You don't think English supermarkets are benefiting from this?
If Poles are stupid and nationalistic enough to pay extra for Prymat black pepper and Lubella flour, yeah, I can't blame the UK retailers for catering to them.
English flour is not the same.
This Lubella flour I posted can be found in a UK equivalent. The Prymat black pepper I mentioned many times is exactly the same as the UK branded equivalent. Sorry but no.
Exactly
Bullsh*t. You can miss unique things from back home, like Marmite. You can't tell me Poles can't do without their own crappy brand of energy drink or Kubus/Tymbark fruit juice. That's just them being arrogant, xenophobic primadonnas.
@BogactwoPoland What's your opinion on halal food in the UK - is it popular among certain groups or it's just stupid for retailers to make them available.
My opinion is that it's Muslims' religion - a serious thing - that calls for it, not just them being picky and pampered pr*cks who just absolutely have to have their own brand of ketchup (for instance) in every supermarket when they migrate to a foreign country.
I can't blame the UK retailers for catering to them.
Then stop whining. Why does it bother you so much?
This Lubella flour I posted can be found in a UK equivalent.
I'm willing to bet you're not a baker. Tortowa flour is very finely milled. It doesn't contain any raising agents so it's guesswork if Poles are following, for example, an English recipe and judging how much bicarb to add. A while back I bought Lidl flour, I'll never buy it again because it was too dense and my cakes were a disaster. I've since spoken to other bakers who've said the same, don't use Lidl flour for cakes. So no, generic white flours are not all the same.
You can't tell me Poles can't do without their own crappy brand of energy drink or fruit juice.
It's not a case of doing without it, they are buying what's familiar to them and why shouldn't they?
There's a difference between Polish and English flour.
You see, btw, this is exactly the Polish entitlement I mean. In Poland, Viets, Ukrainians, Georgians, Turks Indians, Africans of all kinds, and yes the Brits too, have just accepted that we won't be able to enjoy all kinds of things from 'back home', unless MAYBE we're able to trek across the city to a specialist shop where they MAY have it. Real, unique parts of our cultural cuisines. Meanwhile, you just thought you justified why Poles need a particular blend of flour, of all things (in every British supermarket) otherwise it jUsT iSn'T tHe SaMe.
For your next trick, please tell me why Poles absolutly need Prymat black pepper and Laciate milk in every Sainsbury's. It wont taste jUsT rIGhT otherwise?
they are buying what's familiar to them and why shouldn't they?
Because they then turn around and whine like little b*tches constantly about how life is so terrible 'in UK' despite it being much, much worse for every single minority in Poland.
You get a f*cking life - you feel like you're entitled to your specific blend of flour in a foreign country while meanwhile 'emigres' in your own mean and wretched country just make do because we're not that stupid, petty and entitled.
"Polak potrafi" ("A Pole can do it") is a famous Polish idiom and cultural attitude. If a Pole wants something, they will get it at any cost. That's why, Russians will not try to fuk with us as they know what we are capable of.
You see it as 'Polish entitlement', I see it as supermarkets catering to a new market.
You can walk into any UK supermarket and find a whole range of food products for different nationalities, Chinese, Indian, Italian etc etc
Are all those other nationalities entitled too?
they then turn around and whine like little b*tches constantly about how life is so terrible 'in UK'
Clearly, you're not enjoying life in Poland so do yourself a favour and move rather than whine like a little b!tch about the lack of availability of foreign foods in Polish supermarkets.
you feel like you're entitled to your specific blend of flour in a foreign country
One of the things I always buy from Polish brand is ketchup. Just prefer the taste
The 'spicy' ketchup is different, it's true - it's a little like German currywurst ketchup. It's not hard to turn ordinary British or American ketchup into it, though. I used to do it before such 'central European' ketchups were freely available in Britain. It's a lot easier than making Marmite or gravy granules or stuffing from scratch!
Again, though, as I said, Poles are very lucky to be able to get that anywhere in the UK, whereas huge minorities or ones who have been in Poland for decades cannot get much more unique things without a lot of hassle or just not at all. I always say that trying to cook an Indian curry or Chinese stir fry in Poland is like trying to assemble the Large Hadron Collider via parts found at boot sales. Poles have just got used to having a very cushy life in Britain, whether it's food or language support, and in Poland it's a very different story for every minority. But Poles truly do not recognise that whatsoever, they just moan.
No because they get f*cking gram flour (chickpea), cardamom, methi leaves, rice wine and ACTUAL unique cooking ingredients not just sodding flour and black pepper, you idiot.
