Food / New Polish Recipe Website - I Love Pierogi [17]

Here is a recepie my wife uses quite often-----

stetted.com/index.php/2010/08/14/lamb-and-potato-pierogies/

Food / Any królik (rabbit) fanciers on PF? [76]

My uncle in Ostrów Wielko-Polski breeds these rodents(rats) for their pelts.He says he gets good money for their skins.When I was there ,I asked him what he does with the meat after they are skinned.He won't eat them because they are considered oversized rats but he does use them to feed the ones that he breeds.They look like a beaver but instead of a wide flat tail,they have a rat tail.

"Nutria is a rodent and a rat. Originally native to temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by fur ranchers. Although it is still valued for its fur in some regions, its destructive feeding and burrowing behaviors make this invasive species a pest" .

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Food / Paczki - Receipe for polish donuts [19]

With Fat Tuesday coming up, also known as Shrove Tuesday , the day to indulge before Lent begins ,it would be nice to get a good old fashioned Polish recepie. In Poland, this is known as Tłusty Cwartek. The whole Polonia in America celebrates this day just like our Polish ancestors.

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USA, Canada / Name Your Poison: How a Banned Polish Vodka Buffaloed Its Way Into the U.S. [15]

ya---but when you have one cigarette,one beer.one shot of booze,one snort of crack,smoke some pot and one blade of grass---it all adds up to some weird combination which your system may not be able to handle.

Food / Need recipe for Polish potato kiszka [8]

Basia-look no more---the recepie I posted is what you want.By your thread ,it looks like you know Polish .This is not kiszka.The picture above shows that there is no blood but potatoes.Like they say " a picture is worth more than a thousand words "

USA, Canada / Name Your Poison: How a Banned Polish Vodka Buffaloed Its Way Into the U.S. [15]

Some interesting facts on coumarin that I found:---"-Coumarin has blood-thinning, anti-fungicidal and anti-tumor activities. Coumarin should not be taken while using anticoagulants. Coumarin increases the blood flow in the veins and decreases capillary permeability. Coumarin can be toxic when used at high doses for a long period.

Coumarin seems to work as a pesticide in the plants that produce it. Coumarin is responsible for the sweet smell of new mown grass." That's why I get the urge to mow the lawn when I drink this stuff!!!!

USA, Canada / Name Your Poison: How a Banned Polish Vodka Buffaloed Its Way Into the U.S. [15]

Ah --yes---good old Zubrówka-I actually have an open bottle sitting on my bar-Good stuff! !

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Food / Eating Kielbasa - how do you cook yours? [119]

I make according to what we like and that is smoked and garlic .Yummy! ! !

Food / Eating Kielbasa - how do you cook yours? [119]

It's about that time of year when pork shanks are being delivered to the grocery stores.When they get to 79 cents a pound ,I will be making some.I use the recepie that I have posted above in my last post.

Food / Polish Duck Soup [117]

go for a ride into the country and check out a farm where you see ducks running around.the farmer may sell you one of them. Nice and fresh ! !

Food / Cooking Polish kiszka [99]

I just bought some from a place called Starskey's in Toronto and it's the same as above in my picture encased like a sausage and I've always bought them like this.The blob must be an American thing because we don't have it stuffed like that Canada.EH.

Food / Cooking Polish kiszka [99]

That's worth a try---I put ketchup on almost everything.never thought of using it on my kiszka.

Food / Meatless Wigilia gołąbki? [11]

I don't think it's too much of a big deal to abstain from eating meat on 2 days out of a year.Good Friday and Christmas Eve.Yes---there are people still doing this every Friday but the Church has eased up on this and it's not a requirement any more.I'm sure that most of us Christians have the will-power to hang on till midnight 'after midnight mass 'to get back to our kielbasa and cabbage rolls etc.It tastes so much better after not having meat all day.!!!!!!

Food / Polish head cheese [46]

Head cheese and zimne nogi(jellied pigs feet) are not the same.Head cheese can be sliced like cold cuts and put on sandwich bread.Most Polish deli stores sell this in the cold cuts counter and here is a recepie I found:

Ingredients:
1 hog's head
1 hog's tongue
Salt and pepper
Sage or chili powder
How to make HeadcheeseClean and scrape hog's head and wash thoroughly.
Wash and trim tongue.
Cover head and tongue with slightly salted water and simmer until meat falls from bone.
Drain meat, shred and season.
Pack tightly in bowl, cover and weight it down.
Let stand 3 days in a cold place.
Slice.

Food / Meatless Wigilia gołąbki? [11]

you're right ---we keep up those traditions that were taught to us by our Polish parents and we in turn are showing our married daughters how to keep up those same traditions.

