BRITS Expats in Poland ARE YOU MISSING ENGLISH FOOD?

We do import such things into our culture. Language and food are the things we borrow best from other cultures, so I for one am hoping a couple of Polish things become naturalised in these isles.

What is British food? It was something over 100 years ago, but for some reason traditional cuisine disappeared. Various things have been blamed, including WWI, WWII, rationing in the 1950s. These things didn't decimate other countries' food culture in the same way when it would have been less suprising if they had done.

Anyway, I cook all my own food from its basic ingredients - with a few herbs, spices, a good greengrocer and most of all, a good butcher, anything is possible. I am British, I cook, so therefore what I cook must be British! Especially if it's Italian, French, Indian or Thai. I'm working on picking up a couple of Polish recipes, but really I need to know the food well enough to be able to have a go at cooking it.

On the other hand, fish and chips which are 50% grease are something I think I would miss.

i never even ate one .... so i wouldnt know to miss it!!! Sounds fully disgusting to me

It was the Industrial Revolution .

I cant say I miss UK food that much as i really like the Polish cuisine. I would how ever like to get hold of the follow9ing on a regular basis.

Walkers crisps
Gravy Granules... so much easier than making it from scratch
Lamb
fish & chips
decent CURRY

And please please can someone set up a tea bag import company, liptons just is'nt quite cutting it

isnt there a walkers crisp factory in poland?

they have Lays similar packageing to walkers crisps

English food delivered to your door in Poland britishcornershop.co.uk just had a load of stuff arrive today yummy.....

what... one yesterday and one today...?

im coming round your gaff for tea :-)

Bring a gaz bottle with you , mine ran out.....but you are welcome.....hope you like beans...i got loads....

well if we eat enough beans we wont need the gaz bottle... i got a cigarette lighter...

i really dont want to be in the same room as you two boys when the gas starts emitting into the air ... jeeeeeessss .... !!!!!

dont light the lighter the place would go boom ... pmsl

That made me laugh quite a lot.....PAAARRRPPP... oops excuse me......

- Maybe you should think again, together with, ahem, somebody else? ;) The shop and pub may really be a good biz. What dya think?



- Don't be so negative! - And indeed, that's the idea that the staff in the English shop and pub in Poland I mentioned should be English folks, who, ideally, can speak at least rudimentary Polish.

it was a joke Puzzler, I've been in pubs like it.... lighten up

Cheddar Cheese Please!! The Seriously strong stuff...to melt over my Heinz baked beans (oops just ate the last tin!) and jacket spud! I entered a cookery competition at a potato festival here, and walked off with 2nd prize (and a food mixer) for my exotic entry of jacket spud with butter and tuna/mayo...think the English pub grub idea could take off? But I am an imposter...ask my family...I can't cook! I think I should take the food mixer prize back! So the pub restaurant idea is up for grabs!

Roast lamb seems a bit rare here as well...more of a problem for my husband than me, as he's Welsh (and partial to a lamb every so often!) (that's definitely Welsh, and definitely not British...he says only immigrants in the UK call themselves British!)

... Devon clotted cream and sticky toffee pudding! Bread and butter pudding, with clotted cream, home made apple pie (& clotted cream), Christmas pudding with brandy butter .....and clotted cream!! Blackberry & apple crumble, with (u guessed it!) Devon clotted cream! Ha ha!! I'm flying to Devon tomorrow...I'll let you all know how the clotted cream was! That's if I can still fit into the standard Ryanair seat to get back again!!

Happy Christmas!

I MUST go and pack!!

eewwwwwww ... a no no with me ... lol

Hi guys I do miss british food but the good news is that at least in Gdansk (Carefore) (spelling not my strong point) they are selling Heinz baked beans HP Sauce and Cheddar cheese to name but a few of the things that I missed when I first came over live in Poland. Still miss some good black pudding and Danish bacon

Just had a look at this web site and I am impressed, will be putting an order in after the new year for the price they charge for delivery it is value for money with a large order

Heinz is actually an American company so Heinz Baked Beans are American if anything. When I was younger, I always thought they were British.