Poland in photo riddles - part 2

It is apparently. I've had them made for me for tłusty czwartek, but I've never heard of them being called faworki before. Also found out the English equivalent is 'angel wings'.


You should have said what it was dolno, you're good with all this military stuff.

I don't think its fair for others, plus there are enough other challenges here for me to enjoy.

As I was the first one to state, Skrzyola aniola, which means angel wings.
I win.

skrzydła anioła...

IME in the US faworki would be called crullers

No river is perhaps as important for local Poles as this one. It's the symbol of their region, and their hopes, dreams and fears have been symbolised for centuries in this narrow valley in which the river flows.

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Well done, Chemikiem! I must admit I was counting on you with this riddle :D When I was looking for a translation for "ptysie" I found "cream puffs", but judging by the photos "choux buns" look the same. Are "choux buns" British English and "cream puffs" American English?


Wow, awesome! I thought I'd have to give some hints, but clearly it wasn't necessary :) Nah, I wouldn't post a tank, that would be too easy for you people ;))) Btw, I didn't take that photo :) I don't think they would show it at an expo like that - it doesn't have the camouflage painted on yet. I posted it as a riddle because AHS Krab is Polish and the photo is from the factory in Stalowa Wola, where it's produced :)

I didn't know dolno knows so much about military stuff - I'll have to think of some difficult military riddle for him, hmm...


No way... I had two theories: that some drunk villagers destroyed a statue or that a general was executed by drunk enemy soldiers ;) I don't remember whether that guy was mentioned at our history classes at school, but I doubt we would be informed about some general's drinking problems, tbh... If it wasn't for that second part of the riddle, I would have to do a lot googling and I'm not sure if even that would help.

@maf, I googled "crullers" and they don't look like chrust/faworki at all. According to Wikipedia they're "angel wings" in English. So it looks like johnny_reb solved part of the riddle, since he knew the English equivalent, just translated it into Polish.

@johnny_reb, we don't call them "skrzydła anioła" in Poland. We have only two names for them: "faworki" and "chrust/chruściki". Where I live they're called "faworki". They're called "faworki" in central Poland (due to more foreign influences in this part of Poland) and "chrust" in the South. "Chrust" is the most "Polish/Slavic" name - they're called like that because they resemble dry twigs (brushwood?). Were they made by your family in the US? Did you call them "angel wings"?

Btw, I guess Jaffa cakes aren't well known in the US? In Poland they're pretty popular :)

@delph, a wild guess - is it Bystrzyca - a left tributary of the Oder?
I guess we must be somehow linked telepathically, because I thought today of posting nature-related riddles too :))

Riddle 1:
What is it and where do you think I could've taken this photo?

Riddle 2 (the forest):
Where is it? Hint: soldiers from British SAS who trained there called it "Polish f*cking jungle" lol Why did they call it like that?

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Again, I protest !


Really ?
Could you give me the definition of the Polish words 'Skrzyola aniola' please..

Why is that? lol I wrote that you solved part of the riddle, although it would be better if you'd given it as an English equivalent, not translated into Polish...


Yes, really.. In Poland they're called "faworki" or "chrust/chruściki":

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faworki


The feathery things that grow out of an angel's back? :)

1 bread cooked by the fireplace

2 Białowieża primeval forest. very wet place like a jungle

Nope!


Nope! But it rains quite a lot there, so, yes, it's humid and the flora is rich. There are also other reasons why SAS operators called it like that.

Out of curiosity, what comes up for you when you Google some variation of "drunk general statue" in Polish? I thought about including a reference to the UPA, but he was such a useless drunk that he didn't deserve even the slightest bit of maytyrdom!


Nope :) I'd say that the importance of this river culturally is far bigger than its size.

Most of the links that come up are about that general Karol Świerczewski :) I've read up a bit about him now... Wow, what a scum he was...


