USA, Canada / Are there any Polish people in Florida? [306]

Florida is loaded with Polish people. I live in SW Florida. We have Polish,German,Ukranian deli's all over the place including Polish dances.

We are well represented down here

Life / Polish culture do's and dont's? [106]

Dont take any wooden nickles. ( An American thingy)

Food / Cooking Polish kiszka [99]

BAKED at 350%until the casing cracks, about 20 minutes.
I like mine with ketchup and raw chopped raw onions,served a good seeded rye bread

Life / Polish Folk Music [30]

Hey Pan here is your song. What others are you looking forI know most of them Laseczka

Szła Dzieweczka do Laseczka, do zielonego,
do zielonego, do zielonego.
Napotkała miśliwecka, bardzo swarnego,
bardzo swarnego, bardzo swarnego.
Chorus:
Gdzie jest ta ulica, gdzie jest ten dom?
Gdzie jest ta dziewczyna, co kocham ją?
Znalazłem ulicę, znalazłem dom,
Znalazłem dziewczynę co kocham ją.

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Language / Spelling "aunt" in Polish [142]

I read this thread with interest. I have come to the conclusion that it had to do in what region you were in.My Folks came from Galicia (Mala Polska), All the I ever knew was Dzidzu and Busia. I called my Grandfather Gigi& my Grandmother Busia.

She refered to me as her maly Nunczek. What the hell ever a Nunczek is. It must have meant well for I was her favorite. I also heard of Basia used a lot.

Language / Spelling "aunt" in Polish [142]

Darius; I am just guessing. Actually I realy dont know. But I am first generation Polish American.. This is all that we used.I repeat,It was just a guess

Language / Spelling "aunt" in Polish [142]

DARIUS;
When my Father was still alive. He would tell me stories about his homeland.. I know all that I need to know about his life in Poland. But there are still unanswered questions.I looked at a map of his villiage.(Drzewdzuwka) and tried to relate some of the stories that he told me.. Thank God for the Internet. I learned a lot. It's nice to meet you. Are you in Toronto?

Language / Spelling "aunt" in Polish [142]

????;
Well I"ll be darned.( wnuczek) after all of these years I finally found out what that means. Thanks who ever you are. LUV you.. OH OH that is if you are a female. If you are a male (Thanks)

Language / Polish sayings [236]

I do not have time to search this whole thread. But we have a saying in America.

Niech ta gwiazda Milosci co zawsze swici na ciebie, nigdy nie zagasnie

Sorry if I mispelled any Polish words. I have never been to Poland

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

There are sluts out there that are into this..It is not long before they are on drugs

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]

THANK YOU!

USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

I cant believe what I am seeing here???? It is all bull sh**. I lived in America all of my life and I still have never any signs of this. We in America are of many ethnic origins. I have never seen any hostilities between POLES and AMERICANS.. My parents came over with no money. But they worked hard next to other nationalities and they all prospered.One time I asked my Father if he would like to go back to Poland. His answer was yes,but just to visit. He said that he would never move back to Poland. He loved America.

My advice to those who feel neglected,is to get a job. This is a land of oppertunity,for those that are not afraid of work.

Food / Sauekraut and Peas served at Wigilia [15]

Thanks for the recipe. Wigilia or not. I am going to try to make it.. Thanks again

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1033]

Niech ta gwiazda milosci,co zawsze swici na ciebie nigdy nie zagasnie

Language / Polish sayings [236]

Dobrego i karczma nie zepsuje, a złego i kościół nie naprawi
Word-for-word translation: A good man even in a tavern won't be spoiled, a wicked one even in the church won't mend their ways

Language / Polish sayings [236]

Gdy kota nie ma, myszy harcują"
English equivalent: When the cat's away the mice will play

Food / Bread Baking in Poland [65]

When I was growing up. My best friend was a Jewish boy. and his Dad was a baker.. Many a night that I spent helping them make bread and bagels.

For sour dough he used old rye bread soaked in water then squeezed dry. It was then added to the other ingredients and made beautiful rye bread. With caraway seeds.

I make it all the time. But just like the old guy. He never measured anything. He just looked at it and could tell when everything was right.

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

HEY you guy's. Get used to it. Now you know what we have to put up with in the states.

We are being invaded by third world citizens. They are coming in leaking boats, rafts, inner tubes and crossing borders. So who has to take care of them? Right! We the tax payer. They have no health insurance but get the same care that we do and we pay for that in taxes.

