The most typical ingredient used in Polish cuisine

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Jan 28, 11, 10:24 #1

The most typical ingredients used in Polish cuisine are sauerkraut, beetroot, cucumbers (gherkins), sour cream, kohlrabi, mushrooms, sausages and smoked sausage. A meal owes it taste to the herbs and spices used; such as marjoram, dill, caraway seeds, parsley, or pepper. The most popular desserts are cakes and pastries. A shot of vodka is an appropriate addition to festive meals and help you to digest the food.

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,389 Joined: Aug 15, 07 ♀	Jan 28, 11, 10:41 #2
Romi Shahi: sauerkraut, beetroot, cucumbers (gherkins), sour cream, kohlrabi, mushrooms, sausages and smoked sausage. Do you really believe that or are you winding us up?

Lodz_The_BoatThreads: 58 Posts: 2,314 Joined: Sep 7, 08 ♂	Jan 28, 11, 10:45 #3
Magdalena: Do you really believe that or are you winding us up? Go to his profile. He is a Nepalese trying to show some respect and admiration. Maybe he got the same in Poland as he came? :) ... maybe love too :D ... Romi Shahi: Romi Shahi Whatever you say correct or not well researched ... in whichever way! ... I THANK YOU!... welcome to Poland.

KsysiaThreads: 39 Posts: 545 Joined: May 6, 09 ♀	Jan 28, 11, 12:44 #4
Welcome to Poland, good to have you!

alexw68	Jan 28, 11, 12:46 #5
Ksysia: Welcome to Poland, good to have you! Seconded. Namaste, Romi-dhai!

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,389 Joined: Aug 15, 07 ♀	Jan 28, 11, 16:02 #6
Lodz_The_Boat: Go to his profile. He is a Nepalese trying to show some respect and admiration. I have nothing against Romi. I just have an allergic reaction to stereotypes, whether positive or negative. And the Polish food = gherkins, sausages and mushrooms stereotype just totally gets my goat ;-)

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Jan 28, 11, 16:35 #7
Magdalena: And the Polish food = gherkins, sausages and mushrooms stereotype C'mon - it's not exactly wildly off the mark though is it? I'm pretty sure every single Polish meal I have had featured the above : )

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Jan 28, 11, 16:47 #8

Teffle:

I'm pretty sure every single Polish meal I have had featured the above

WOW.
And to think I've lived in Poland most of my life... I would say everyday Polish cuisine is very "cosmopolitan" in the sense of "not typically Polish" - stuff like roast chicken, potatoes and salad, or meatballs and spaghetti, or fried fish and potatoes and salad, or pizza (I mean home-made), or the famous kotlety schabowe... Usually it's some form of fried or roast meat, potatoes, and salad. And soup. I don't know many women who toil in their kitchens every day to produce pierogi, bigos, gołąbki or other types of old-timesy, basically peasant food.
It's only when we have guests from abroad, or live abroad ourselves, that we start overloading on the "traditional" ingredients such as mushrooms or gherkins. And during Christmas and Easter, of course ;-)

convexThreads: 46 Posts: 7,185 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Jan 28, 11, 16:51 #9
Comeon, it's taters, meat, and pickles...

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,389 Joined: Aug 15, 07 ♀	Jan 28, 11, 16:53 #10
convex: Comeon, it's taters, meat, and pickles... Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't... I use pickles when imagination fails me as to what kind of salad to make.

convexThreads: 46 Posts: 7,185 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Jan 28, 11, 16:59 #11
see, have to tease the pickles out...but they're always there :) The granddaddy of all Polish meals: 1 slice of bread 1 knife load of butter 1 piece of ham combined in whatever way the hungry person would like to attack it.

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,389 Joined: Aug 15, 07 ♀	Jan 28, 11, 17:08 #12
convex: but they're always there :) No they aren't! ;-p Stop spreading false rumours this instant! ;-)

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57 Posts: 5,474 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Edited by: Wroclaw Boy Jan 28, 11, 17:44 #13
convex: 1 slice of bread 1 knife load of LURPAK butter 1 piece of ham and what a cracking meal that is. Funnily enough ive just eaten Szchabowy, mash potato, gherkins and Buracki with sos pieceniowy.

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Jan 28, 11, 20:44 #14

Nothing wrong with Polish food, Great selection of soups, salads etc although I tend to add my own ingredients into some of the more traditional meals, Golobki, Pierogi, to liven them up a little, as these can be a little bland for me however i'm into spicy garlicy food.
Kielbasa and Kaszanka are great for barbecuing, along with the great variety of Polish beers and hot summers, your on a winner every time.

enkiduThreads: 18 Posts: 983 Joined: Sep 23, 08 ♂	Jan 29, 11, 02:03 #15
Cabbage. With cabbage sauce. With this rotten-cabbage (Sauerkraut) salad as a side dish. And of course a nice cup of the cabbage tea. That's the "most typical ingredients".

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Jan 29, 11, 03:06 #16

Romi Shahi:

The most typical ingredients used in Polish cuisine are sauerkraut, beetroot, cucumbers (gherkins), sour cream, kohlrabi, mushrooms, sausages and smoked sausage. A meal owes it taste to the herbs and spices used; such as marjoram, dill, caraway seeds, parsley, or pepper.

Yeah, take the cabbage away from bigos and nobody will notice a bit of difference.
Red borscht also contains one redundant ingredient - red beets :)

jonniThreads: 26 Posts: 4,181 Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂	Jan 29, 11, 05:08 #17
Romi Shahi: A shot of vodka is an appropriate addition to festive meals and help you to digest the food. Years ago. Not so much nowadays.

chichimeraThreads: 3 Posts: 356 Joined: Feb 4, 11 ♀	Feb 4, 11, 06:08 #18
jonni: Not so much nowadays. sure. modern poles prefer jack daniels :)

ChrisPolandThreads: 3 Posts: 143 Joined: Oct 15, 09 ♀	Feb 4, 11, 12:44 #19
According to my mother-in-law it would be salt, vegeta and lard ;)

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