Food / Where can I buy lamb in Poland? [89]


Bangers tonight then.

Food / Where can I buy lamb in Poland? [89]

Thanks very much, Harry.

Food / Where can I buy lamb in Poland? [89]


Got any details?

Food / Where can I buy lamb in Poland? [89]

Stand by for posts from Warsaw and Poznan.
It's not easy to find fresh lamb here. In the larger towns and cities you might be able to find some frozen lamb in the bigger supermarkets and hypermarkets. There's some in my local Makro. Not cheap.

I was very lucky to be able to buy half a freshly killed lamb a while ago from my neighbour. It had grown up about ten metres away from my gate.

Occasionally you can find some mutton at the butchers, but it's not a regular item on sale.
Good luck.

Lidl had some frozen cutlets a month or two ago. (German week?)

Food / Where can I buy lamb in Poland? [89]

Where do you live?

Life / Buying groceries in poland. Poles don't buy name-brand foods? [35]


Absolutely. It is impossible to find products by Heinz, Mars, Nescafe, Coca-Cola or Cadbury, to name but a few.


Yes, the internet is a great source of reliable information.

Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [142]


Good luck to him. I only hope that his priest doesn't find out where he lives. My second hope is that his priest doesn't run a radio station.

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [331]


A mere 400 million as the first language and perhaps by a mere 2bn as a second or other language.

Food / Today's Polish Sunday dinner? [30]


Is it a long weekend in Poland?
I've just bought a rack of ribs, which I'll simmer in stock for a couple of hours this evening with carrots, spuds and the usual pot veg. Tomorrow the bones will simply fall off the meat when I reheat it. But will I skim off the fat that rises to the top, as I know I should?

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]


My mistake. I misinterpreted your comment on another thread.


My commiserations. To both of us.


You represent evolution in Man.


Careful pal, my Polish wife is beautiful in almost every way. You should raise your sights and mix with the classier type.

UK, Ireland / Hitler gagdets in Britain and Poland? [24]

The T-shirt is not racist and does not promote racism. It's just in very poor taste. I think the ragementioned by the newspaper is just the usual journalistic hyperbole. btw, it's not a gadget; it's a T-shirt. Beware of false friends.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]


Looks a bit boring, to be frank. I've just come back from Tykocin. At the newly rebuilt castle I ate rack of lamb, boiled potatoes and rocket salad with halumi and balsamic vinegar. 50PLN. Highly recommended. We were actually staying at Kiermusy, but the food there does not deserve its reputation. To be fair the accommodation was fine, but I've had better food in milk bars.

Life / West-East life in Poland? [45]


Do you live here or are you visiting? The reason I ask is that nobody I know does not want better infrastructure.

Just as I thought.

Life / West-East life in Poland? [45]


That might be true for a lot of the villages but which towns are you thinking of? I live not too far from you (according to your profile).

Love / Do Polish women talk too much? [74]

What I don't understand is how two Polish women can talk, amiably, at the same time and still understand each other.

Food / Kefir drink in Poland [79]


If you liked ayran, you should like kefir. Perhaps your tastebuds were shocked because you expected something else. My wife tells me that you can add things to it to make dips, and that it's also good for putting on sunburn, but she couldn't think of any other culinary uses for it.

Food / Kefir drink in Poland [79]


Open your mouth and pour it in. Don't breathe at the same time.


That's the stuff. I think it's one of those things you have to have grown up with. My Polish in-laws think I'm crazy because I like Marmite.


No. Not the stuff in shops, anyway.


If you didn't like it before, the brand isn't going to matter. Mlekovita, Danone, they're all much of a muchness.

Love / Native Polish Muslims.... how do they get into relationships? [32]


That's the theory; the reality is, as you are no doubt aware, very different in many countries.

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]


What exactly is a douchebag? It sounds like something a Parisian lady would keep her cosmetics in, but I have an idea I might be wrong.

Albo rybka, albo pipka. How about that one?

News / Does Polish hotel have right to turn down Americans and Israelis? [73]

Russia is possibly the worst offender. When I worked there between '96 and '99 (I know, it's a while ago, but I was recently told things haven't changed) foreigners were expected to pay six times the normal entry fee for the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. I stood my ground and after about 15 minutes of demanding to see someone in authority was waved through. At the Mariinsky theatre I tried to buy two 5-dollar tickets for the ballet, and the hag behind the glass wanted $100, (in dollars). On this occasion I had to walk away and ask a Russian colleague to buy my tickets.

This dual pricing is against the law in Russia but it seems that every institution does it.
btw In Turkey museums are cheaper for Turks (and even cheaper for teachers).

Work / Average earnings and cost of living in Warsaw? [42]

Mike. What's so awful about living in the mid-west that makes you think so much about moving to Poland? Sure, you could live in Warsaw, in a small apartment, on the figure you mention, but wouldn't you miss life back home? I see from your profile that you don't speak Polish and that you are retired. Forgive me if I'm wrong but does that mean you are, say, over sixty? If so, Warsaw life without very helpful close relatives around to take care of day-to-day stuff would be tough, to say the least.

The Poland you may have seen on visits might not be the same Poland you'd encounter actually living here. It's a fine country and I am happy here, but it's also a real place, warts and all, with its fair share of crime, juvenile delinquents and bureaucratic madness. Is Indiana that bad?

Language / Polish language would look better written in Cyrillic Script? [212]


Exactly. It is like asking why English doesn't use German letters or French diacritics. This is a pointless thread.

Language / Polish language would look better written in Cyrillic Script? [212]


Agreed. So why did you bump it when it had been dormant since January?

Work / Working in Poland without speaking Polish [75]


No. Apart from the odd favour for friends and neighbours I can't be bothered with individual students. If you go to their place, you have to get there; if they come to you, you have to tidy up!

I have two steady jobs which put sausage on the table and beer in the fridge. I'm content.

Work / Working in Poland without speaking Polish [75]


Deja moo.
I suppose it could be true that this guy has 10 hours in one day. I do 5 x 60mins, at the end of which I can't see straight, and I'm a pretty tough old bird.

quote:I literally teach the whole street
You literally teach the whole street? Now that can't be true.

Work / Working in Poland without speaking Polish [75]


Do you have a registered company or are you evading tax?

Work / Working in Poland without speaking Polish [75]


If you can find an Italian company which needs your skills, why not? Otherwise, it might be difficult. Perhaps an international company which trades in the countries whose languages you speak. Good luck.


What an attitude!

Food / Traditional Polish Soups. [85]


tastingpoland/food/polish_food_soups.html - United States. Ever heard of google?

Travel / Fortune Tellers/ Astrologers in Warsaw [27]

I also do free online astrology. I say to my clients (all of them):
1. I can feel that you are worried about something. Is that right?
2. Does the name John (or cultural equivalent) mean anything to you?
3. I can see health problems in someone close to you.
4. You have recently travelled.
5. Everything will be better after you have gone through a period of some uncertainty.
Pretty amazing, eh?

Travel / Fortune Tellers/ Astrologers in Warsaw [27]

Look in the horoscope section of your newspaper and save yourself a lot of money.