They go on the Dole. Again we the tax payer support that.
I can go on and on. But why. Nothing ever changes.
Hang in there Ya'll it just gets better

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

JENNIE!
Do you realize what a hit your daughter would be if she made ( KRUSCZIKJI) ? ( POLISH BOW TIES)
There a lot of recipes on the internet.. There are a lot of good ones. I use a lot of egg yolks.. Try it. She will love you OH Yes use some sour cream.

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

Yeah! TEX.. That recipe sounds good to me

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

TAMARA!
I do not know if we are talking about the same thing. But we make what we (CALLED POLSKE KLUBKI)

Ground beef
Chopped onion
Small cut celery Parsley
Salt Pepper
One or two eggs (DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT)
Formed into balls and fried in oil.

( SOUNDS A LOT LIKE MEAT LOAF, DONT IT?)

Food / Pierogi recipe and filling from my grandmother [179]

TRUSCH!
Farmers cheese in nothing more than DRY curd cottage cheese. Both of these cheeses are made with out milk.
In the OLD days when your Busia was alive, we had polish dairies that made dry COTTAGE CHEESE.. But that is all history now. I tried using the dry curd cottage that they make today, but it is no where near the same.

Try this.. You can buy Farmers cheese at any super market. Get at least two packs.
Thaw out until it gets soft.
In a bowl add one egg, a little sugar, and a dash of lemon juice.
My Mom sprinkled a little dry peppermint.. Suit to taste
Mix until well blended. You will never know the difference.

There were some good recipes posted on here. Experiment with them. Practice makes perfect.. Try it with Damson Plums, (SLIWKI)
ADD SOUR CREAM TO YOUR DOUGH.. IT MAKES THE DOUGH SOFT
Fry chopped onions in butter until translucent. Add finely chopped sweet cabbage, and cook on a slow heat until well done. At least one hour. Be carefull not to burn.

Allow to cool until the butter gets settled. Then Fill.
GOOD LUCK

Food / Pierogi recipe and filling from my grandmother [179]

LIR;
Cottage cheese is nothing like Farmers cheese. It is a soft white cheese that looks more like cream cheese..( I TRIED CREAM CHEESE) It dont work.

I saw some recipes in here calling for booze.. No WAY..
CHRUSCIKI>>> YES.. I like Bourbon in mine..

USA, Canada / Are there any Polish people in Florida? [306]

You would be surprised at the number of Polish people in Florida.. But they are not consetrated in any one area as up north..We are all scattered.. Florida is a big state.

Every year there is a Octoberfest in Cape Coral..It is very well represented by Poles. It goes on for two week ends. People come in buses from all over south west Florida.. There are Polish bands as well as German..We all dance to the same music

USA, Canada / CLEVELAND'S SLAVIC VILLAGE? Old Polish neighbourhood. [18]

The same thing happened in Baltimore..St. Stanislaus, St James, and St. Wenceslaus.. To name a few. The old people are moving to the suburb's with the Kids. Those animals Are mugging 80 yr old ladies who just want to go to church

History / WWII - Battle of Britain and Poles [104]

The role of Poland in World War Two is often misunderstood and under appreciated. The myth that the Poles were easily and quickly knocked out of the war is just that - a myth. Poland had the fourth largest army combating the Germans, the most highly decorated navy, the largest, and most effective, resistance organization, and made numerous other great contributions.

It was Poland responsible for the cracking of the German code, and the subsequent smuggling of an Enigma machine to Britain. This enabled the Allies to decode and read German messages, one of the greatest intelligence coups of all time, and one of the most important contributions of the war. Were it not for Poland, the war, at best, would have lasted longer, and at worst, would have ended in a German victory.

History / WWII - Battle of Britain and Poles [104]

Firestorm;
I have no first hand knowledge what really happened. This is what I read on the WEB. I also read that Poland secured a V1 rocket that went astray and landed in a swamp. It was dismantled and shipped to England.

I can only go by what is on the net.

History / WWII - Battle of Britain and Poles [104]

Firestorm;
Yes; I was there in 1944. In a small town called Bridport in Dorset. But I know nothing about this subject other than what I read.

But with this knowledge it wasn't used to find the German strength at Arnhem.. The same is true in the Battle of the Bulge..There was ample warning, but it was ignored..

But it mattered not. We were expendable.
Oh well, such are the fortunes of war.

Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]


LA girl>

I was always told that (Son of ) ended with a czyk.

For example, my name is ( Krawczyk ) Krawiec
in English a ( Tailor ).
So I would be known as the son of a tailor. At least,that is what I have been told.