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Teffle   
6 Nov 2010
USA, Canada / Your favorite USA kiełbasa? [37]

One of the surprising things for me in Poland was a kind of chain of milk bars called Green something (I think).

Not gourmet food, but absolutely fine, cheap, nutritious and perfect for a veggie lunch.
Teffle   
6 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

it's no exactly real cheese.

It's rubbish. It's like comparing Smash with potatoes or something.

No wonder it sticks to his knife!!

Basically, this kind of stuff is for kids who won't eat cheese. For those in the UK who don't know it, it's basically the same as Dairylea.

(Galtee, by the way, do actually do proper cheese too & plenty of it)
Teffle   
5 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

Not any more, they now have started to cover Asia,

Oh, OK - thanks. Didn't realise that.

Nott is just a **** waster trying to stir things

Hmmm. Starting to think maybe a bit of:

Unfortunately I think a lot of this problem stems from the fact that there is a certain section of society in Poland (the minority, but it seems like a large minority to me) who think that basically anything Polish is better than anything else in the world.

It wouldn't surprise me if some Poles thought that the oceans were created by the tears of Polish people weeping in sorrow and pity at how inferior every other country is.

; )

...this too.

: )
Teffle   
5 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

Come to think about it, how many michelin jurors know where Poland is?

All of them I would think. And by the way, UK is ranked third per capita in Europe (after France & Italy) in terms of stars.

How many michelins are there in Thailand or China?

The guide only covers Europe & North America.
Teffle   
4 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

This sounds plausible, only tell me why the whole Europe agrees that English food is just bad and that the English can't cook?

They don't though - they think that the cliché of English food is bad. What they imagine is overcooked beef, fry-ups and take away food and their thinking doesn't go beyond that. It's just a popular image and an unfair one.

And again, not to go on about it, but if what you say is actually true and not just dismissive pub talk from those who don't really know what they are talking about, why does Britain have so many michelin stars? They are not given away lightly.

Doesn't matter to me much, the point is that a hotel does catering, and a kitchen does cooking,

Yes a hotel usually does catering - not a restaurant. Important distinction. With a few exceptions I would rarely recommend going to a hotel for good food.
Teffle   
4 Nov 2010
Life / Best Polish actor/actress ever? [35]

Related, Harvey Kietel is fairly Polish - and he is (or at least was) outstanding.

But that probably doesn't count...
Teffle   
4 Nov 2010
Travel / Best Places to eat in Wroclaw [24]

if you wouldnt mind letting me know good places to eat

Hardly anywhere according to Nott - in Poland, you only get good food in the home : )
Teffle   
4 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

I just never happened to routinely eat good English food in the UK, and mostly whatever I tried was just good enough to kill the first hunger, the second could wait no problem.

Which was basically my experience with most Polish food so I guess we must agree to disagree on that one.

As Patrycja & Aphro say, probably more a case of whatever you grew up with.

You had a RATION BAR in Poland, because that's all you recognize as suitablefor eating

What the hell does that mean?

Anyway, I didn't buy anything - I was given these, whatever they were, in Polish homes.
Teffle   
4 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

Convex stated earlier that much of the ingredients on polish cooking programmes come from packets anyway

Sorry, no - that was Wroclaw.

I agree also with cardno85 too by the way.
Teffle   
4 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

Largely that Cadbury's is not suitable for eating. It doesn't contain enough chocolate to make it a chocolate, it's just a 'chocolate-like product'.

Well I don't get your point - who is claiming that Cadbury is a quality product?

Wawel.

Haven't had it but yes, I believe it is very good.

I have however had other chocolate products in poland - can't remember - and they were pretty cheap and nasty tasting. But you get these everywhere. Wasn't impressed at all with confectionary in Poland generally though.

The taste of food in Poland is in fact so good, and we appreciate it so much, that Knorr company who make dry soups, spend money to put on their posters 'it's only natural and always was' (which is funny, in a desperate way).

I don't even get what point you are making here - you mean Knorr posters in Poland?

Convex stated earlier that much of the ingredients on polish cooking programmes come from packets anyway.
Teffle   
4 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

French enough

Yes, and the international standard for fine dining - do you not understand? It is not merely 'some French book' as you seemed to suggest.

