Why do you choose to stay in Poland, why not other country?

The most helpful person I ever met lives in Poland so I went back for more holidays. I have traveled a lot and I like Eastern Europe more than Western Europe, UK is the last place I want to live.

Poland is 'all round' better than the rest of the countries I have visited in my opinion. I wanted to stay in Poland before I met my girlfriend. She liked me because I was trying to learn Polish and learn about the culture.

Holland in 3 hours must be flying. Have you seen German roads? Some parts are just as bad as Poland.

Have you tried ALL kinds of bread ALL OVER THE WORLD? Do they make bread in each and every country?Is it really the worst? I reckon you should add " to me" so that it makes more sense.

And maybe the food isn't expensive to make, but at least it tastes good. Besides, I think that Polish people buy (and use!) more spices than only vegeta lol.

I can agree that some of the compatriots can be rude, but at least they don't pretend to be happy when they aren't.

Polish bread is not the worst in the world by a long stretch. It gets dry very quickly which is a major minus but it is right up there with bread from the 3 Baltic states and Finland. French patisserie stuff is good as is German bread for breakfast but Polish bread has the edge on them IMHO. I loved a bread called Izumo bijin (beautiful woman in Japanese), it tasted really good.

Polish food does tend to be bland in terms of using flour and cabbage but the flavour is really drawn out by using pepper, pimentos and bay leaves. Also, Poles use many spices/seasonings which can be liberally applied.

I rate Polish food and manners less than the average Pole does but please don't exaggerate.

Polish bread is better than UK bread, it does not go mouldy as fast for a start.

The best bread I ever ate was just outside Pristina, straight from the bakery and it was still warm. mmmmmmm

Lots of different Polish bread and I like eating it.

If you like your food over-powered with dried herbs...hmmm..personally, I prefer a good natrual stock or "fresh" herbs to enhance the flavour of my food.


That tickled me...


Are you suggesting all the foreigners have balls? You should hear the pu*sywhipped ones that come on here crying about Polish girls!!! Strangely enough, never hear a Polish man crying.....

HAHAHAHA....can you say with a straight face you never see a Polish guy crying about something? That's what they do half of their waking hours!

Polish bread is different from UK bread, not necessarily better. I disagree with the mouldy comment. British bread has preservatives (no, not condoms ;)) and lasts longer IMHO. Polish bread goes scabby and stale quicker unless it's Schulstad or US Tost.

I am a big fan of some Polish bread though. Some with no labels are really good :)

I've never cried about Polish girls. Polish girls are like German girls, Canadian Girls, English girls and American girls in my opinion.

Slight variations but the annoying traits are purely female traits whatever nationality.

In my experiences.

Crying about his relationship...Thats what I meant

(why has the font gone really big and why have i got error messages at the top of the page all of a sudden - sorry to go off topic)

That's the Polish way not mine. I think Polish food is bland and predictable as a whole. They still cook and eat as if all that is available is cheap war era food. If you CAN find a decent place to buy the things the rest of the developed world can the prices are 4X as high. Swiat Kuchnia should be embarrassed to even put the price stickers on.

Well, they have many doughy foods, that's for sure. Kopytka, pierogi, kluski and those other doughy balls whose name escapes me at the moment. You buy them for a kilo in Tesco, for example. Sth like knedle.

What is your idea of good food then?

like czech cuisine... VKZ, veprove knedlik zeli...all day, everyday.

czech food is fatty and unhealthy...almost no vegetables.yuck

zeli is the vegetable

Can you please enlighten me what are "the things the rest of the developed world can buy", which are so nice compared to polish food please.

Oreos, coriander, anything with habanero in it, good cuts of beef, refried beans, root beer...

mira

Fresh fruits and vegetables being number one (In Poland they are half rotten and the shops leave them out to sell). Not to mention the variety is horrible. I guess if all you want Apples, Bananas and grapes with seeds in them you are set. Of course you can buy some berries occasionally for really high prices for a tiny container.

Also any food that is not local to Poland is stupidly marked up....Mexican, French, whatever...they are in special sections with exorbitant prices. Lot's of cheeses that are considered normal everywhere else are marked up "luxury" items in Poland. If you love cheap, white plastic tasting cheese like the Polish version of gouda you are good to go however.

Pretty much everything is substandard there when it comes to food in my experience. But then I don't like white doughy crap, cabbage and pork with everything.

Yes the cheese... The big problem that I've had with cheese, is that if the wheel has been cut...you can be fairly sure that it's been sitting in that display for a good long while.

You get fresh fruit and vegetables throughout the year, dear, however if you wish to buy some strawberries, say, in February, there's no chance to get them as cheap as in June or July and without a label, since we don't grow strawberries in winter.Look around.

Besides, I don't know where you shop but I feel sorry for you if you can only buy rotten vegetables or fruits. Since what you wrote above implies that Poles don't eat them at all or only in small amounts due to the fact that to whichever shop they go, the fruits are rotten.lol.

What's more, you can buy "cheap, plastic cheese" in every country, Poland isn't an exception. When you want to buy a good cheese or a good ham (polish btw), you have to spend at least 50 zlotys per kilo for the cheese and round 80 zl for a good ham. And I'm sorry, but my country isn't a rich country, so there's plenty of cheese which is cheaper so that everyone can afford it.


if you don't like it...who tells you to eat it,eh? Go to a decent shop and buy what you like or buy the ingredients and prepare it yourself.

I take the point about Polish gouda. It is an affront to call it gouda. However, the Mazdamer cheese is quite good.

Yeah, they mark-up way too much. I get the bargain goods (okazja) in my local deli and even at half-price they are overpriced. Foreign brands I mean.

About the fruit, it depends on the vendor. The quality tends to be really good but they tend to slacken off a bit when peak season disappears. There can be a huge variation in prices.

Cheeseburgers with cabbage are a bit of a novelty ;)

EVERYWHERE IS BETTER than in UK so such comparisons are unnecessary. ok ok, i know i am repeating myself.


????? come on, you're from uk, right?


the mute ones for sure.


thanks god they are not

Where? I tried, oh lord have I tried. The fruits and veggies just aren't good. Here in Wroclaw you can go to Epi, Alma, Hala Targowa, Piotr and Pawel, it's just not there.

The cheese sucks.

There just isn't much demand for quality products here...Probably a direct relation to wages, but nonetheless.

Yes,when you cross the German-polish border you realize there is still life.

I beg to differ. I have a Polish girlfriend and I think she is great. She is not much different to my other girlfriends.

Polish girls are very different.I have now 6 polish girlfriends and will visit Czech Republic for some days to avoid craziness.

mira wrote:


being from the New York area, suffice to say my list would take an eternity.

inspired by convex's listing of root-beer, I would like to just say "Pepsi/Coke products" in general. Yes, they taste different, and better, in America. My students never believe that one.

Then go back home and shop there.As simple as that.
You really made me laugh with the whole "oreo" thing mate. It's like me living, say, in Italy for some time and whinging that I can't get my favourite Flipsy with toffee flavour and calling them "decent food".Hilarious.

Polish food cannot be eaten till you get used to.I mean it is no delicassy.

What are their names? Thumb, Pointer, Middle Finger, Ringo and Pinky?

LOL...You eat it by the kilo?


I wonder what the Poles think of the prices of Polish food in the UK, I purchased a packet soup (best way to describe it really) of Barszcz Czerwony for 70p, its a fairly big packet and reckon would serve 2 so 35p for a bowl of soup doesnt sound too bad and thats imported...Along with the rest of the range of Polish products (this was a Tesco Metro in the city centre and their prices are always higher than the ones out of town)...