Polish recipes

Polish cooking is so large in scope it is beyond the imagination. Are you thinking ham, kielbasa and pierogi when it comes to Polish fare? Stop.  I live in Poland and do not eat a lot of that. I eat something like the new Polish diet. It is based on traditional cuisine and modifications.  Pick [...]

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Polish blood sausage When I young there were always a few traditional Polish foods that I was leery of. Polish blood sausage was not one of them. Why? I did not know it by its English name ‘blood sausage’.  My parents would just serve them up with onions and butter and under the Polish name [...]

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Poland has some of the richest soil in the world because it was once an ancient sea. The soil is black.  This is an excellent for growing nutrient rich herbs, both medicinal and for cooking.  The purpose of this post is to tell you the best place to buy herbs in Poland. Polish herbs for [...]

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Polish pancakes are called Naleśniki These Pancakes from Poland of their quite different and then American pancakes.  In fact then I first saw them I did not know what they were. American flat cakes use baking soda.  Polish pancakes are rather thin and flat without baking soda.  If you know what a French crepe is [...]

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Having lived in Poland for many year, I am an American I have noticed there there is an abundance of wild fruit, even in a big city like Krakow.   Poland has deep forests and fields everywhere. The fruit that I pick here in Poland not typically found in the US. Mini strawberries – These are [...]

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Until I moved to Poland I thought all pickles were made with vinegar.  At least that is the way they are made in the States. However, unless you are using cider vinegar, Ocet (vinegar in Polish) is no good for you as it breaks down white blood cells. Then I discovered that Polish pickles are [...]

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Baltic herring is different from Atlantic herring.  Herring is like the national fish in Poland.  It is a central part of traditional Polish cooking. Why Polish or Baltic herrings is different from Atlantic or other Herring? Because the Baltic sea is less salty.  It is a mix between a large lake and a sea. The [...]

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Put a pint of red currants in the centre of a compote. Around them make a border of a pint of white currants, and around these arrange a border of red raspberries. Set the dish on the table. Take a pint of sweet cream, add to it three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar; stir it up [...]

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Take one pound of  Roses (you can use rose flower or wild rose buds as its more practical and make sure of course you have not use chemicals on these roses while growing them); three pound of  Sugar, one pint of Rose  water or just a little more proportion of roses to sugar if you [...]

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Put into a basin of cold water a head of cauliflower, head downward, add half a teaspoonful of salt, and a wineglass of vinegar. Next, let stand for half or three-fourths of an hour, drain, and put it into a saucepan to boil until tender. The length of time for boiling depends upon the size [...]

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