Same as Lindt is the standard for chocolate, not Cadbury's

And this has exactly what to do with anything?!
Teffle   
4 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

Loved this statement - British cooking is so superior that they prove it to all and sundry by bragging they were mentioned in a FRENCH book.

Shows how much you understand.

A "French book" ? Well I suppose so in the sense that celsius is a "Swedish measurement scale" ...

The Michelin guide is the bloody international standard for fine dining!!!
Teffle   
3 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

@ dtaylor and others, about cooking: dishes are not to be difficult .... It's not about recipe only, it's not a skill you can learn from a book.

OK, OK - so then, why is it do you think that Poland has NO Michelin starred restaurants?

Are you basically saying that Poles are consummate artistes in the home but that restaurants can't replicate this?

What Britain apparently excels in, is top shelf catering for people who measure their pleasure by numbers on the bill and the ratio of plate diameter to the weight of food. Not the art of cooking as such.

And I'm sorry, but that is just rubbish.
Teffle   
3 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

The US is a bit odd for beef quality IME - it can indeed be great, but often sh1te too.

I guess it's just the sheer size of the place - different states might as well be different countries as far as food availability/quality goes.
Teffle   
3 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

OK fair enough - but still, if you are claiming that typical Polish cooks overcook things until they are tasteless.....?

Kisses and hugs ; )
Teffle   
3 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

Jesus - in almost the same breath!

In general Polish food is cooked for too long therefore it loses its taste.

Polish food in general has more natural taste, therefore less spices are needed

Teffle   
3 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

Well since I'm not English I'll talk about Ireland:

Dairy produce, beef, lamb is exported all over the world - high quality reputation. A lot of fish in Spain comes from either British or Irish waters. Scottish & Irish smoked Salmon is exported everywhere.

On the whole salt issue, I think it's more the case that we (Poles & Irish/British) taste it where we don't expect it. E.g. I don't necessarily expect a cabbage or egg based dish to be particularly salty but for me, in Poland, it definitely is.

On the the other hand, salted butter is the norm here which Poles would notice more.
Teffle   
3 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

it's all picking at details to hide the fact that the taste of food in Poland is either bland or tastes like you use bucket loads of salt, which is quite often.

There you go - fixed that for you : )
Teffle   
3 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

I don't get it, does a dish have to be difficult to make to be tasty? :)

No, I don't think so, but just replying to Ksysia who described the dishes as difficult to cook.

She said that "normal" cooking has been, apparently, replaced by heating up ready meals bought at shop in a microwave.

Well, an overstatement but yeah it happens - as it does everywhere. Bad, lazy diets exist everywhere but in general yes, it is probably getting worse.

In contrast though I know plenty of people who grow as much of their own food as possible, people who never buy e.g. pasta as they prefer to make their own. Couldn't be bothered with it myself though.
Teffle   
3 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

Seriously?

I don't know these specific dishes in their Polish form but most of them are familiar anyway.

None of them seem difficult at all.
Teffle   
3 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

often hear Poles (who have lived in other countries) say that food, specifically meat, tastes better in Poland than it does elsewhere in europe or north america (usa/canada) even if it is prepared the same way, with the same spices ... Are these Poles correct or are they just complaining?

Neither.

Unfortunately I think a lot of this problem stems from the fact that there is a certain section of society in Poland (the minority, but it seems like a large minority to me) who think that basically anything Polish is better than anything else in the world.

It wouldn't surprise me if some Poles thought that the oceans were created by the tears of Polish people weeping in sorrow and pity at how inferior every other country is.

; )
Teffle   
2 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

The problem I find is that if you go to what, in the UK, would be a butcher, you are getting loads of hams and sausages and still a limited choice of fresh meat

Just on that, some of the Poles I know here commented when they first arrived that "all the meat in butchers in Ireland is off". They now know better.

Turns out basically that they had never been confronted with such a relatively large space dedicated to storing, chopping and selling only fresh meat - and of course the accompanying rather earthy/bloody aroma.
Teffle   
2 Nov 2010
Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

She says bread there is terrible

Bread in most countries tends to taste "weird" to non-natives. As does the milk. Just one of those things : )