Polish & US heat & eat foods?

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Oct 7, 10, 22:57 #1

Has anybody compared heat & eat foods in Poland and the US? Of course, all of it is rather fakey (synthetic this, artifical that, flavour enhancers, aromatisers, food coloring, nature-identical inmgredients???), but some are more successful at deceiving the palate than others. For instance, to my mind quite good are bottled US spaghetti sauces of the Prego and Ragu variety, as are Flaki Zamojskie and a few other brands of tripe soup in Poland. Absolute garbage are the 'gorący kubek' or 'cup o' soup' concoctions where you just add boiling water, let it stand a minute and...vomit.
What do you think about the Polish heat & eat soup in 1-litre cartons: czerwony barszcz, grzybowa, żurek, etc.? Campbell's condensed cream of mushroom if barely edible unless half a Winiary mushroom cube is added and then it comes alive.

BolleThreads: 3 Posts: 226 Joined: Apr 29, 10 ♂	Oct 8, 10, 00:05 #2
They're ok but i prefer to cook my own food from scratch. I don't want to sound conceited, but i am actually a really good cook. I've noticed a lot of polish families buy these "heat and eat" meals and say they're good.

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'gorący kubek' There is nothing wrong with those at all. They are actually pretty good when one's on the go. spaghetti sauces of the Prego and Ragu variety Talk about yuk. Spaghetti sauce is much easier/faster to make then a soup.

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Oct 8, 10, 09:28 #4

Polonius3:

Campbell's condensed cream of mushroom if barely edible unless half a Winiary mushroom cube is added and then it comes alive.

This reminds me of a time when I was a teenager living in the U.S. Since we Poles celebrate Chrismas Eve, and most Americans do not, my friends would come around on that day to pick me up. My mom would sit them down before we went out and they were fed the usual traditional dishes - one of them being mushroom soup from mushrooms my parents picked in the forest. My friends did not like it although they did like mushroom soup. The problem was that they never tasted real mushroom soup, but had only eaten that thing called Campbell Mushroom Soup. Barf!

BTW, I haven't been to a supermarket in years; there is absolutely nothing there that I would want to buy. Well, maybe a mop, but I already have one.

aphrodisiacThreads: 22 Posts: 3,998 Joined: Apr 15, 09 ♀	Oct 8, 10, 09:46 #5
1jola: I haven't been to a supermarket in years; so where do you shop?

alexw68

Oct 8, 10, 10:06 #6

I find the barszcz czerwony just about resembles the real thing, not bad at all in fact. Goląbki in jars are uniformly terrible. Pierogi - it depends, sometimes they have the consistency of brake discs, others are surprisingly delicate - especially if fried.

Be very, very thankful that Pot Noodle and its kin haven't made it big in Poland (well, I've not seen it anyway). Straight from Satan's bottom.

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Oct 8, 10, 10:24 #7

aphrodisiac:

so where do you shop?

The food market and neighborhood shops. You know, I go to the butcher, baker, etc. I can pay later if I don't have cash at the moment. You will enjoy this when you get here if you enjoy cooking and eating fresh food. Trust me, my grocers do not need to gas their tomatoes.

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I'll second Alex's opinion of barszcz - Krakus. I add a bit of garlic though and a lady down the street makes delicious paszteciki to go with it.

alexw68	Oct 8, 10, 10:26 #8
1jola: Krakus. I add a bit of garlic though and a lady down the street makes delicious paszteciki to go with it. I'll try that. Thanks for sharing the tip.

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Oct 8, 10, 14:25 #9
I agree, the bottled gołąbki (Pudliszki or whatever) are awful. So are the pulpety (taste like they forgot to add ther meat). What about the fasolka po bretońsku? I wonder what Heinz-baked-bean-loving Brits think about it? Never eat them when planning to take your gf up for a several-hour spin in a 2-seater plane!

polkamaniacThreads: 1 Posts: 514 Joined: Aug 2, 09 ♂	Oct 12, 10, 00:36 #10
The US and Canada has made fast food a work of art.Anything edible your heart desires is made into fast food.With both husband and wife working these days,it's nice to be able to pick whatever you like,ready made at the grocery store.What a time saver when both of you are on the go from morning till night.

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