The strangest things in Poland

3. You thought eating sour cream sandwiches with sugar sprinkled on top of it was absolutely normal. (I ate it when I was a kid and thought it was normal....)

I ate them as a child. But it was proper cream made of (my grandmum's) fesh milk cow milk.

Yes, I ate the sour cream sandwiches too. They were actually pretty good then.
How about another "special": a lard with onion and bacon spread. Also, mmm, mmm good. Sometimes, just a plain lard with sugar sprinkled on it... The latter reminds me of Oreo cookies and people in US still love them.

In Krakow in my area we had quite local dish called "babiorki" it was lard with onion and little chunks of cooked chicken liver and yes ...bacon spread....I think ( skwarki?)

very nice.

hi iwona, nice to get your reply. what i mean that POLISH LIKE TO HAVE NICE CAR AND A NICE HOUSE. iv been in situation, iwas in party and because my husband little bit drunk so we prefer to back home with other people from the party, and bfore they saw my car they said, MY CAR IS NOT SO NICE. but after they saw my car,they made comment which for me was very stupid, they said HMMM...MY CAR NOT NICE BUT BMW, HAVE YOU NOTICE THAT??? my impresion about the girl(they were couple) that she was very nice and smart, we talked many things, and she was very smart. but from the point she said, i mention above, that they way her thinking was not as ok as i thought before, so it means that she wasn't smart. i use VW only while im in poland, not so old but also not soo new, because i don't need new car i just stay in poland for sometimes to check business here.

and what i said about many POlish people not responsible. simple think, many times im in situation, that they made appoinment by them self, but they not appear at the time, and no call, no notification whats so ever. NOTHING. AND NEVER COME BACK. they promise to make payment, they promised that by them self, but also no notification, no calling, NOTHING. whats the point to call, hi ,,im sory, hi, can i postp my payment.... Something like that, but most of them not doing that. i run my furnitures business here with my husband, and we had many costumer, but some of them are like as i mention before, not responsible. and many others and even more stupid things, which are for us just simple think.

HE ALSO FEEL STRANGE.... its about my husband.... he is polish, but also australian.since 28 he moved to australia, which is very different ,very,very different than in POland. in australia everythings organize, like i mention before about appoinment(for the very simple thing)..it will never happend in australia. because we also had shop there.

iwona, hope you not accept wrong my sentence, i just tell what i feel here what the strangest thing in Poland for me, and i also not say all of them. but most of them like that. if i not felt that by my self, i also will never belive that if somebody tell me that, it happend/available in poland.

Yeah that's another one - milk straight from the cow... I was never brave enough to drink when I was kid (and I'm glad). It was disgusting to me when my friends were talking about drinking it at their grandma house...mmm, warm with froth on top....straight from the animal...
And I always make people laugh at work when I say we used to eat lard sandwiches and if the times were good, we put fried bacon on top of it (skwarki)...just in case if someone considered plain lard to be little bit on the health consious side....
But sour cream sandwiches... not bad....in fact I might make one now for myself to see how it tastes...

Blimey, still don't know what you mean, but very well then. Have it your way.

Mitffoch, some of your points sound XIX century.

ryheen, do you personally know a character called uk_? Just wondering.

uk_character? well, for them 2+2 =4, but for Poles, not always like that. THAT THE DIFFERENCE, if that what you mean.

Polish And British Criminals are also Different. In UK first they as you do give them your money, then beat you, in Poland first they beat you unconscious and then they ask for money.

:D

Matyjasz: why XIX century? Lard is still sold in stores (didn't check whether it was with fried bacon) and some still like like the milk straight from the cow. So I don't get what your statement refers to.
The topic is the strangest things in Poland, and those two are certainly strange, even for me.

Besides all of the food and everything else....Pyramids are pretty strange in Poland. Not all poles know they're even there

where in Poland?

Świętokrzyskie province I'll get some pics.

There are some pictures in this thread:
http://www.polishforums.com/hometown_vacation_pictures_poland-5_1066_0 .html

and we have desert- Pustynia Bledowska....

thanks, I will check it tomorrow since the server is so slow today

Maybe they just don't like you.

thats not about like personal or not... but this about responsibilty.... but i know this behaviour is normal for most of Poles.... but for me not...

the way little kids can get cigarettes for "their parents" at the store even tho they are like 5!

and ketchup on a pizza isnt that bad :) it may sound weird but than again i really like ketchup.


how they cram food in your face even if your full .... has anyone ever been to a polish wedding? seriously its like 7 courses of meals throughout the night.... very fun thing to experience while in poland

How about czarnina?

washing machine in the bathroom.

& no dryer :)

Not strange at all..................it's only the Brits that put it in the kitchen.

Q: What has washing clothes got to do with food?
A: Food fights.

I laughed so hard I almost cried when I read this, my mum did this to no end. (Zjedz wiecej warzyw, brokula pomoze ci z oczami, itd.)

I've rented apartments with both of these arrangements in Poland. The one in the kitchen is way more out of place than one in the bathroom.



Hang drying saves electricity.

... in the bathroom?

For a moment, I read that as 'Hang gliding saves electricity' - I suppose it could do.

Haha well that wouldn't be false would it. Now how to get the glider in the bathroom is the problem.

.........just back from Warsaw. While I was there waiting for a tram I read the 'transport regulations' posted in English on a bus stop.

Apparently you get free travel on public transport if:

a) you have an uprising medal, and get this..........
b) if you were born on public transport!

Brilliant!
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Tourists...actually toursists anywhere are always strange. They always seem to wear a visor, sun glasses, short shorts, high socks, sandals, and a hawaiian shirt. They always have that smile on their face like they are enjoying where they are, but you can tell they just want to get back to the hotel and sit down because their feet hurt.