Because they aren't entitled primadonnas.
Clearly, you're not enjoying life in Poland so do yourself a favour and move
Maybe you do yourself a favour and STFU, and btw try and live for even one year in a monocultural, mean and stupid country like Poland before you judge me as 'whining', when you think having a particular blend of flour widely available is a big deal.
I'm English, you muppet.
Could have fooled me, you silly cow, because you sound just like an entitled Pole. So you live in the UK, you're English, yet you feel you're qualified to talk about this stuff with me btw? Very bold.
It's probably the less sophisticated ones who crave familiarity look for brands from home. They aren't any better than the products there; usually worse.
It's strange that some there buy 'Masmix', basically a brand of very ordinary margarine spread that has a dozen equivalents there.
Prymat black pepper
I've even seen imported salt and sugar in 'continental shops'.
You must never have been to Biedronka. Up until about a year ago you couldn't even get basmati rice. Now you can get it, boil in the bag (bleugh) if you're really lucky. You may even be able to get tumeric if you go to the right one on the right day. They may even have soy sauce too.
That's the main Polish supermarket. The one on every high street. Meanwhile Poles can walk 5 mins to Sainsbury's and get three kinds of kabanosy or Prince Polo, and their own brands of flour, ketchup and energy drinks. And Prymat black pepper and an entire aisle of b*llshit. You really don't have a clue what it's like for foreigners here, do you?
It's probably the less sophisticated ones who crave familiarity look for brands from home.
You mean people like you and BogactwoPoland? 🙄
Up until about a year ago you couldn't even get basmati rice.
Why basmati rice would "have to" be available in my local Biedronka in Kielce? If anything "exotic" is available in the stores in my city it's not because there's some kind of big diaspora of "exotic" people living in Kielce (there isn't) and they "have to" have this food available, but because local people are curious about "exotic"/foreign food.
There's nowhere near the same number of British people living in Poland as there is of Poles living in the UK, so it's only natural and logical that stores in Poland (who are often foreign-owned, btw, just like Biedronka) won't cater to some miniscule number of foreigners o_O
whereas huge minorities or ones who have been in Poland for decades
What on Earth are you talking about? The only "huge minority" that is comparable in size to Poles in the UK are Ukrainians in Poland:
they get f*cking gram flour (chickpea), cardamom, methi leaves, rice wine and ACTUAL unique cooking ingredients
Oh dear. You sound a tad angry.
Would you be ok then with Poles having unique food ingredients from their own country available in the UK, such as twaróg and potato flour for example? Somehow, I suspect not.
Please don't have a breakdown over flour and black pepper, such innocuous ingredients.
try and live for even one year in a monocultural, mean and stupid country like Poland
Do something about your situation then.
Meanwhile Poles can walk 5 mins to Sainsbury's and get three kinds of kabanosy or Prince Polo, and their own brands.
Life's just so unfair.
What's stopping you from opening a shop selling British foodstuffs? Could it perhaps be that there's little demand given that there aren't massive numbers of Brits living there......
You really don't have a clue what it's like for foreigners here, do you?
I don't get it - you moved to one of the most homogeneous countries in Europe, both ethnically and culturally, and you complain that it has all characteristics of a homogeneous country? ;D 🤦
What's next? You're going to move to Japan and complain that you can't buy a real European wholegrain bread in the cheapest Japanese supermarket chain? xD
If you like more variety then move to a country that will be more to your liking. Or simply move back to the UK. Problem solved.
What's stopping you from opening a shop selling British foodstuffs?
My thoughts exactly lol I mean, if the demand is so great, he'll make a fortune... :)
With an attitude like that is it any wonder you lost your Empire.
Nobody gives a f*ck about the empire. Only you salty c*nts do - ones who were either conquered (Irish) or didn't have one and wish they did (Poles). We have long since come to terms with it. You should speak to your Italian mates - they had an empire and have never gotten over the way they faded into irrelevance. Hence their love of fascism - they yearn for their long-gone empire and wish they had it again. On the other hand, my country has accepted people from all over the globe and are trying to make the best of being a multicultural society in the 21st century. Imagine Poland doing the same - they can't even not vote for antisemites in numbers of over a million nor do Islamophobic 'marches' every independance day. Funny how you Irish hate us so much but, let me tell you, we're a lot closer to the liberal values you profess to have than some of these 'central' Europeans. You just can't forgive being conquered, can you? Join the queue.
Why basmati rice would "have to" be available in my local Biedronka in Kielce?
