British food products in Poland?

croggersThreads: 8 Posts: 91 Joined: Nov 24, 11 ♂	Nov 25, 11, 14:01 #1
Hi I'm living in the Trojmiasto area and was just wondering if anybody knew of any decent place to get British products ? I know Marks and Spencer has quite a decent range of things at quite good prices, and I know about the WAY OVER-PRICED shop in Galeria Baltycka in Gdansk. It's not somwthing I'm craving but you know, it's always nice to know :)

weetzielynnThreads: 1 Posts: 11 Joined: Jul 31, 11 ♀	Nov 25, 11, 14:56 #2
I am not sure what would be qualified as British food, but I found international and american-style foods at Bomi & Alma stores in Gdynia. Also, there is new small shop that opened on Swietojanska in Gdynia that sells a very limited supply of imported foods & candy (can't recall the name right now). Good luck!

joepilsudskiThreads: 44 Posts: 2,529 Joined: Apr 27, 07 ♂	Edited by: Moderator Nov 25, 11, 18:00 #3
pretty pictures, but where is the text. and is this post actually on topic ?

croggersThreads: 8 Posts: 91 Joined: Nov 24, 11 ♂	Nov 25, 11, 22:22 #4
Thanks for your response :) I'm not looking for / or in desperate need of anything in particular, just that it would be nice to have a few more things to remind me of home every once and a while. For anyone interested he are a few British traditional dishes. NOT FISH AND CHIPS lol http://britishfood.about.com/od/traditionalbritish/Traditional_British _Recipes.htm

littlejagodaThreads: 4 Posts: 33 Joined: Oct 19, 11 ♀	Nov 26, 11, 00:09 #5
Lol...this is hilarious...why would you want to subject yourself to british food on the continent when there is so much excellent french and italian to enjoy?!

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Nov 26, 11, 00:38 #6

I miss proper food too, here in Wroclaw there's bugger all!
Apart from a world shop in Magnolia what sells extremely overpriced food, weetabix was a fiver, WTF? I told the woman, I'd rather bring it myself from
England, 4zl for Morrisons own.

Once littlejagoda grows up a little and finds out all she's been eating is common garden slugs and snails, and the typical microwave pizza,
she may develop a more sophisticated palate like us Brits.

pamThreads: 22 Posts: 463 Joined: Oct 11, 11 MEMBER ♀	Nov 26, 11, 00:53 #7
as long as i can get decent tea bags in poland( which i know i can) i will be happy. dont really think would miss too much else..

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Nov 26, 11, 05:47 #8
pam: as long as i can get decent tea bags in poland( which i know i can) i will be happy. dont really think would miss too much else.. Marks and Spencers isn't just the best British tea in Poland, it's actually the best tea in Poland, period.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Nov 26, 11, 16:35 #9
You can get cheddar cheese here. Not only during British Week at LIDL either. I have a lovely 400g block of Hatherwoods cheddar in my fridge. Tesco's own cheddar is worth getting too.

bullfrogThreads: 4 Posts: 390 Joined: Apr 23, 09 ♂	Nov 26, 11, 16:44 #10
will be over to London next week to buy my annual pot of Stilton and the Xmas cake. That's about all the British food i can think of that's worth bringing back...

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Nov 26, 11, 16:47 #11
Stilton is a top choice! Lovely with some good crackers. Do you mix it with anything, bullfrog? Cheesy pasta is good too :)

bullfrogThreads: 4 Posts: 390 Joined: Apr 23, 09 ♂	Nov 26, 11, 17:03 #12
weil, Seanus, I have been known to pour a little port into the cheese after digging a hole into it. Once the port has been poured, you fill the hole back with the cheese and you dig a spoon into the lot... Scrumptious!

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Nov 26, 11, 17:06 #13
Port? Ah, not for me. You might like miod pitny here in Poland. Stilton with mashed potatoes can be nice too.

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Nov 26, 11, 20:39 #14

Seanus:

You can get cheddar cheese here. Not only during British Week at LIDL either. I have a lovely 400g block of Hatherwoods cheddar in my fridge. Tesco's own cheddar is worth getting too.

Is that the cathedral city one? I like it a lot, I've tried the Irish one they have but I've got to say I didn't like it very much, had a strange smell and was a little wet to the touch......
Biedronka had "seriously strong/mild " cheddar for a while but they seem to have stopped selling it. A bit too salty for me that one. I LOVED THE LIDL ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! so good I was eating it like chocolate. Yeah I saw Tescos own cheddar but wasn't sure whether to chance it or not. How was the taste? How mature ?

Craig

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57 Posts: 5,474 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Nov 26, 11, 23:29 #15
Stilton and Cheddar cheese! come on you can do better than that. JonnyM: Marks and Spencers isn't just the best British tea in Poland, it's actually the best tea in Poland, period. You complete snob.

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Nov 27, 11, 02:04 #16
Wroclaw Boy: You complete snob. Is he wrong? Any "tea" I've had in Poland has been vile. As in stuff that purports to be made from leaves from China, India or wherever. Sure, there is raspberry tea and whatever but it isn't tea, really. It's flavoured hot water basically. Nothing much wrong with it but it's not the same thing is it? Maybe that's not what you mean though...

