News / Schools in Poland to strike tomorrow [235]

I don't think that council tax is fair. It was my thought when I moved to UK. It should be combination of value and people living in. I think we can have single person living in expensive property paying high tax and big family in small house paying lower tax. But....big family uses much more services than this single man.For me it is like paying for luxury, privilege to live in nice house and nice area. My friends in Poland were bit shocked when I told them that in the past English paid for privilege of having windows.

Food / Which ingredients/vegetables/fruits/meats are nonexistent in traditional Polish cuisine? [125]

I think Delicje started in 1970s but I think their origin ( as Jaffa cakes) are from Izrael.

I think there is quite big influence of Jewish cuisine in Poland.....these sweet breads 'chalka'.

Food / Which ingredients/vegetables/fruits/meats are nonexistent in traditional Polish cuisine? [125]

Copy???? :-) I would say Jaffa -cake is copy of Delicje.

Life / Retiring in Poland [39]

@Rich Mazur

I would think that it depends on residency. If you are polish resident you are obliged to pay polish tax. If you have already paid in USA and it is more you can claim it back if it is less you deduct from amount which you owe in Poland. This way you avoid double taxation.

News / Schools in Poland to strike tomorrow [235]

I think it would depends on value not size. Small apartment in central Warsaw will have higher tax than big house in the middle of nowhere. I think idea about this tax is good but it can't be so high.

News / Schools in Poland to strike tomorrow [235]

I saw it too in some financial paper. They say in west Europe it is 2-3% of property value. I am not sure to which country they refer. In UK there is normal income tax and council tax (depends on value of property). Council have special tables to estimate it - of course it is estimated as values of properties change but it is about 0.3% not 2%.

News / Schools in Poland to strike tomorrow [235]

I think that unfortunately there is not enough money in budget for all these demands from state sector and the only solution would be to introduce 'podatek kastralny' something similar to council tax.

News / Schools in Poland to strike tomorrow [235]

The only problem is that this strike differs from police, nurses, fire brigades strikes.... We all agree they work hard and their job is dangerous and often thankless.

With teachers....of course opposition supports them as it is political move but society ....I would say some do some don't.

Food / Which ingredients/vegetables/fruits/meats are nonexistent in traditional Polish cuisine? [125]

:-) A cookie
A biscuit (copy-paste)

Food / Which ingredients/vegetables/fruits/meats are nonexistent in traditional Polish cuisine? [125]

Scones are good- savoury or sweet :-) but I guess that biscuits have different meaning in UK or USA. In UK scones are scones but biscuits are more like :

cosmopolitan.com/uk/worklife/a14759391/britains-favourite-biscuit/

Food / Which ingredients/vegetables/fruits/meats are nonexistent in traditional Polish cuisine? [125]

Biscuits...?

I am just back from Poland and I realised how much I miss these bakeries ( Avitex, Buczek, lots independent ones) everywhere with fresh coffees and freshly baked varieties of cakes, 'drozdzowki' .

It reminds me of Austria, Germany....Not much UK.

Another thing I noticed most cakes, biscuits are much sweeter in UK- different recipes more sugar used. The worst are some yeast rolls- tasty in itself but tones melted iced sugar on the top.

Real Estate / Price of Real estate for sale in Poland, Białołęka [23]

I am from Krakow ( living in UK now) so I don't know Warsaw districts very well....ha ,ha especially ( not sure you heard about it) but they call us 'centusie' tight with money in Krakow and too laid back:-).

I think decision about buying property is very difficult so if someone does not know Warsaw very well it would be better to rent first I think. I think there is the same tendency all over Warsaw, Krakow, London.....some run down districts 'evaluate' and get fashionable and expensive like Kazimierz I Krakow ..Targowek but I think also Praga in Warsaw.

I think transport, schools but also family living close are important.

Real Estate / Price of Real estate for sale in Poland, Białołęka [23]

looking at the prices of properties - selling one in Lublin you could maybe afford lock-up garage in Warszawa :-)

Food / Which ingredients/vegetables/fruits/meats are nonexistent in traditional Polish cuisine? [125]

I think it is all changing very quickly in Poland. I would guess that for younger generations ( in big cities, working all days) introduction of canned soups could be very convenient solutions. I suppose powder soup is not a proper meal but nice, easy and quick snack at work,when camping on holidays...at home if we want something quick before proper meal. I quite like tomato soup with 'makaron' from Knorr. I would say it tastes quite nice especially in cold winter day.

Food / Which ingredients/vegetables/fruits/meats are nonexistent in traditional Polish cuisine? [125]

I suppose it is interesting sociological questions. Powder soups are relatively popular in Poland but tinned not at all. Why ?

Food / Which ingredients/vegetables/fruits/meats are nonexistent in traditional Polish cuisine? [125]

But we have in Poland powder soups like Knorr....some of them quite tasty.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1592]


You have to be careful not confuse it with dogging:-)

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1293]


I remember it from school bland green mash- awful. I wonder if it was usually frozen one. I think that fresh, raw spinach leaves can be eaten like salad. Anyway it looks more attractive in UK on shop shelves.

Bit out of polish food - I like most dishes in UK but there is one thing I hate -egg custard tart. Not sure if we have anything similar in Poland. ?

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1293]

salceson...I like it with some vinegar on the top.I have not eaten it for ages.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1293]

I suppose we all have our 'hate food' from childhood. I quite like cabbage and golabki but I really don't like buckwheat....just smell of it gives me nausea.

Life / Prejudice about Poles; Poland has changed [39]

I think that quite much depends where you live.

We live in nice in lovely quaint town in UK and I hardly lock door when I am in....Postman just lives bigger deliveries outside. It is very safe so location is a clue :-)

Work / Diversity in Poland especially in workplace [90]

@Rich Mazur

To be honest I have some empathy for people less fortunate than me and yes I think disabled people should have chance to work. Everything is about common sense. I don't know what elevator you are talking about ? some extreme example. Nowadays in big offices there are elevators big enough for wheelchair or just office on ground floor. So office condition should be reviewed before this sort of employment is considered.

Work / Diversity in Poland especially in workplace [90]

@mafketis

Quotas....brings quite negative connotations.

I don't think disabled people would be forced to work they can't do plus you need work place adjusted for them but I think they should have opportunity to work, earn money feel as a part of society.

Life / Prejudice about Poles; Poland has changed [39]

I spent most of my life in Poland and nothing was stolen from me there. Maybe I was lucky. To be fair in England these were petty things but unpleasant. Nice ceramic pots with flowers were stolen twice from us. They were put in the front of the house. I guess they were stolen in the early morning and sold on boot-sale somewhere....and I forgot when living in Cambridge in underground secure place our bike was stolen. It is like plague so many bikes are stolen in Cambrigde....

Life / Prejudice about Poles; Poland has changed [39]

Strange as I have never anything stolen in Poland and few things stolen in UK.

Work / Diversity in Poland especially in workplace [90]


If everyone was in wheelchair there would not be diversity.....Why can't you employ someone in wheelchair ? Do you think disabled people should be locked and not seen????

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1293]

I suppose UK is an island so there is bigger choice of fish.

Work / Diversity in Poland especially in workplace [90]


Theoretically shouldn't but...without taking sides.

On one side there are some racist people on the other lots black people with a chip on their shoulder. You can't tell them off about anything at work as they cry racism straight away. I think there are few black women in UK politics....not great now. one was over-speeding and hiding it...another from labour talks lots tosh.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1293]

I am from Krakow and we always had fried carp in breadcrumbs or in jelly.....Is this one on the photo 'karp po zydowsku'?

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1293]

@pawian

I come from Malopolska but I never had it ?????