Food / Barszcz in a bottle, how much water should I use? [8]

If it doesn't says anything on the bottle you'll have make small experiment ;)
Easy way is to make a broth with stock cubes, you could add a bit of smoked bacon (pinch of smoked paprica will do, but that's not "orthodox" ;) ), some marjoram, salt and pepper to tase and then barszcz from that bottle of yours, start with 1/3, stir, try if it;s not "watery", add 1/3 of a bottle more if needed etc.

Some people add dash of winegar and some sugar. I don't.
Have a look at entry in this guy's blog, in english. He's made barszcz, you just use barszcz from a bottle instead of beetroot, ok?

realepicurean.com/2009/01/barszcz-czerwony-polish-beetroot-soup/

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [554]

I'm Polish, in UK since 2005.
Just started to teach Polish few weeks ago and came here to have a look at foreigners point of view on Poland, language, Poles.
Hope you won't mind me staying here for a bit :)

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

Makes me sad - reading this tread. We're not completely useless bunch of sheep. It's easy to chuck everyone in one sack and made judgments, BUT to get to the truth one needs to make some effort. Ever cross your minds that we're just like any other nation? Some of us do posses organizational skills, some don't. Some're too old to kill old habits, some to young to remember "old times". Some find themselves in kind of a situation with bossy boss who likes to be asked before any decisions are made. Looks to me some of you are making the same mistake I made whet first time went to live abroad – judging the nation by few people only.

I could say all the Brits’re usless, don’t even know what grammatical tenses are (!), think Las Vegas it’s somewhere on Sahara (as LV it’s somewhere on a desert, the desert must be Sahara, as there’s only one isn’t it? Sahara in Africa? How could it be – one can see it in Hollywood-made movies so it’s bound to be in States…) and olives are flat round things one can find on pizza… Only because I live in old mining town and meet Brits general-operative-kind doesn't mean all are like this, or at leas I hope so ;)

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]


I think I know what you mean. What I meant wasn't them giving me full lecture on grammars, acknowledging existence of tenses would be good enough. One night I asked all the Brits (as the first one and next, and next hasn’t got a clue) working on my shift if they know what "tense" is. They didn't know, the only thing they could think of was a spring ("tense? as in a spring?). I just can't imagine not knowing, that's something we learn in primary school.


I could, but hate it with all my hart, well, I hate grammar as whole, but was forced to learn in anyway. Even if I might not be sure of smth I’ll know where to find out, as I know it exist ;)

Sorry, not Gdansk, but hey, remember the Internet thing? one may exchange information that way ;)


Thank you, I’ll try to remember „on the whole” and “generalizations”, I promise I’ll :)


Thanks God for Jamie Oliver ;)

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

When I need to vent I knead a dough for sourdough bread ;)
I enjoy the forum very much, so many topics as seen from the other side of the fence. Thanks for the opportunity. btw - looks like the grass is equally green on both sides ;)

I'll try to do my very best to meet your "demands" ;) (is that correct? doesn't look right...) I'm just not sure my not-so-perfect English will let me :) Waiting for that bit about hats off - sorry, haven't got one :-P If you ever come up with something about silk ties and suits... ;)

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

how about Brits driving on all 3 lines of a motorway, all the cars with the same speed, no room for overtaking? :D
In Germany - 1 line for trucks, lorries, slower cars, midle one for overtaking, a bit faster frivers, and 3rd one for speeeeeeeds.
In Poland it's hard to find 3 lines on a motorway, but still - there's enough thinking so there's a chance to overtake ;)

Genealogy / Jambrich/Yambrick surname? [34]

Jambrich could be polishJambrych if it helps :)

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]

brown hair and green eyes, look like I'm not Polish ;)

Food / Recipe for Polish Zapiekanka [25]

mashroom sauce? you sure? could that be mix of grated champions onion and cheese? simply mix it up, cover you bread (or bread rolls) and shove it into an oven?

Food / Recipe for Polish Zapiekanka [25]

proper tatar sauce[/url] has no mushrooms in it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartar_sauce