It is very funny how you think basmati rice is exotic and it tells a lot about you. I'm not talking about your Biedronka in Kielce - although supposedly a major city - I'm talking about the capital.
zakupy.auchan
Haha, brilliant. Auchan. Let's quote a French hypermart chain that is mostly found in big shopping malls. Now let's talk about Biedronka. Any Ukrainian or Vietnamese stuff there? It's the one comparable to Sainsbury's and Tesco's, on every local high street. What can you find for any minority in Bierdonka?
Or simply move back to the UK. Problem solved.
Nah, sorry, you owe me. One million Poles, given excellent hospitality - about time you paid your dues. Looking forward to you people returning the favour! :)
Would you be ok then with Poles having unique food ingredients from their own country available in the UK.
You can buy potato flour in any supermarket in the UK, ty debil. You can buy vomitous twarog in the chiller cabinets of those too, along with the disgusting sledz, the dull yellow cheese and the kielbasa. Try again.
I don't scour Polish supermarkets looking for near identical products with brands I recognise from years ago.
Some people may do that, and if some of the products in 'continental shops' in the UK are sold before they go past date, presumably there are Poles in the UK who buy it.
That's hilarious. So they buy sh*tty overpriced name-brand ibuprofen rather than just getting the same thing from Savers, Boots, Sainsbury's, Tesco or Superdrug for a quarter of the price.
I ******* hate ApAp and all the other sh*t Polish medicines btw. Three quid at Biedra for what would cost you 50p at Tesco.
Getting ApAp in PL because it's the one most often on the counter is normal enough. No other reason since it's identical to any other brand and no reason to seek it out abroad.
I will never buy ApAp in PL. I would sooner die. I will go to DOZ Apteka and buy their ****** overpriced ibuprofen if I must but I would rather just bring it back from the UK. Savers' ibuprofen is much cheaper. Poland is a massive ripoff for pharma.
A bit of advice, stop whinging, it's not a good look.
I take it you don't live in Poland or know any Poles, because whinging about countries they live in and dissing their inhabitants is basically their national passtime.
It is very funny how you think basmati rice is exotic and it tells a lot about you.
What stating facts tells about me exactly? lol From what I understand basmati rice is cultivated in India and Pakistan, and yes, for Polish people it is an "exotic" produce. 🤦
and wish they did (Poles)
Sorry, but we don't lol I personally don't envy you your white colonial guilt :)))
I don't scour Polish supermarkets looking for near identical products with brands I recognise from years ago.
1. I remember you complaining that you couldn't get British this or British that in Polish stores.
2. What may seem "identical" to you, may not be "identical" to others. I remember even the same Polish products changing over the years in terms of taste or even quality. A good example is juice "KubuÅ›." In the past (when it was still sold in glass bottles) it was thick and rich in taste. Nowadays it's like flavoured water in comparison.
3. I see nothing wrong in "nostalgic" reasons for buying products. People who move abroad to earn money miss their homeland, family and friends and I imagine such products remind them of home. The same can be said about Ukrainians who are in Poland not because they wanted to be here, but because they fled war. Would you call them "less sophisticated," because familiar food helps them to cope?
You can buy potato flour in any supermarket in the UK, ty debil.
Following your logic, moron - you can also buy Polish buckwheat flour and mayonnaise and sweets in Polish Biedronkas, so why would Ukrainians need their own brands in Biedronka?
Nah, sorry, you owe me.
Not our fault and not our problem that you're a self-inflicted masochist then lol Keep suffering, I have zero sympathy for your prejudiced, hateful, pathetic, angry a$$ :)))
That's a very strange reply but at least you stopped whining
No whining here, mate. Tell me, do you even live in Poland? So what's your beef here? You thought you'd step in and talk a lot of blarny on a subject you know nothing about?
@BogactwoPoland, Barney's and Feniks' "beef" is that they're normal, sane people and you're not. You don't have to live in any particular country to see that there's something wrong with a poster's head lol
I personally don't envy you your white colonial guilt :)))
And neither do I envy your holocaust guilt. Pogroms even AFTER WW2. Is that why you keep voting for Braun in numbers over a million, because he says you did nothing wrong? We all know you did ;)
so why would Ukrainians need their own brands in Biedronka?
I don't even know what you're trying to say here. So, because you stock buckwheat it's the same as every UK Tesco and Sainsbury's having entire aisles of your Polish garbage?
Not our fault and not our problem that you're a self-inflicted masochist then lol Keep suffering
Doesn't change that you owe us, silly old b*tch. Better prepare for more of us coming. Lay out the red carpet, same as you entitled Poles expect from us. :D
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