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BabinichThreads: 1 Posts: 1,054 Joined: May 26, 08 ♂	Jul 24, 09, 03:58 #61
pgtx: i've had M&Ms for dinner today... You've been truly Americanized!

pgtxThreads: 49 Posts: 6,327 Joined: Feb 14, 09 MEMBER ♀	Jul 24, 09, 04:00 #62
ShawnH: An American Delicacy? yes... with mashed potatoes... ;) Babinich: You've been truly Americanized! i had to choose between carrots plus ranch dressing... :)

ShawnHThreads: 9 Posts: 3,056 Joined: Jul 2, 09 ♂	Jul 24, 09, 04:04 #63
pgtx: with mashed potatoes... ;) A fine Polish Twist!

pgtxThreads: 49 Posts: 6,327 Joined: Feb 14, 09 MEMBER ♀	Jul 24, 09, 04:09 #64
ShawnH: A fine Polish Twist! Americans like potatoes with bread... which i found strange at first...

ShawnHThreads: 9 Posts: 3,056 Joined: Jul 2, 09 ♂	Jul 24, 09, 04:11 #65
Yeah, lots of starch there....

onaThreads: 3 Posts: 16 Joined: Aug 5, 09 ♂	Aug 5, 09, 20:35 #66
JumpinJuniper I'm happy I'm not alone! My brother and I are like this. If I miss a meal, I get cranky :(

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Apr 21, 10, 04:45 #67

It's terrible to hear all of this hatred of fat people. I am Polish and I have to admit to being quite overweight. The problem is, I am walking all the time in the subway and over land. I do eat a lot of sausages and potatoes though. I remember an account I read of a German travellor to the Vistula delta area in the mid 1700s who mentioned that they Poles there were the absolute fattest people he ever saw. What changed?

EurolaThreads: 6 Posts: 2,647 Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀	Apr 21, 10, 04:55 #68
Ratislaw: I do eat a lot of sausages and potatoes just add some steamed cabbage to the meal and you'll be fine :)

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Apr 21, 10, 05:38 #69
^^^ vodka.. don't forget it. :)

RatislawThreads: - Posts: 2 Joined: Apr 21, 10 ♂	Apr 21, 10, 06:42 #70
Also have a weakness for pickles and beer. Maybe it is the second breakfast and the third lunch which is my problem.

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Edited by: FUZZYWICKETS Apr 21, 10, 08:24 #71

Babinich wrote:

pgtx:i've had M&Ms for dinner today...

You've been truly Americanized!

interesting comment.

i remember the first few weeks I spent in Poland at my school. i was simply baffled by what the other teachers were eating during the day between classes. breakfast was almost always some sort of donut/pastry looking thing, and lunch time it wasn't uncommon to see more than one teacher munching on a prince polo or a snickers bar. I simply never saw this in America and it was so bizarre to see people eating candy bars as if they were real wholesome food.

as a teenager and young college student in America, I worked in a deli for several years and saw what people ate all day long. when it comes to sweets and chocolate especially, polish people simply eat more of it and more often....regardless of the time of day.

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07 ♂	Apr 21, 10, 08:38 #72
yes, but that is all they eat.. ;) :D

Woj	Aug 7, 10, 19:17 #73
I don't agree. Poles eat very healthy food and compared to Britain or America they're slimmer and healthier. What's more not only do they eat healthy food but also they do not eat too much.

Lyzko	Aug 7, 10, 19:24 #74
Hmmm, don'y know about that. Are bigos, smoked kiełbasy and pirogi necessarily "healthy"?? Perhaps if the cabbage's organic, that's better than nothing. While I love Polish cooking, I find it pretty stick-to-the-ribs cuisine, similar to German, so I'd guess that compared with Indian, Turkish or Japanese, Polish cooking might appear to be the porverbial heart attack on a plate-:))LOL

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Aug 7, 10, 22:11 #75

Woj, I agree with Lyzko here. I'll give you some examples of why. Today, I had what I typically have at the dinner table. Szałot (Silesian potato salad) started things off and there is plenty mayo mixed in for taste. Then there was the cold cuts platter. Bread (calorific) with butter and meat on the top. After that, the sausages were brought out and they were dripping with fat. Not to mention the cakes that are full of sugar. Hardly healthy.

