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Joined: 27 Nov 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 27 Nov 2009
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Posts: Total: 452 / Live: 118 / Archived: 334 		From: USA the land of free, or at least cheap.
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Dice   
29 Nov 2007
Life / Poles are not racist [873]

Going back to the subject here... I think that Poles are extremely racist - we are especially anti-Semitic, but also racist against Arabs, Blacks etc. I'm not particularly happy about it, nor proud, but if you can read Polish language then I suggest you visit one of the bigger polish online news sites (wp.pl, onet.pl, etc) and checkout some readers comments under the news. They are full of anti-Semitism and all kinds of racism. Now have in mind that those comments are heavily censored - which means that either there are many more even worst opinions that never make to the point of publication, or the censors themselves have racist views and pick and choose from more extreme and racist comments.
Dice   
29 Nov 2007
Life / Poles are not racist [873]

everyone is a bit racist

Haha, Melany - I couldn't help myself:
avenueq.com/video/racist_high.ram
Dice   
29 Nov 2007
Food / Healthy polish food? [55]

Last night at work we were talking about restaurants and cooking and my co-worker asked me if I cook polish often, and I said that not too often because we are trying to eat healthy. "Why, ain't there any polish dishes that are healthy?" she asked. We thought for a while (her mom was Polish, so she grew up on polish cuisine) - but we honestly couldn’t find any. We land up making a bet - I need help!

Are there any polish dishes that are healthy?
Dice   
29 Nov 2007
Food / Healthy polish food? [55]

Kapusta!

Nah, if you mean just a plain cabbage, that's not much of a dish, and if you mean bigos - there is a huge amount of bacon lard that goes in it. That's why it's sooo good, see?

I had an idea though. What if I made some nalesniki (crepes) but with a whole wheat flour instead of white, using light veggie oil. I could stuff it with a bunch of fruits like strawberry, cantaloupe, and banana. That would be a great breakfast dish. Unfortunately, not very polish.

the first thing that comes to my mind is an apple

There you go. I could dice some apples and let's say some pears and stuff it into my light whole wheat crepes, sweeten it with maybe natural honey and sprinkled w/ cinnamon. Sounds really yummy and healthy, but is it a real polish dish?
Dice   
29 Nov 2007
Life / Poles are not racist [873]

Stupid Americans made it to the moon, haven't seen any Limeys there lately?

These "stupid" Americans, not only made it to the moon but also gave the world

1. Light bulb,
2. Airplanes,
3. Mass produced cars,
4. Telephone,
5. TV
6. Air-conditioning and refrigeration
7. Nuclear technology
8. Computers, PCs
9. Internet
10. Tom Cruise

For that last one we profusely apologize.

PS1. Oh, yeah – and about 80% of Nobel prizes each year!

PS2. We also gave the world saying: “Can’t we all just get along?” – Thank you, Mr. Rodney King! :)
Dice   
29 Nov 2007
Life / Poles are not racist [873]

Once again, our apologies for this one:

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I4jo6KkFfIc
Dice   
29 Nov 2007
Life / Poles are not racist [873]

Alexander Graham Bell was Scottish.

Hmmm... here is a quote from Wiki:

"Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 - 2 August 1922) was a Scottish scientist, inventor and innovator. Throughout his early life, Alexander Graham Bell was a British subject but in 1915, he characterized his status as: "I am not one of those hyphenated Americans who claim allegiance to two countries." Despite this declaration, Bell has been claimed as a "native son" by Canada, Scotland and the United States.[1] Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he immigrated to Canada in 1870, and then to the United States in 1871, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1882."

So I guess we are all correct! Once again, mr. Rodney King was right "Can't we just all get along?"

Just so happens, that I was in one of his laboratories just last week. He built this one together with his friend, Henry Ford, I think in Florida, next to his vacation home. Latter they moved it to Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
Dice   
29 Nov 2007
Life / Poles are not racist [873]

Telephone patent 1876

"he immigrated to Canada in 1870, and then to the United States in 1871"
Anyways, does it really matter that much? If it's really that important to you, you can say and think whatever you want. Enjoy!

Irishman.....outa Cork

Wikipedia:
"Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents. As sole owner of the Ford Company he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world.

(...)
Ford was born on July 30th, 1863, on a farm next to a rural town west of Detroit, Michigan (this area is now part of Dearborn, Michigan)."

Now honestly: why does it make so much difference to you guys?
Dice   
29 Nov 2007
Life / Poles are not racist [873]

Going back to the original subject (again): We have all just demonstrated the one thing that causes racism and all the hatred in the World (Bask terrorists, Northern Ireland, Timothy Mcveigh, Yugoslavia, Holocaust, Iraq, Armenian Genocide, 9-11, Katyn, Mogadishu, Rwanda and so on, and so on...). It is all about this attitude "my people are better then yours, my sh*t smells better then yours." Well done displaying it for us today, my friends. And, to be truthful, I've participated in it as well. Just something to think about for me and for all of us.
Dice   
30 Nov 2007
Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

If this is the way you feel about the country you are a guest of, I suggest you leave immediately. May I ask you what the f are you doing there? Go home, homeboy.
Dice   
30 Nov 2007
Food / Healthy polish food? [55]

stuffed cabbage - cabbage has no fat. and depending on how you pick your meat, they have extra lean
hamburger for the filling, and rice is good for you..