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Nov 27, 11, 02:16 #17
Wroclaw Boy: Until youve had IRISH potatoes you havent had potatoes.. are you wrong? WTF are you talking about?

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Nov 27, 11, 02:25 #18

He said

JonnyM:

Marks and Spencers isn't just the best British tea in Poland, it's actually the best tea in Poland, period.

I said

Wroclaw Boy:

You complete snob.

you said

Teffle:

Is he wrong?

i said

Wroclaw Boy:

Until youve had IRISH potatoes you havent had potatoes.. are you wrong?

you said

Teffle:

WTF are you talking about?

The point being you cant claim Irish potatoes are the best the same as he cant claim Marks n Spencers tea is the best. If you claimed irish potatoes were the best i'd say, no theyre not i have had such and such POLISH potatoes. Thats WTF im talking about.

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Nov 27, 11, 02:32 #19
Wroclaw Boy: The point being you cant claim Irish potatoes are the best Well I don't - that's why "WTF" but, OK. Wroclaw Boy: he cant claim Marks n Spencers tea is the best. But why not? Maybe he's tried 28 other brands and he thinks they're all sh1te? Maybe it's time for you to reveal your great tea bags then? I'm not being smart arsey here BTW.

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Nov 27, 11, 02:48 #20
Wroclaw Boy: I know a lot about you too. Wroclaw Boy: You never liked Polish food anyway, that was the reason for you coming here if i remember rightly - two years later youre still here. God knows who was doing your cooking mate Alright, you sound pissed or something, forget it.

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57 Posts: 5,474 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Nov 27, 11, 02:53 #21
Teffle: Alright, you sound pissed or something, forget it. You did come here though - hammering Polish food, that was why you came here i remember, and you just kind of hung around since.

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Edited by: JonnyM Nov 27, 11, 13:09 #22

Teffle:

But why not? Maybe he's tried 28 other brands and he thinks they're all sh1te?

Probably many more brands over the years - and yes I do think M&S tea is the best available in Poland.

Wroclaw Boy:

I know Johny well enough than i know my own family thats the kind of relationships you build up on forums after a few years. I know a lot about you too. Hes s snobby **** IMO and im sure he wont be surprised of that opinion from me anyway.

Not surprised. And not that much of a snob either! I do like good tea and coffee though.

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Nov 27, 11, 13:32 #23

pam:

as long as i can get decent tea bags in poland( which i know i can) i will be happy. dont really think would miss too much else..

I thought I would be the same but I realised pretty soon that coming from Ireland I was spoilt for choice with regards to good food.

Another thing I find strange is when Polish people talk about how bad British or Irish food is when their own fare is limited and at best, OK.

The things I miss the most are cheddar cheese (you can get Kerrygold Cheddar in Alma but its 12zl for 200g), fantastic Irish breads, sausages, baked beans, proper bacon, lucozade.

CheFinnyThreads: 9 Posts: 57 Joined: Feb 6, 10 ♂	Nov 27, 11, 13:44 #24
also I feel sorry for Poles that they arent able to get a good Indian, Chinese meal or indeed even a well produced fish and chips.

strzygaThreads: 4 Posts: 985 Joined: Apr 30, 08 ♀	Nov 27, 11, 14:15 #25
Teffle: Maybe it's time for you to reveal your great tea bags then? Good tea doesn't come in bags. Have you tried tea shops?

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Nov 27, 11, 14:30 #26

Tea should be blended according to the properties of the tap water in the region where it's going to be sold. When I lived in Hull I sent my mother some 'Yorkshire Tea' (that's the brand name). It was great tea, and the box claimed that it had been blended to suit Yorkshire water. When I visited the old girl she said the tea was horrible. And it was, in London. I guess you have to find a tea that tastes good in your area. For me, Lipton's Earl Grey or Yellow Label is fine where I live, but Tetley's is not so good.

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Nov 27, 11, 16:36 #27

Just made a lovely Sunday roast with homemade Yorkshire puds, rosemary, thyme and garlic roast potatoes and a big jug of onion gravy! Choice of meat? Roast chicken with garlic and herb butter rubbed under the skin, it came out golden :p For dessert I bought something similar to custard from Ikea called vanilla sauce and a home made shortcrust pastry apple pie. I could have had bigos but ...................................................................... ..........................................

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Nov 27, 11, 19:32 #28
Tesco's cheddar is fairly mature but not overly so. The LIDL one is good, right enough. I still have 400g of it :) I could have had bigos, LOL. Bigos can be great but it doesn't match a full Sunday roast with all the trimmings IMHO.

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Edited by: Teffle Nov 27, 11, 19:43 #29
strzyga: Good tea doesn't come in bags. Have you tried tea shops? It was Wroclaw Boy that was on about bags. It's in random now. Wroclaw Boy: You did come here though - hammering Polish food, that was why you came here i remember, Well you remember wrongly then. and you just kind of hung around since. LOL What the hell is your problem??

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Nov 27, 11, 19:54 #30
Some Scottish tea is in a special form. I have some Thistle and Highland tea though I haven't started drinking it yet. I find that teabags are faster but that's ironic as tea is supposed to be all about slowing you down.

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