Cooked Fruit in Poland - Fruity Fillings, Flan, Pies, Tarts and JAM

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Mar 19, 08, 15:34 #1

I visited my friendly local delicatessen recently. Alongside the French conserves and English jams, I found a couple of different jars of Polish dżem. I had to buy some. I haven't actually opened it yet. That will happen tomorrow morning when I start my second course at breakfast time.

But so far, I can say that it's a cherry jam, it's low in sugar (assuming I understand niskosłodzony correctly), it looks like it has really big chunks of fruit in it. I think I'll probably have it on toast, but possibly just on buttered bread. Fascinating stuff this, isn't it?

Dżem is an interesting word. (Stop yawning, you!) The English word Jam has obscure origins, it may come from the French "J'aime", and now variants of this word are found in various different languages. I guessed from the start that "Dżem" is not a particularly Slavic word.

If anyone has anything to say about POLISH jam, please do so here. If it's not Polish jam, then keep your thoughts to yourself please!

miranda	Edited by: miranda Mar 19, 08, 15:37 #2
well, most of them are really good. What is the make. Some brands are better than others:)

Filios1Threads: 15 Posts: 1,953 Joined: Nov 13, 07 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 15:41 #3
Dzem z czarnej pozeczki- Blackcurrent Jam, is by far my favorite I would also recommend wielowocowe, that is, a mix of fruits, usually blueberry, strawberry and rasberry. Try putting some of the blackcurrent jam on a piece of buttered toast with your morning coffee... Miranda, thats 4000 for you : )

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07 ♂	Edited by: osiol Mar 19, 08, 15:41 #4
miranda wrote: What is the make If I am reading the label correctly, it is: Najlepiej spożyć przed końcem. Only joking! Or am I? ŁOWICZ. miranda wrote: 4000 Happy 4000 posts to you, Happy 4000 posts to you, Happy 4000, dear Miranda, Happy 4000 posts to you.

miranda

Edited by: miranda Mar 19, 08, 15:56 #5

Filios1 wrote:

Dzem z czarnej pozeczki- Blackcurrent Jam

that is my favourite too - how did you know:D I also like and strongly recommend to you Osiol any kind of Polish made Powidła - plum butter - it is to die for. Cannot recommend the brand at present but the darker it is the better.

Filios1 wrote:

Miranda, thats 4000 for you : )

Oh, boy. I don't know if I should be happy or worried:) Thank you. I would not notice it- thanks for pointing it out to me.

osiol wrote:

Happy 4000 posts to you,Happy 4000 posts to you,Happy 4000, dear Miranda,Happy 4000 posts to you.

he, he, that is sweet Osiol;). Celebrating on the Jam thread:)

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Mar 19, 08, 16:01 #6

miranda wrote:

that is my favourite too - how did you know:D I also like and strongly recommend to you Osiol any kind of Polish made Powidła - plum butter - it is to die for. Cannot recommend

I'm telepathic I guess : )
Actually, my 3rd favorite is the Plum butter as well (the name doesn't do it justice) I believe Łowicz makes it as well, Osiol, I recommend you buy it next time...

miranda wrote:

Oh, boy. I don't know if I should be happy or worried:) Thank you. I would not notice it- thanks for pointing it out to me.

No problem : )
hmm, now that you mention it, I joined exactly one year after you did.. Nov 13th : ) All these strange coincidences, haha

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Mar 19, 08, 16:13 #7

There were two different Polish jams on sale in the shop. The other was blackcurrant. I also like blackcurrant, but there was already a very good English Blackcurrant and Elderberry Port conserve in my cupboard so I chose the cherry instead.

As with all the proper food shops I frequent, I know the people who run this deli quite well, so I will suggest to them that they get some Plum butter in stock. The only problem they have is that they are in a town with very few Polish people. The few there are probably don't think too much about setting foot in a shop that is quite expensive. Perhaps they could follow the example of my local Costcutter - a big handmade sign saying 'Najlepsza Polska Żywność!'

Strangely, on my trips to Poland, I haven't tried or even been offered any jam.

I shall let you all know how I get on with this stuff tomorrow.

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Edited by: szkotja2007 Mar 19, 08, 16:17 #8

I had some Strawberry the other day, not my choice, I like the Hartleys or Robertsons Raspberry, the kind with the seeds ( or is it pips ? ) in.
Whatever it was it didn't taste so good. I'm off to have a google and find out the make. Back in a mo................

Here we go. This stuff except Strawberry.....

Bob Marley likes his doughnuts with....

Filios1Threads: 15 Posts: 1,953 Joined: Nov 13, 07 ♂	Edited by: Filios1 Mar 19, 08, 16:22 #9
szkotja2007 wrote: or is it pips Pectin you mean? szkotja2007 wrote: Here we go. This stuff except Strawberry..... I believe that is precisely the same kind that Osiol has.

szkotja2007Threads: 38 Posts: 2,544 Joined: Dec 29, 06 ♂	Edited by: szkotja2007 Mar 19, 08, 16:25 #10
Filios1 wrote: Pectin you mean? Nie, I mean the small seeds that stick in your teeth ! Homemade blackcurrant is my favourite, still warm from the pan.................. Edit - Congratulations Miranda - heres to the next 4000 !

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07 ♂	Edited by: osiol Mar 19, 08, 16:26 #11
No, not pectin. Ask Gladys Knight for the answer. Better still, just read the post above - Szkotja beat me to it. The strawberry (Fragaria spp.) pips don't get stuck in your teeth like Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) pips do. They are evil.