That's a great idea - except you probably don't want to use any hamburger meat (might as well have a hamburger then). Maybe instead of the hamburger meat you could use lets say some ground turkey? Nevertheless - we got a winner!

Proper lean meat, potatoes and raw salad

The thing is that we try not to eat any pork or veal. And that's like 95% of polish meats. Plus polish meat is always breaded and sated, which I would rather not do - doesn’t sound too healthy to me.

Same thing with the potatoes - carbs.
What kind of salads would you consider "polish"? I know there is the mizeria and the surowka w/sour kraut + sugar, anything else?
Dice   
1 Dec 2007
Food / Healthy polish food? [55]

I'm a vegetarian, and family dinner nights are tough

Hey you guys look what I've found:

Vegan Polish Dishes - Recipe

STRAWBERRY OR BLUEBERRY SOUP

1 pound fresh strawberries or blueberries,
cleaned well
1 1/4 caps water
3 Tablespoons vegan granulated sweetener
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 cap soy or rice coffee creamer or vanilla
soy or rice ice cream
Optional: 2 caps cooked, cooled noodles

Place fruit in a medium pot, add water and bring to a quick boil. Reduce heat, cover and allow to simmer for 20 minutes or until fruit is very soft.

Place in blender and puree. Return puree to pot, add sugar, lemon juice and cream or ice cream. Stir and allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Chill soup for at least 2 hours before serving. It is traditional to eat this soup on its own or served over cold noodles.

I remember now - it used to be my favored! Allthough I only had it with blueberrys, never with strawberrys.

Here is an easier recepie I found on Cooks.com:

AWARD WINNING BLUEBERRY SOUP

1/3 c. sour cream
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen blueberries, partially thawed
2 tbsp. sugar
Lemon slices for garnish

1. In a covered blender container at low speed, blend sour cream, blueberries and sugar until smooth or, press blueberries through a food mill and mix puree with sour cream and sugar until smooth.

2. Serve soup chilled, garnished with lemon slices.
Dice   
6 Dec 2007
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

I buy some Polish beer once a while whenever I get a chance. I bought the EB beer once and I thought that it's going to be a Polish bitter (usually EB stands for Extra Bitter, ESB -Extra Special Bitter and so on). To my surprise it turned out to be a typical Polish lager (nothing wrong with that). Usually Polish beers are very similar to one another - rather heavy in taste, very hoppy, high alcohol. I never heard of Polish ale, wheat beer, etc with the exception of porter - Okocim makes a fine porter.

I think that Polish beer (and vodka) could sell well around the world but they need to market the brands, and I believe rename them. The current names are impossible to pronounce or remember to an English speaker. Okocim, Zubrowe, Wyborowa - no one can enunciate it. I thought that a good effort in this direction was the Belvedere and the Chopin Vodka.

PS. Whenever we go out to a Polish restaurant my wife always orders the "O.K. Beer" (Okocim) - the only one she can pronounce :)
Dice   
7 Dec 2007
USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

Lucynda, I am stunned by your caustic attempt to deride Polish Americans. To even suggest something baneful like that on this website, where Polish Americans meet, is truly vitriolic. We are American, I am American. How can Americans hate America? WTF? Shame on you, Lucynda, for this insidious attempt of chicanery. I just hope that you've lied on your profile and you're not a real teacher, but if you are, then God help those poor children.
Dice   
8 Dec 2007
Love / My Polish wife doesn't want to move to the UK with me - what to do? [96]

I married a Polish girl but want to move back to the UK now. The only thing is she doesnt want to leave Poland. How can I persuade her to come to the UK? Has anyone had this problem before?

Britguy - dump her ass fast! Do it now, before you have any kids. Polish women are nothing but lying insidious *******, run while you can! The thing is they only show their real face after and never before the wedding. You've lost ONLY 18 months of your live, so consider yourself lucky - it could be much worst.

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Dice   
13 Dec 2007
Food / Why carp for Polish Christmas? [157]

Just wondering... why do people in Poland eat carp for Christmas Eve? I understand about no eating red meat, but out of all the fish - why pick the worst one possible? You can farm salmon as easily! Is this tradition still going strong or is it fading? Is there any way to cook this fish so it's actually eatable?
Dice   
13 Dec 2007
Food / Why carp for Polish Christmas? [157]

The thing is that in the U.S. carp is considered an uneatable fish, and a pest. There is also an environmental issue here. Right now the North American waters are under attack from Asian Carp (Jumping Carp), who is invading lakes and rivers moving up north. The first person who will find something useful to do with carp will make a million.

youtube.com/watch?v=yS7zkTnQVaM
Dice   
13 Dec 2007
Food / Why carp for Polish Christmas? [157]

You can guess who got the blame for all this......

Hahaha yeah but now you have a great story to entertain people with.

