Buying groceries in poland. Poles don't buy name-brand foods?

okay, so a long time ago, on yahoo answers, i read an article saying that in poland, poles don't buy name-brand foods, is that true?

Are you a 17 year old that has not been outside of your own country?

just because it is on the internet doesn't make it true.

What is name brand foods? ???? :):):):)

"heinz" ketchup
Hostess chips---(maybe that one is just in Canada)
Folgers
Maxwell house.

dude- do yourself a favour and buy food that doesn't have a name brand. For example: a tomato, a chicken breast, celery, potatoes, carrots, apples, oranges.....you will do your body a favour instead of eating overly processed, chemically altered, food additive shiit that comes in a box.

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.

Yep, everybody here is living on turnips which - I am reliable informed - are grown in organic boxes on their balconies :)))
I am not sure about Coca-Cola though :)

If so, the OP`s suggestion/question was OK. I don`t buy Heinz ketchup because I prefer Winiary mayonaise.

I buy Heinz, but only if I don't have any Polish and most often I have Polish because my son only likes Polish kechup.🍅

Wow, I see some preferences are stable. By Winiary mayo I meant the one below - it keeps the best balance of sour and sweet tastes, my fave


Not Hans??

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Heinz of German descent.

I don`t like the black letters in the white background in their ketchup labels. Quite repulsive.

Take it easy, it's only ketchup.

WNIARY mayo tastes like a russian village product and tastes same.There is nothing like HELLMAN'S mayo.

Which reminds of blood!!! Once I played a practical joke on my barber when I squeezed a few McDonald`s Heinz ketchup packets onto my throat while he was shaving me. He fainted due to extreme shock.


Good that I never tried it. hahaha That is why I still enjoy Winiary mayo.


Nope. It is shyt - too salty, not enough sweet and sour. I bought a jar 30 years ago and disposed of it quite soon. Never again !

Forget mayo, sweet sour sauce is mich better

When you get a taste for sth eggy, the sauce isn`t the best option.

For Tuna Salad???

Nooo... Mayo is yummy! :P

But for me it's the one and only:



:D

@Cargo pants
For fries or chicken nuggets. Mayo is ok for eggs. Tuna salat with olive oil.

The ready made stuff in jars is just nasty.


Yes, and chilli sauce too.

In Poland they have plenty of Tabasco which livens up anything.


Chips?

Malt vinegar (Dealz sells it) and salt. Or maybe some HP.

Yes, nasty, but still tasty. :):):

The stuff in jars doesn't really taste of anything. Sort of neutral slime.

Real mayonnaise is better and very easy to make.

Not in case of Winiary mayo. :)

Have you tried making it. If the traditional way is too fiddly, try the Delia Smith quickie method. It should be online somewhere and you'll never buy those jars of fake stuff again.

If you liek jars you can put it in one. It always tases better after it's been left overnight and is good for a few days.

@Paulina
Local patriot.😉

Just for once, I agree with you.


This is true.

But the range and breadth of food products in Poland is still,after all these years, miles behind Western Europe.
I suspect that it is a demand thing,many Poles don't know what they are missing and therefore there is no demand for the products.

Nope but I have tried to make home versions of other foods which I bought in shops. With mixed results. So, I imagine my home production of mayo might not go too well, either. That is why I am not going to make it on my own coz I am completely satisfied with the shop version. l;0:):):00;p-)P)ADERP)$pV:F)0vgf

I am sure you could do it Pawian, it's very easy.
Just give it a go!

With mayonnaise, it's the other way round if anything. The stuff that Polish shops (and other ones however it's everywhere in PL) are full of is a later factory version of the real thing, something that comes from kitchens.

Try it; the easy version is easy and it's like the difference between heaven and hell.