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!

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

Hmmm, sounds more like meatloaf. Stalk celery isn't really a common ingredient in polish foods and I'm sure that they use at least half pork if not all and their not fried, at least in the usual sense but anyway, sounds good.

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

The very best vodka was my late father-in-laws homemade potato vodka - wow was it ever smooth!

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]


Oh yes, it was my initiation to vodka. Unfortunately I never got the chance to see how he made it and both my in-laws have passed away so unfortunately their recipe went with them.

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]


Ohhh, mixing good vodka is a mortal sin! Straight and cold. Save the mixing for Jacquins or Smirnoff

Food / Wax Bean Soup Recipes [29]

My Mom made it all the time too but she didn't use apples or raisins, she used prunes. I don't have the recipe though. It's called "czarnina".

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


Hi, What does this mean? I never heard it before?

Language / NAMES POLES GIVE THEIR DOGS [76]


The first dog I had with my husband we named Tara - after what was for me a real education into the art of naming a dog in Polish. It was a "she" and she was mostly black but we couldn't name "her" blackie, midnight, smoke, or any of the other names that people might name a black dog - oh no because it was a "she", it had to have a vowel at the end of it's name! We finally decided on Tara as "tar" is black and it ends in an "A" - Hurrah! Our new dog, which I actually went to Poland to get is named "Bella". That's her pic when she was just a pup.

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [67]

Actually Polish rye isn't very difficult to make, there are great recipes in both "Secrets of a Jewish Baker" by George Greenstein and "Local Breads" by Daniel Leader.

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [67]

Yes, rye bread is very popular in Poland and for rye to raise, it needs to have yeast as it doesn't form gluten (the stuff that raises bread) very easily. You might try some kind of sourdough bread but many sourdoughs are "kick started" with a small amount of yeast.

Life / Old Polish (Russian) Films [9]

Pawian,

That is so totally awesome! My husband has looked for this movie for the 20 years that he has been here. I see that this is the original in Russian. Do you know if the version which was dubbed in Polish is available? Also, can this be put on a DVD somehow or does it have to be watched on a computer (may be silly questions to you but we're still technically challenged.

BTW, my husband is a violin player :)

Again, bardzo dzienkuje.

Tamara

Pawian,

My husband also said it might have been called "Pożegnanie Ojczyzny"? Is maybe the version in Polish?

Tamara

Life / Poles always ask how much money you earn. Why do they do this? [30]

I have to admit it was difficult to get used to. I don't think that they are purposely being rude. It is just what you are used to and they are including you with their friends and family when they ask you. When you think about it, why is it considered "rude" -just because someone told us when we were young that it was rude when we asked them a similar question. It is no more "private" an issue than most of what people today tell the world. Weren't you ever curious how much someone made or paid for something? When they ask you, you can then take your turn and ask back. Just because someone is different doesn't necessairly mean that it's a bad thing, does it?

Life / Old Polish (Russian) Films [9]

Thank you Meathead, I did know that but not this particular one that we're looking for.

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

Merged: Kremowka - help with Polish dessert ingredients

Hi,

If someone could tell me what the following ingredients are and if there is an "American" equivalent, I would really appreciate it. Also, there is a Polish pastry called "kremowki" which from looking at it, is 2 layers of something close to puff pastry with about 4-5 inches of some kind of cream in the middle. Can anyone tell me what kind of cream it is? I don't eat sweets but my husband loves this and I can't find a recipe in any of the Polish food mags that I have. Dzienkuje bardzo!

Smietany (best guess is US "whipping cream or heavy cream"?

Serka waniliowego hamogenizowego

Bialego poltlustego sera (and vs tlustego?)

Budyniu smietankowego ( I know that budyniu waniliowego is vanilla pudding)

Sera smietankowego

Smietanki kremowki

Twarozku smietankowego (twarozku is like farmers cheese, mostly what is used for traditional cheesecake but this I 'm not familiar with).

Anybody?

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

inkrakow
Thanks inkrakow,

I still a little confused - is there a difference between:

Bialego poltlustego sera (and vs tlustego?)- mid-fat white farmers'/curd cheese (i.e. not full fat or non-fat) and twarwog?

Unfortunately, the "british english" equivalents are the same "dictionary definitions" that I got when I looked up these ingredients. I'm trying to find out what they are called here in the states.

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

so it is different from "Bialego poltlustego sera "(and vs tlustego?)- mid-fat white farmers'/curd cheese (i.e. not full fat or non-fat) ???

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

So the answer is "yes" bialego sera is the same as twarog! Hurrah! Don't know why some recipes call it one and others the other...

any other help with the below, ie examples of what they might be in a US grocery store?

Budyniu smietankowego - cream custard (budyn is a custard) -

Smietanki kremowki- double cream (min. 30% fat)

Twarozku smietankowego - cream and curd cheese

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

Well I was going thru my recipes to find something to make for Easter dessert for my hubby and wasn't able to translate the ingredients above to anything readily available outside of a Polish market.

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

We don't have twarog, either mielony or cream flavored. In general, cheese doesn't come in flavors. We have cottage cheese which is much more wet than twarog. We also don't have pudding "budyn" cream flavored - either vanilla, chocolate or various fruit flavors . So, I'll wait until we make a trip to a city with a large Polish market and just stick to the recipes that use things close to Philadelphia cheese.

Also, how is Smietanki kremowki- double cream (min. 30% fat) - different from bita smietana?

Food / Polish "kremowka" dessert question [29]

Thank you All!

Genealogy / Does your last name end in CKI not SKI [60]

Biedrzycki (a)

Does this have to do with ladybugs?

Genealogy / Does your last name end in CKI not SKI [60]

so I was close.....a little. :)

Study / Polonica Polish Language Camp in Poland [3]

Really? We thought that it was really reasonable, considering that it was for 2 weeks! We don't have any Polish language lesson places where we live and we thought it would be a great experience. I will look at the link you provided for the camps. Thanks!

Life / Looking for where to find information about a Polish prescription drug (eve drops) [6]

Yes, thank you. I found it.
Thanks for the help.

Life / Looking for where to find information about a Polish prescription drug (eve drops) [6]

Yeah, I noticed that the search on the 2nd site only had furniture ads :). I found what I needed, and unfortunatley, this isn't available in the US.

Thanks again.

Life / Looking for gift ideas for Camp Counselors in Poland [3]

Thanks, in general, from what I've seen, Poles don't "wear" their flag like we Americans do anyway :). But it might be a nice collectors item and catch a good price a few years down the road ;).