The problem with a carp if I understand it right is that there is nothing but bones in it - so there is no way you can actually eat it. I did find a recipe on a different cooking forum for an Asian carp soup, using a pressure cooker - so the bones actually turn soft from cooking and you can eat them. I don't have a pressure cooker yet, but that would be a good reason to buy one. The recipe calls for a whole carp, but I probably wouldn't use the head or the fins :)

... Or I could simply get a salmon instead :)
Dice   
13 Dec 2007
Food / Why carp for Polish Christmas? [157]

[quote=krysia][/quote]
Thank goodness the Polish tradition calls for a carp for Christmas and not a pike... or a shark or a snapping turtle.
Dice   
14 Dec 2007
Life / What's wrong with you, Polish people - is it an inferiority complex? [123]

Let me rephrase it: the title should be "What's wrong with us Polish People?" since I'm a Pole like most of us here. So, what's wrong with us? How come that we, Polish people can't get over the "Chosen Nation" bull crap. Why do we have to view everything in the World trough the prism of our Nationality? Why every other subject on this message board must sound something like:

"About the superiority of Polish Culture over the Muslim Culture",
"How dare those German bustards this and that... "
"Those damned Jews - 'enough said"

... And so on and so on.

Hey, I have some news for you - WWII is over for almost 70 years and nobody cares. Poland has never been the Center of the Universe in spite of what we have been told in school and from the family. There are practically zero Jews and/or Muslims living in Poland today, which means that most of you have never even met a Jew or a Muslim, so what the heck are you ******** about?

Is it some kind of an inferiority complex? I know the answer, because we all are suffering from the same disease - yes, it is an inferiority complex.
Dice   
22 Dec 2007
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

In the U.S. and Canada Czech Budějovický Budvar is sold as Czechvar. [
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budweiser_Budvar#Trademark_dispute

Budějovický Budvar is marketed as such in Australia

Budějovický Budvar is marketed as Budweiser Budvar in the UK, Austria, and Germany

Budějovický Budvar is marketed under the label Czechvar in North America

Dice   
22 Dec 2007
Food / Polish honey liquor called something like "vitatass"? [37]

I believe you're talking about mead, which is a honey wine made out of pure honey, water and yeast. Mead is probably one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to mankind, brewed by monks and peasants alike for centuries. Mead has a higher alcoholic content - about 16% by volume, maybe 3-4 times higher than your usual beer. It is to be enjoyed as an aperitif or a dessert wine in a small port wine glass.
Dice   
26 Dec 2007
Life / What's wrong with you, Polish people - is it an inferiority complex? [123]

I think I get it now.
Poles have to do many degrading and low-paid jobs all over Europe, because their own economy is in shambles. Maybe that's why they simply feel undervalued; hence all these racist posts here.

What's scary to me is the fact that people smearing those racist comments here are young, educated (I think) and speaking English. They are not the "old guard" of post-commie retirees. I am surprised also that there is no opposing voice, nobody with common sense telling these guys that it is not OK to be a xenophobic racist.

My hope is that when the new generation of migrant workers will return home the attitude on race will change, just like it did a few years ago toward gays. Maybe then it will not be socially acceptable to be racist, chauvinistic, or anti-Semitic.
Dice   
27 Dec 2007
Life / What's wrong with you, Polish people - is it an inferiority complex? [123]

Do you feel better when you impute to all of us your own problem?

It's not I who writes all those racist posts here. I am the one who points out the problem of intolerance, racism and anti-Semitism that exist in the Polish Nation. What really kills me is the fact that all this xenophobic hatred comes from a nation of nomadic migrant workers, which depends on tolerance and goodwill of other nations like GB, Irland, France, etc to host them and provide them with jobs and social services.
Dice   
27 Dec 2007
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

Here is an interesting beer from Poland I've found under the Christmas tree this year: OKOCIM PALONE.

OKOCIM PALONE is a dark lager, and not, as you may think, a porter. Therefore it carries the characteristics of both styles of beer: its sweet and full body for a lager, but not us sugary and heavy as a porter.

Aroma: chocolate, coffee, spice, caramel.
Tastes of coffee and fruit.
Color: dark brown.
Head: thin light.
Overall, a very solid beer.
Dice   
27 Dec 2007
Life / What's wrong with you, Polish people - is it an inferiority complex? [123]

If we keep out of Germany

That's the thing. They don't "keep out of Germany", or France, or GB, or Ireland or most other countries where they can make a buck. If they could make any money in Israel, there would be millions of Poles in Israel too. There are millions of Polish all over the world, moving in without the language, the culture, etc.

Everywhere they go they are being helped by tolerant people who are open to other cultures and helpful to foreigners. And yet here, on this board, all I read is: "Those f-ing Germans" "Those f-ing Jews" "Those f-ing Muslims". What gives?
Dice   
2 Jan 2008
Life / Poles are not racist [873]

Most of Poles ARE racist, there is no doubt. The funny part is that they truly don't understand it; they honestly don't believe you when you point it out to them. Just today I've seen a post here titled "Jews are a problem" or something like that. Do you think that any other Poles objected to that? No. They think it's OK, just "debating", that's all.

And yeah, it is especially idiotic because we Poles are Slavs, an "inferior race" according to the Nazi philosophy.