jan Brzechwa, a Jewish Pole/Polish Jew, who wrote excellent poems and stories for kids.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Brzechwa

Jan Brzechwa - AT THE VEGETABLE STALL
pawian   
23 Apr 2011
History / Old communist leaders still buried in Merit Cemetery in Powązki [20]

What do I mean by patriots buried in Powązki cemetery?

Warsaw insurgents - hundreds of graves with thousands of names:
Killed during the breakthrough from Old Town disctrict to Middle Town through city sewers.
Mass graves of insurgents and civilians murderd by Germans in seperate streets or houses.
pawian   
23 Apr 2011
News / Raising Poland's legal drinking age to 21 [95]

In an attempt to fight alcoholism amongst the youth the government is proposing a controversial legal age of 21.

Stupid idea. They want to cut me off booze. But I will find my way to get it!
pawian   
23 Apr 2011
History / Old communist leaders still buried in Merit Cemetery in Powązki [20]

no reason bother the dead.

But it would bother me to see the communist murderers` graves if I belonged to the family who comes to the cemetery to remember the patriots.

He ordered them in advance, Pawian ;) ;) It was in his will ;)

:):):):)
pawian   
23 Apr 2011
History / Old communist leaders still buried in Merit Cemetery in Powązki [20]

Another thread by Mr Warszawski and a few posts there Poland's 1945 - 1989 under communism or during socialism?

reminded me that long ago I planned to discuss this issue.

I visited Powązki last year for the first time in my life. As usual, I took many photos. I was really surprised and even disgusted to see the tombs of communist rulers of Poland who, as in case of Bierut and others, were murderers, directly responsible for the death of many Polish patriots who opposed communism after WW2. Isn`t it an outrageous scandal they are still buried at the same site with people who fought and gave life for Poland, especially Warsaw insurgents?

Bierut
Ochab
Żymierski
Gomułka
pawian   
23 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Pawian, you cooked it? It looks delicious and I bet tastes even better.

Nope, it is home-made cooking product available on summer package holiday in the mountains.

I will have cooked potatoes with mayonnaise with red marinated beets sprinkled with tofu and freshly ground black pepper and sip on my favourite tomato juice.

What about this?

Soft, melting on your tongue, delicious.
pawian   
21 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

I mean there isn't really much meat on them for eating.

Of course. It is their fragrance and taste that matters. :):):)

Especially to prepare sauces etc.

Ingredients for sauce:
Head of Carp fish
1 onion sliced
2 cut carrots
1 teaspoon of salt
Pinch of pepper

Preparation for sauce:

1. Put all the ingrediates in a large pot, with enough water that the fish head is completely covered.
2. Boil the water.
3. Add the fish patties, if necessary, they can be in two layers. Make sure the water covers all the fish patties.
4. Boil again and lower the heat to minimum.
5. Cook for 2 hours.
6. Take immediately out of the water: the fish patties, fish head, carrots and onions, when they are done. Keep the sauce separately.
7. Arrange in a pan and refrigerate for 24 hours. You can add sauce on top of the fish when serving and decorate the fish with carrots and onion rings.


Check this Polish heritage cookery.
pawian   
21 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

This is the internet, I a not concerned with the truth in the slightest, give me an entertainiing lie over a boring truth any day of the week :)

I wouldn`t lie to you, even on the Internet. I was brought up that way. Please, forgive me.

As you were saying, after dying being reanimated and turning in to a zombie, you have had a thing for brains... ;)

Nope, I am not a zombie, only a brain bug:
pawian   
21 Apr 2011
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

What happened to the goooood parts?

Eaten, of course.
But all parts are good, depending on what you want to do with them. :):):)

Do you eat fish brains? I am sure they wouldn't so any harm but I am just wondering.

Nope, too small. I prefer cow`s brains which are much bigger.
pawian   
21 Apr 2011
History / Communism fell 20 years ago, Poland led the fight since WW2 [341]

The events you mentioned were revolutions against communism that caused a lot of ferment in the block and outside, indeed, but lasted too short and got suppressed by communists so successfully that they were never repeated.

Poland, on the contrary, was in constant revolution. The events described in this thread can be grouped in the following way:

Partisan war 1945-1948
Poznan rebellion and end of stalinism 1956
Students and intelligentsia`s protests 1968
Massacre of workers 1970
Workers` protests 1976
Pope`s election and first visit to Poland 1979
Workers` strikes and Solidarity 1980
Martial law and resistance 1981-1988
Strikes and protests 1988
Communism toppled in Poland ahead of all other countries 1989

I think, but I am not sure that this was what Shelley was aiming at last year when she said that the West sees CZ (the mentioned Spring in Prague) and especially Hungary

These events are seen as torch - bearers because both provoked a Soviet intervention on a mass scale. Of course, sth like that couldn`t go unnoticed. :):):)

Ryszard Kowalczyk (born 20 February 1937) and his younger brother Jerzy Kowalczyk (born 1942) - Polish brothers who planted a bomb as a protest against the communist rule in Poland.

The Kowalczyk brothers were scientists at Opole University. They planted a bomb there on 6 October 1971 as a protest specifically against the violence perpetrated by the communist authorities against the workers' protest. A big celebration for the Służba Bezpieczeństwa and Milicja Obywatelska was to take place at the University in the morning of the following day. The big explosion literally destroyed the big university hall where the celebrations were to take place.


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Splinter info on 1980s

An interview with a demonstrator who was intentionally run over by a riot militia truck in 1982:



Photos and videos from martial law 1981
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1983, the communist police attack people in front of the cathedral, BBC coverage:



Those swines who beat and tear gased people, old women preferably, are probably normal Poles today. In 1981, for perks and priviliges, like flats, cars, higher salaries, they became the defenders of the falling system. Do they feel any remorse today?
pawian   
20 Apr 2011
News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]

if you are with PO - you are intelligent, modern, educated, true European;

Yes, I agree with it fully. That is why I am for PO. As a result, I am not ashamed of myself and when I see myself in the mirror every morning, I feel just great. :):):)