Hmm... I don't know then... Another wild guess - Ślęza - also a tributary of the Oder?

naaah he wasnt a scum. i totally disagree. nothing scum about him. you hypocryte poles belittling jews ukrianians and others in my opinion are much bigger scum while tkwing money from eu in the process.

no such words will be found in a Polish dictionary....

skrzydła anioła sounds like a loan translation, maybe used by a few pol-ams in the past but not in Poland itself (where they are called faworki or chruściki)

if you put "skrzydła anioła" into google images.... no pictures of faworki/chruściki show up (on the first page at least).

Yes, absolutely. A fascinating character, but for all the absolutely wrong reasons. Apparently there was an entire cult around him in the PRL, just to make things worse :/


This part is right, but the guess is wrong.

I just know this is going to be a nightmare riddle! Is it a tributary of the Wisła?


I had to look this up as I wasn't sure, but cream puffs appear to be the US version of profiteroles, another choux pastry type bun. I think most of the choux pastry type buns are similar, but profiteroles are usually chocolate covered.


They would after it's been camouflaged up though:

armyrecognition.com/mspo_2020_news_official_show_daily/mspo_2020_poland_and_uk_to_market_polish-made_krab_155mm_self-propelled_howitzer.html

I'm not sure about Riddle 1 yet, it appears to be a bread roll but I'm not so sure that it is. Is it part or feature of a holiday celebration in Poland? As in, for example, Easter baskets being taken to be blessed? It appears to be sat in sand? with leaves.

Riddle 2
This is in the Bieszczady mountains. I think the SAS found it particularly tough going due to the very brutal and specific terrain of that area.

ciekawostkihistoryczne.pl/2017/01/23/jak-zostac-komandosem-grom-u/

Yeah, delph is becoming as "merciless" as pawian ;D (where is pawian, btw?? ;/) But I think in his comment to my response he revealed that the river in the photo is a tributary of the Oder :)


True, they all look similar from what I can see, but those ptysie in my photo aren't cut in half, so it seems they are called "cream puffs" after all (in the US, at least, I guess?):

sugarspunrun.com/homemade-cream-puffs/

Btw, I just have one of them on my plate right now - bought in local Lewiatan - the filling is sooo good ;/ I think it's made of whipped cream + mascarpone...


It isn't a bread roll, bread or anything of this kind and it doesn't have anything to do with Easter or other holiday celebrations, but, yes, it's lying in the sand with leaves :)


Correct!! Good job :) Yes, Bieszczady mountains are pretty wild still, untouched by humans, difficult terrain, if a tree falls there, it stays there, it blocks the way, rots, falls apart, forest undergrowth is thick and it's a scarcely populated, desolate area, so it ensures privacy and secrecy. There's more about it here in English:

sofrep.com/news/grom-selection-happens-every-day-never-ends/

I aim to please :D But yes, it's a tributary of the Oder.

The exact location - let's say "all roads used to lead from Lenin."


I'm a very predictable person, don't you know!

I wondered if it was Bialy Dunajec...

Sweet torture, huh? ;D


Yeah, because that's not vague at all... lol Eh... Kaczawa river?


Is that a clue? :P

I admit it, the whole point is to impress you with my random historical knowledge!


Well, there's two big clues in the sentence. But first you need to know the river in order for this clue to make any sense. But nope, not Kaczawa nor Bialy Dunajec.

Aaand... If it's in bold, it's always a clue ;)

Lusatian Neisse

The Warta?

Is your google broken ?

Is yours? I doubt the answer is easily googlable.

About Lenin, he lived for a while by the Bialy Dunajec river, however that's not the answer. The Bug and the Wieprz also have connections with his battles (as does the Vistula) however none are a tributary of the Oder.

Delph does however say:

Nope.


That's the entire point of my riddles ;) You need actual knowledge of Polish language, history and culture, rather than what can be easily googled.

Freedom and Friendship, the two most important aspects of this society.

The Nysa Klodzka is certainly a symbol of its area...

There were border diputes about it too, in 1919

You're on the right track, but not this one, sorry!

The Raging Neisse

NO ?
How about the Nysa