Polish food is making me fat

... Well, I'm making myself fat because I can't help but sample all the Polish delicacies that have graced my residence recently. My mother-in-law is visiting for a few months, and I enjoy the fact that I get home cooked meals every time I come home from work. :)

So far, I've had the following: bigos, meat stuffed with cheese (I forgot the name), cold pasta with yummy strawberry sauce (not sure if this is traditional), lots of Polish CHOCOLATES (e.g. marshmallow covered with chocolate), a variety of potato dishes, and many more. I'm still waiting for flaczki and some more kashanka (spelling? blood sausage). Yum!

Lately, I've also been experimenting with some Polish vodka and fruit drinks. Since strawberry season is here, I've made some nice strawberry smoothie with a "dash" of Zubrowka and apple juice. It taste pretty good.

lol now i want my mom to come and stay with me!! :D

Haha. I love home cooked meals every day. Moms are awesome...

:]

yeah i really miss that, and no matter how hard i try to cook my efforts are not even close to my moms sensational cooking skills!

Well, my wife does pretty well cooking. The problem is that we are both busy, so we normally just end up eating frozen food or a Subway sandwich. It's really nice to have her mom over and cook for us. Heck, she also cleans the house some more even though we told her to just relax and watch some TV Polonia.

Tonight she made some really nice soup with parsley, carrots, potatoes, and some meatballs. She also poured a little cream into the soup, so that made it taste pretty good.

mmm mmm. soon youre gonna be fat like Totoro lol

What will you do when she goes back?
Besides going to the gym to lose those extra pounds...:)

I gained a few pounds after I found Pierogi factory

It was well worth it...:)

You can't beat British food... Fish and Chips :P

Experimentation gives rise to innovation. Good luck, sir.

I don't think it's just what you eat, but how you eat it and what you do to burn it all off afterwards. I eat quite a few large breakfasts with very high meat content, but I do manual work so it soon disappears.


You didn't mention pies (hot or cold), sausage and mash, bacon sandwiches, black or white puddings, kippers, roasts (especially pork, lamb, beef, pheasant, with roast tatties and Yorkshire puddings), bread and cheese, bubble and squeak, cauliflower cheese, scones, kedgeree, and so on and so on. British food should be more interesting than it is. A lot has been lost over the years, but a lot also just gets ignored. I'm sure there are some very nice Polish dishes that had British equivalents that died out. We should eat more Polish food over here. So what about worries about getting fat - junk food seems to be far worse. We have more of it here and people are getting fatter all the time.


But not everyone has one, so you reach the stage where you just have to learn to do it for yourself.

I can't eat fish, black pudding, bubble and squeak and all these British and Polish delicacies :( I'm only allowed to eat vegetables. Eating disorder.

if you are a vegetarian you can eat bubble and squeak

co to jest? Baked mouse with cheese?

I'm a vegan.

Some cooked potatoes.
Some cooked runner beans or cabbage.
Slices of back bacon. [or Gammon, Ham, or Corned Beef.]
Grated, or finely chopped onion.
Lump of butter.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Mixed herbs, to taste.
Fried egg.

you can easily make a vegan version and its not typical to put bacon or egg in it. Any left over veg like carrots, sprouts and typically cabbage and potatoes fried in vegan oil

Then I have that more or less every night lol

I hardly eat pierogis, good as they are, so that helps. I occasionally treat myself 2 a quality łazanki but that contains empty calories. The Poles love their meat so that piles on the pounds. I tend to keep it to a minimum.

The worst are the jars of dumplings. They are LOADED with calories and fat. I once came home rather worse for wear and scoffed a whole jar, not a good idea

LOL our mate Filios1

Negative Evolution.

Krokiety are not Polish in origin but many Poles eat them. Talk about a heart attack on a plate. Klopski are the real danger, chunky balls of less than premium meat, edible and more but brutal on the gut

Are you kidding me?? I love strawberry pasta :D I make 'em all the time ;) in fact I will be making them now! :)) I got some fresh strawberries...I can't wait to eat them soon ^_^ mniam, mniam!

This thread is making me so hungry. We have an aisle of Polish food at my local supermarket. (Pasta with strawberry sauce hey haven't heard of that one before?!)The only problem is this requires someone to cook it and being a microwave queen to me that's like finding a cure for cancer...

I had them with whipped cream, ooh, that hit the spot.

It's hardly a sauce, so I doubt you can buy it in jars.
It's simply mashed, fresh strawberries (with some sugar) and added to the pasta, at least that's how they make it where I live.

All you need is sour cream, fresh mashed strawberries, sugar...mixed it well (if you have an electrical mixture...would be helpful :))

You can have it will noodles or some time I have rice instead

i mix mashed strawberries with sour cream and sugar (just chuck it all in a blender) and pour it over pasta or rice.

It sounds like a pregnancy craving food

lol I agree seanus but I would quite like to give it a try thanks for the tips guys I'll try it when I need venture into the dangerous territory of cooking stuff on the hob (I have actually burnt pasta in the pasta lol just as well I've learnt to like the taste of burnt food, mmmmm carcinogenic) I shall let you know how it turns out. the only thing I want to know though, is it a desert or a main meal? It sounds kinda sweet?

XD

Hey I look great for it so I have no problems with it. If you want a decent figure then eat exactly what I eat mate and you'll be there..! If I was told I can eat anything I like now I'd stick with my diet. I'd stick with my vegetables and stick with being a vegan. I'm very health conscious and I care about my appearance.

it is a dessert and yes it does sound weird, but its absolutely delicious. funny thing is that my man refuses to even taste a bit of it because in his opinion pasta can not be served as a dessert with anything sweet in it. why not i say?? what about all them summery fruit soups or even milk soup? fancy that??