WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE?

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Jul 20, 10, 11:07 #121

FUZZYWICKETS:

with all that said, how much ice can one make in their freezer? for a party? before you go to the beach?

How would you convince people here to pay for frozen water? I mean, I would, it's convenient for all the reasons that you mentioned...but who else would pay for water that they can freeze at home in tiny batches? How much is a cold drink worth anyway? Too much hassle, bring on the warm stuff!

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Edited by: delphiandomine Jul 20, 10, 12:46 #122
FUZZYWICKETS: yep. that's right Delph. and I got the degree and years of working in a laboratory for a Bio-Pharmaceutical company to prove it. And you don't know about the bacteria and mould that grows in unserviced AC systems? Wow. No wonder you ended up in Poland teaching English.

FUZZYWICKETSThreads: 12 Posts: 1,997 Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♂	Jul 20, 10, 12:56 #123
Delphiandomine wrote: And you don't know about the bacteria and mould that grows in unserviced AC systems? Wow. No wonder you ended up in Poland teaching English. I officially award "Delphiandomine" with the worst comeback in PolishForums.com history. (see my last post directed towards him, #100 on this thread) I know it hurts Mikey. the truth always does. just take it like a man, pappy.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended]	Jul 20, 10, 13:47 #124
FUZZYWICKETS: I officially award "Delphiandomine" with the worst comeback in PolishForums.com history. Still in denial about the fact that you didn't even know about the presence of bacteria in unserviced AC systems, huh? Some biologist! (were you sweeping the floors in the lab, perhaps?)

shewolfThreads: 5 Posts: 1,835 Joined: Dec 23, 06 ♀	Jul 20, 10, 22:03 #125
sledz: Well we have Rednecks and they wont even touch a tooth brush, if that makes you feel any better:) and there's also Mountain Dew teeth...

EurolaThreads: 6 Posts: 2,647 Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀	Jul 21, 10, 06:30 #126
WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE? Maybe they don't have a good recipe for ice? or maybe it was lost? :)

GypsyMagickThreads: 1 Posts: 5 Joined: Aug 16, 10 ♀	Aug 18, 10, 05:40 #127
LOL I know isn't it terrible? I think adding ice to pop just weakens the flavor

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Aug 27, 10, 11:59 #128
Whatever about ice, on my two trips to Poland I was amazed to find that beer tends not to be served cold. Coolish, verging on lukewarm was my experience. Maybe this has come up before, but for me, a bottle or glass of lukewarm beer is just awful. I would have thought that cold beer is pretty much universal but seemingly not ?!

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Aug 27, 10, 16:50 #129

Teffle:

Whatever about ice, on my two trips to Poland I was amazed to find that beer tends not to be served cold. Coolish, verging on lukewarm was my experience. Maybe this has come up before, but for me, a bottle or glass of lukewarm beer is just awful. I would have thought that cold beer is pretty much universal but seemingly not ?!

I would have to say that a too cold beer is awfull. If the beer is to cold it looses its taste (sort of like american budweiser: fuckin`close to water. I wonder if this really is a beer?). For me beer is best some where between +6 to +8 degrees celcius (+42,8 to +46,4 degrees fahrenheit).

PennBoyThreads: 157 Posts: 3,440 Joined: Dec 7, 08 ♂	Aug 27, 10, 17:27 #130
I remember in Poland even in the summertime people drinking hot tea, a nice cold drink is refreshing. Americans over do it with the ice, you gotta drink something hot sometimes, it's better on your stomach.

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Aug 27, 10, 17:34 #131

Kenneth78:

For me beer is best some where between +6 to +8 degrees celcius

No problem with that temperature. I'd prefer more on the 6 side maybe though. The beer I had in Poland though was certainly warmer than that. I'm guessing it was into double digits - I mean at the very least, as far as I'm concerned the bottle should be cool to the touch but it was just kind of ambient.

I'm talking lager only by the way - I realise that other beers are a completely different thing as regards temperature.

Kenneth78Threads: 1 Posts: 182 Joined: Aug 2, 09 ♂	Aug 28, 10, 14:19 #132
I agree with you Teffle when it comes to temperatures on a lager.

polkamaniacThreads: 1 Posts: 514 Joined: Aug 2, 09 ♂	Aug 28, 10, 14:23 #133
there is this misconception in Poland that anything ice cold is no good for you.

FlaglessPoleThreads: 7 Posts: 1,394 Joined: Aug 19, 10 ♂	Aug 28, 10, 14:34 #134
convex: WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE? What, crystal meth unkown in Poland? How's that for a business oportunity? ;)

polkamaniacThreads: 1 Posts: 514 Joined: Aug 2, 09 ♂	Aug 28, 10, 16:34 #135
I'm sure it's readily available in Poland.

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Aug 28, 10, 19:51 #136

The kind of fridges used by most household in Poland are mostly those cheap and nasty one door fridge with small freezer compartment. To make ice cubes you have to fill a tray with water and taking ice cube out is always a mess as you have to wriggle them out, and most of them will end up on the floor. Here in Australia most people use fridge with separate ice maker, and we get ice either crushed or cubes by just pressing a button.

I noticed that AC in your home or car is still considered a luxury accessory in most of Europe. The only thing they have is room heater, mostly those 19th century style old radiator heater. Even many of their 3-4 stars rated hotels have no A/C.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 28, 10, 19:52 #137
Have you been in most households in Poland, AS? I thought you were just here for a short trip :) Ice is used on hot days :)

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Aug 28, 10, 19:54 #138
AussieSheila: I noticed that AC in your home or car is still considered a luxury accessory in most of Europe. most of europe isn't nearly as close to hell as oz land.. ;) there isn't really the need to condition the air.

king polkakamonThreads: 1 Posts: 1,018 Joined: Dec 30, 09 ♂	Aug 28, 10, 20:19 #139
AussieSheila: I noticed that AC in your home or car is still considered a luxury accessory in most of Europe. Yes,we have DC.

polkamaniacThreads: 1 Posts: 514 Joined: Aug 2, 09 ♂	Aug 29, 10, 02:04 #140
It's not the heat that is the problem----It's the humidity--that is what the a/c removes from the air.

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Aug 29, 10, 02:19 #141
AussieSheila: I noticed that AC in your home or car is still considered a luxury accessory in most of Europe. so it's in Australia - in case you failed to notice. The same goes for any serious heating besides some gas crap only in the living room only but not in the bedrooms. And Australian winters are not that warm.

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Aug 29, 10, 03:53 #142

When in the British Isles in 1997, I stopped in a little restaurant for something to quench my thirst. On the menu I saw "lemonade"- 50 pence. So I asked the waitress for one. She brought me a warm can of Sprite. What a bunch of hooey! I then asked her for some ice cubes and she replied "we don't have ice cubes". So I drank the stupid thing warm [yeccchh]. I left the 50 pence on the table and departed. Halfway down the block the waitress is chasing me and bellowing "Hey! You didn't pay for your lemonade! I told her "just look on the table". Then she went back. This was in the town of Peel, Isle of Man.

I should have gone to a pub and got a cold pint of Okells Bitter. It's the best tasting brew I ever had.

I'm not implying that Isle of Man is a bad place to visit because it's very charming and scenic. Peel is very quaint and is reputedly the 'most Manx' town on the island.

polkamaniacThreads: 1 Posts: 514 Joined: Aug 2, 09 ♂	Aug 30, 10, 04:10 #143
I guess the only solution is to get some ice packs and freeze them overnight,then carry them with you during the day whenever you want an ice cold drink.I use them when I go shopping and they last for hours.

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