Food / Meatless Wigilia gołąbki? [11]

We reserve the joy of having gołąbki with meat for Christmas day.Christmas Eve is when I have my fill of pierogi.I don't want to have too much of a good thing all in one day.

Food / Your single best-liked Wigilia dish? [29]

This wigilia dish is one of my favourites-- ryba w sosie chrzanowym

Food / Origin of the pierogi [118]

Yes---Lot's of countries take credit for the famous pierogy but---" Tracing the history of the pierogi is tricky because the food did not suddenly materialize in some small town and then remain static over time. Since pierogi are basically dumplings, there is some evidence to suggest that pierogi ancestors, as it were, made their way from “the Orient” across Central Asia where they were more veggie-filled and into Eastern Europe."This could be quite true since the Asians evolved lot earlier than the Europeans did.

Food / Let's Play a Game-Name a Polish Food (and if you like it or hate it) [12]

Wieprzowina W Smietanie -Baked Pork Chops in Sour Cream are one of my favourite foods.

Food / Origin of the pierogi [118]

This is very interesting----"Pierogi are of untraceable origin - in many countries they are claimed to be "original traditional food". They have strong links to Slavic culture, and may also have originated among other European peoples, such as: Poles, Ukrainians, Italians, Romanians, Russians, Lithuanians, Latvians, and Slovaks. In Asia, similar food is served on Chinese tables, where they are characterized as dumplings. Other forms were spotted throughout the Far East, which fuels speculation, well-founded or not, that the Mongols or Persians brought the recipe to the West. "No matter where they came from,pierogy are one of my most favourite foods.

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Food / Your single best-liked Wigilia dish? [29]

cabbage with mushrooms-kapusta z grzybami----it's the best!!!!!

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Food / What is the traditional number of Wigilia courses in Poznan area? [13]

Here is another spin on the amount of dishes at the wigilia dinner and the reason why.---"Though the dishes vary between regions, certain items can be found on almost every Wigilia table: fish, beet soup (barszcz), pierogi, cabbage with mushrooms, beans, potatoes, dried fruit, fresh apples, nuts, and noodles with poppy seed are among the most common. The number of dishes in the meal should be odd, 9 or 11. An even number would eliminate any hope of an increase in wealth, children or anything else that is desirable."

"Weso£ych Świat"

Food / What is the traditional number of Wigilia courses in Poznan area? [13]

If you think 12 dishes are stressfull the read on----A wonderful book, with Polish as well as many other ethnic dishes and customs for the Christian year, is A Continual Feast. This delightful book tells about many Polish Christmas dishes.It tells of a Polish Christmas Eve menu where the number of "courses" is 14, one for each Apostle, one for Mary, and one for Jesus.

On the table are many fishes, including herring and carp, as well as meatless soups of sauerkraut, peas, and mushrooms,noodles with poppy seeds, kutia, and other dishes. A 12-fruit compote is one of these.

USA, Canada / Anyone know of Polish delicatessons in the Detroit Metro Area? [5]

Here is one I found ,may be worth a try-----
Polish Breakfast & Brunch,
3840 Oakwood Boulevard
Melvindale, MI 48122

(313) 388-5171 Great little polish diner! Everyone raves about Hamtramck but the food here is equally good and is cheaper.

Food / What is the traditional number of Wigilia courses in Poznan area? [13]

In the Polish Christmas Customs sight it states"The dinner itself differs from other evening meals in that the number of courses is fixed at seven, nine or eleven. According to myth, in no case must there be an odd number of people at the table, otherwise it is said that some of the feasters would not live to see another Christmas. A lighted candle in the windows symbolizes the hope that the Godchild, in the form of a stranger, may come to share the Wigilia and an extra place is set at the table for the unexpected guest. This belief stems from the ancient Polish adage, "A guest in the home is God in the home."

Food / What is the traditional number of Wigilia courses in Poznan area? [13]

Looks like we are all right depending on which part of Poland you come from.In some regions of Poland only odd number of dishes is served (for instance 11), in other regions - only even number of dishes (12)are served.

Food / Irn Bru in Poland [20]

We have to demand that they sell more of it through-out the country

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Food / Why carp for Polish Christmas? [157]

I guess why it's so popular is because it's cheap and readilly available.

Food / What is the traditional number of Wigilia courses in Poznan area? [13]

The wigilia dinner itself is fixed at seven, nine or eleven courses.

Food / Kutia with millet instead of wheat or rice [9]

Actually kutia is very popular with the people of Poland.Kutia is the first dish of a traditional Christmas Eve meal.It symbolizes prosperity, peace and good health