Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

Strange request but I am looking for a recipe for "hamburgers". I've eaten hamburgers in Poland at a flea market and they were really good. They aren't just "ground beef" formed in a patty like in the US. I'm wondering if they are all pork or a mixture of pork and beef and what seasonings are used and if any onion, garlic, or any other ingredient is used and if so, is the onion &garlic sauteed first or added raw? Also, they didn't seem to have been fried in a pan as there weren't any "fry marks" or dark brown crusting as you get when you make "kotlet mielony" at home so were these burgers boiled or baked??? Also, if anyone can remember all the condiments that are used. Remember:

ketchup
mustard
raw onion
some kind of kapusta but not kiszona
I'm not sure if tomato is typically used?
Anything else???

Thanks!

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

Poland is a wonderful place where on the same trip you can see a pimped out Mercedes speeding down a country lane where an old lady is sweeping her yard with a broom made of straw or sticks.

Where just on the outskirts of a major tourist area, there are small villages where people still get their water from a stream with a bucket.

And people live in houses with televisions, vcr's and DVD players but don't yet have indoor plumbing. It is a wonderful dichotomy of existence.

Exactly!

Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [380]

Actually the worst airline that we ever flew on was Southwest.

Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [380]

I wonder if the people complaining are Americans or Poles? Most of the Poles I know won't fly another airline and the Americans hate Lot - food sucks, RUDE, RUDE RUDE. They operate on a "need to know" basis and as a passenger, you don't need to know anything!

Language / Polish words difficult to translate into English [66]

Listen to any Stare Dobry Malzenstwo cd and you will find lots of them.

Food / How many Poles are vegetarians? [52]

Wow - the same fork - suprised you didn't die

USA, Canada / Polish Language Newspapers available in the US [21]

Wow - what a list! Thanks so much for getting that all together!

Tamara

Food / Lost family recipe for Chow-Chow (Polish style) [37]

Hi,

You might want to try a Pennsylvania Dutch cookbook. That is where I see most of the recipes for chow chow. They serve it in all the restaurants in the Lancaster area.

USA, Canada / Polish Language Newspapers available in the US [21]

Thanks, I am interested in finding out more about smaller and "local" ones like Bialy Orzel.

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

Does anyone know if in Poland they mix the farmers cheese with potatoes for Ruskie or potato pierogi as they don't have cheddar or Velveta there? Also, who uses an egg in their potato filling and who doesn't?

Thanks

USA, Canada / What kind of American food do Poles like most? [80]

Lunch - it's only 10:30 a.m. here - let's talk more about food :)

USA, Canada / What kind of American food do Poles like most? [80]

What about nachos? I think that we eat enough of them to be considered from the US.

USA, Canada / What kind of American food do Poles like most? [80]

My husband's family members would not like gumbo in the least. But rotisseri chicken is great. But they have that in Poland.


Have you ever thought that it might be from the melon on your head?

USA, Canada / What kind of American food do Poles like most? [80]

Brownies would be good. How about Chocolate chip cookies? Can't get much more American than that!

USA, Canada / What kind of American food do Poles like most? [80]

What about a sampling of maybe something tex mex - chili, garlic bread (no where to be found in Poland - guaranteed ) maybe no exactly AMerican but we eat a lot of it. What about some kind of casserole - Poles do not do casseroles so that might go over good.

Yes and pumpkin - my husbands relatives find it very interesting that we eat pumpkin!

USA, Canada / What kind of American food do Poles like most? [80]

My brother in law stayed with us recently and one day I made pork chops that were just pan fried with onions and herbs and he said that he had never had them that way as mostly in Poland they bread and fry the "schabowy". How about mashed potates made with cream and butter - mostly in Poland the potatoes are just potatoes or maybe au gratin potatoes - if you live in a larger city you may be able to get some kind of "yellow" cheese but unfortunately it probably won't be cheddar. Also, a normal American salad - lettuce, tomatoes, cukes, etc with a homemade ranch dressing would be popular. Or some kind of chicken that's not fried - maybe marinated and grilled or broiled chicken.

USA, Canada / Can Polish citizens with US greencard travel to Canada? [63]

I know - that's why I was trying to find out. It's a little ways to drive to find out that he can't cross the border!

USA, Canada / Can Polish citizens with US greencard travel to Canada? [63]

I did check the website but just wanted to ask as sometimes people have stories to tell?

USA, Canada / Can Polish citizens with US greencard travel to Canada? [63]

Ok thanks, I thought that maybe they would have to have some sort of "mini" visa.

Food / Borscht - Zurek / Bialy barszcz recipe [153]

I wonder if many people make it this way or just use vinegar or lemon juice to sour it"

History / Poles and Russians -- love-hate relationship? [209]

Poland has Sliwowica too!

Food / Polish polskie pierogi recipe (prepared at home) [72]

Hi - just a google search will turn up hundreds of recipes

Love / DO POLISH MEN DATE OLDER WOMEN? [169]


I'm not sure about that - my husband is 7 years younger than I am and we've never had any problems with his family.

Life / 80s Polish TV Shows [26]


You might try Ebay.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]

We went hiking there 2 years ago and it is really beautiful. Why an M16? Doesn't Poland have it's version of "hillybilly"?

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]

Just to be fair - there are actually still houses with no plumbing and outside toilets! My husband's distant family are one of them! It was really a shock when he took me to visit.

Oh - my husband who is from Poland was once asked if they had TV in Poland too!

Love / English Men vs Polish Men [207]

I am married to a Polish man after being married to an American and there is no comparison!

Food / The name of a Polish pastry? Chrust? [59]

Yes - Paszteciki probably (thanks for the spelling correction) Some recipes do have finely minced hard-boiled egg and most have minced mushroom but usually a dried mushroom which would be hard to distinquish from the minced meat. They are great! I wish I had a good recipe