Lady in red	Edited by: Lady in red Mar 19, 08, 16:26 #12
My favourite has always been Damson Jam but the jam that is sold at the Polish food shop I'm sure is 'Krakus'. (will have to go and check the label now <g>) I also like blueberry jam made of course with Polish blueberries lol......... .......best on Polish bread <yummy> :)

miranda

Edited by: miranda Mar 19, 08, 16:45 #13

Filios1 wrote:

I'm telepathic I guess : )

no, we like the same jam:)

Filios1 wrote:

Actually, my 3rd favorite is the Plum butter as well (the name doesn't do it justice) I believe Łowicz makes it as well, Osiol, I recommend you buy it next time...

what is your second then?

Filios1 wrote:

hmm, now that you mention it, I joined exactly one year after you did.. Nov 13th : ) All these strange coincidences, haha

I know and look at our avatars- worrior like, ha, ha....

osiol wrote:

I shall let you all know how I get on with this stuff tomorrow.

please do, now I need to get some bread and jam myself. The conversation made me hungry:)

szkotja2007 wrote:

Homemade blackcurrant is my favourite, still warm from the pan..................

I belive any homemade beats the bough one.

szkotja2007 wrote:

Congratulations Miranda - heres to the next 4000 !

Thank you Szkocja, still a long way to becoming the PF general;)

Filios1Threads: 15 Posts: 1,953 Joined: Nov 13, 07 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 16:58 #14
miranda wrote: what is your second then? Tough, but I think its a 2 way tie between Wielowocowe, so a mixture of berries usually, or strawberry-rhubarb. miranda wrote: know and look at our avatars- worrior like Yep : )

MaliThreads: - Posts: 333 Joined: Mar 3, 08 ♀	Mar 19, 08, 17:04 #15
This is a very important thread. My grandmother makes the best strawberry dzem (when its in season anyways) but I guess that doesn't help you :( miranda wrote: Polish made Powidła - plum butter - it is to die for especially when it is stuffed inside a delicious pączek :) Congrats Miranda on the 4000 posts :)

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 17:07 #16
Mali wrote: pączek Would I be right in saying this is some kind of doughnut?

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 17:09 #17
U certainly would, tłusty czwartek was not so long ago. U may recall Osioł, it's a national donut eating day here in Poland, there was a thread on it

Filios1Threads: 15 Posts: 1,953 Joined: Nov 13, 07 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 17:09 #18
osiol wrote: Would I be right in saying this is some kind of doughnut? You would be 100% correct.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 17:23 #19
Back to the thread, try Łowicz, it produces some very tasty jams, they don't produce only jams but they excel in this area

Filios1Threads: 15 Posts: 1,953 Joined: Nov 13, 07 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 17:26 #20
osiol wrote: ŁOWICZ. szkotja2007 wrote: Here we go. This stuff except Strawberry..... Filios1 wrote: Łowicz It's been mentioned!

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 17:29 #21
Ah yes, I see it now, thx 4 that

MaliThreads: - Posts: 333 Joined: Mar 3, 08 ♀	Mar 19, 08, 17:34 #22
Seanus wrote: U certainly would, tłusty czwartek was not so long ago. U may recall Osioł, it's a national donut eating day here in Poland, there was a thread on it Awww I missed that thread :( ~loves pączki

Filios1Threads: 15 Posts: 1,953 Joined: Nov 13, 07 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 17:36 #23
Mali wrote: loves pączki I like pączki z dzemem z rozy (rose jam), and with powdered sugar... nothing better : )

miranda

Mar 19, 08, 17:48 #24

Mali wrote:

especially when it is stuffed inside a delicious pączek :)Congrats Miranda on the 4000 posts :)

ha, I am just having some with bread now - I could not resist it anymore and I got a jar at the local deli - mniam, mniam.
Dzieki Mali:)
Osiol - there is another kind of paczki filling - made of rose petals and sugar and it is a raw(not cooked) speciality.
I had some really good jam made of quince and rose petals from Bulgaria. Sorry I am off topic. Is this exclusively thread for Polish jam ?

PS. I like orange jam and I had some made of ginger I belive but the wirdest one I had was made from carrots:). I guess I am a jam Mama.

MaliThreads: - Posts: 333 Joined: Mar 3, 08 ♀	Mar 19, 08, 17:57 #25
Filios1 wrote: I like pączki z dzemem z rozy (rose jam), and with powdered sugar... nothing better : ) I like the glazed ones. sooooooo yummy and sweet. :) miranda wrote: PS. I like orange jam and I had some made of ginger I belive but the wirdest one I had was made from carrots:). I guess I am a jam Mama. Carrots? bleh Orange is yummy though. Pineapple too.

szkotja2007Threads: 38 Posts: 2,544 Joined: Dec 29, 06 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 18:05 #26
I am starting to think about pancakes. ( Don't know how to spell it in Polish when I say it I often get it confused with the word for "Sunday" )

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Mar 19, 08, 18:13 #27
szkotja2007 wrote: pancakes naleśniki :) szkotja2007 wrote: Sunday niedziela hmmm... :P

szkotja2007Threads: 38 Posts: 2,544 Joined: Dec 29, 06 ♂	Mar 19, 08, 18:17 #28
Tak tak, all of mojej Polskiego is learnt from mojej kolegas w pracy so I cannot napische it very dobry. Moge I should get a book and usch mnie some grammer ?

miranda	Mar 19, 08, 18:23 #29
szkotja2007 wrote: Tak tak, all of mojej Polskiego is learnt from mojej kolegas w pracy so I cannot napische it very dobry.Moge I should get a book and usch mnie some grammer ? your Polish is amazing Szkocja:)

szkotja2007Threads: 38 Posts: 2,544 Joined: Dec 29, 06 ♂	Edited by: szkotja2007 Mar 19, 08, 18:27 #30
miranda wrote: your Polish is amazing Szkocja:) No ! To jest co mojej kolegas mowie ale myslem ona ( edit )masz zabawne.

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