I tend to eat a 'Russian' meal in tomato slices (peeled skins) with chopped up onions. It is easy to digest and low in fat. Too many Polish meals are calorific. I'm 102kgs and I can tell you that the majority of guests present were bigger in the sense of being disproportionate. I see many Poles getting bigger and bigger.

lobstergThreads: - Posts: 13 Joined: Jul 28, 10 ♂	Aug 7, 10, 22:17 #76
Unhealthy = delicious, at least in Silesian cooking. All these roladas, kluski, buchty and the thick sauces mniam mniam...

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 7, 10, 22:19 #77
True enough :) Beef rolls with 'modro' cabbage and dumplings :) Those yeasty rolls (buchty) are great with fruits of the forest yoghurt. Silesian sour rye soup (żurek) is the best, IMHO. Much better than the way those from Warsaw do it. It is more sour here and with egg :)

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09 ♂	Aug 7, 10, 23:28 #78
I think Hobbits are pretty good with garlic. Polish people do eat them but swan is the main dish.

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Aug 7, 10, 23:53 #79

Seanus:

I see many Poles getting bigger and bigger.

Sadly, it might be so. I just hope they will not get as fat and disproportional as here. My family members still keep in shape, a couple of them only slightly plump but far from obese. As long as people keep active the food should not be a problem. Poles still tend to do a lot of home cooking and it beats the ready made so called fat free stuff. I think the fat free food is such a scam, it makes people eat more. It is the little bit of fat in diet that keeps your palate satisfied longer.

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09 ♂	Aug 8, 10, 00:17 #80
All my family members are fat except for me ; o I don't wanna get fat !!!! : (

BarneyThreads: 16 Posts: 1,630 Joined: May 26, 08 ♂	Aug 8, 10, 01:05 #81
Seriously, I would be interested.......What time do polish people eat. It's too early isnt it? I like to eat late about 9 or 10 pm, my polish friends get home then eat immediately, it seems, most northern Europeans do that. I like to have a bite when I get in then do stuff, eating dinner later without interruptions during cooking and actual dinner.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 8, 10, 11:37 #82
Too early? I wouldn't say so. Some start work at 7, some at 8 so they work round that accordingly. They tend to have more in-between food. They tend to eat lunch at around 3pm or when they return from work.

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Aug 31, 10, 14:16 #83

Barney:

I like to eat late about 9 or 10 pm

It's often said that it's not good to eat your main meal later, because it gives your body less time to work it off. Sadly I do the same, just because I don't have time to prepare a proper meal when I am out of the house for 12-13 hours at a time. But really, eating in the middle of the afternoon is, according to an article I read, a healthier option.

Also, we have had lots of comment about how unhealthy Polish food is. But people forget, that it's not just the type of food that makes people fat and unhealthy. It's the amount that is ingested, when you eat, how much you excercise on a daily basis (and I am not just talking about the gym, but walking, stairs, etc) and a whole host of other factors.

Coming from Scotland, I see plenty more overweight people in the street there, because of a diet of chips (french fries for the benifit of our friends across the pond) and little/no excercise and a huge intake of sugar. Over here, it seems that yes, people eat a meal with fried meat, bread, potatoes and salads, but that is much more balanced than chips all the time. I still cringe inside when I walk past a new mother with her baby in the pram eating a bag of crisps or chips in Scotland.

More or less what I'm getting at is, saying Polish food is fatty is true (in some parts) but saying it's unhealthy, without thinking about other lifestyle factors, is not.

TeffleThreads: 28 Posts: 2,105 Joined: Aug 26, 10 ♂	Aug 31, 10, 14:51 #84
I quite like Polish food but I think many Poles are in denial as to the relative health of their diet. Pickled/preserved food features highly as does heavily salted stuff - both of which are not healthy.

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Aug 31, 10, 14:52 #85

pgtx:

Americans like potatoes with bread... which i found strange at first...

NEVER heard of it. Potatoes and bread? How do you mean ? Actually putting the potatoes onto the bread? If so, I have never heard of it ANYWHERE in the USA.

Granted, MANY people in the USA are overweight. Mostly through their own diets and lack of movement. I ride a stationary bicycle every day in order to get the metabolism going :) and am not overweight at all.

I have been watching a lot of Polish television due to my move to Poland within a year. I see MANY overweight Poles on the news! Let's hope it doesn't become a trend.

All in all though, most Poles are in respectable shape in comparison to other nationalities.

I hope I don't put on weight considering all the GREAT Polish food I am looking forward to. I do eat a LOT of Polish dishes now but, I think they will taste better in Poland :)

Czesc

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