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 cooking and healing
I am an American living in Krakow, Poland and the place I go is the Benedictine shops for herbs. There are many good companies but for value I think these monks make the best raw herbs for cooking. You can transform a normal meal into something divine. The are organically grown and almost have a spiritual quality to them because they the proceeds go to help the monks do their work.
Some people argue that for a bag of basil, for example, is expensive in their shop. It cost about 8 pln but the bag is much bigger than the normal Polish herbs and look and smell better.
Compare these herbs. The first one below might only cost you 2 pln but you get much less then the benedictine herbs. They are herbs of province.
Polish cooking herbs from a normal shop
Now lets look at some Polish spices and herbs from the monks in Krakow. These are are to spice up your salad life.
Polish herbs for cooking from the monks
Here is an example of their basil, I think my favorite cooking herb after garlic of course.
Polish herbs - Basil
If you have medical issues, have you ever considered herbs? I think they are pretty effective. But it takes about 1 month to start to see the effect for every month you have a condition. So if you have had hypertension for 3 years it will take 6 months of herbs before you start to see results.
My favorite herb for relaxing is chamomile. They also have herbal coffee with no caffeine and oils for aromatherapy and a lot more.
Next time you are in Poland or if you are an expat and live here like me try the Monk’s herbs from Poland. Here is their website www.benedicite.pl/ or you can find their shops around Kraków like on Krakowska street in Kazimierz.
4 responses to Polish herbs
Hello. I do hope you can help me. I am looking for a Polish herb. It is called vagata.(?) I don’t know exactly how to spell the word correctly. I was told it is delicious when used in cooking.
I live in Florida in the US and don’t know where to find it or buy it.
Any help you give me would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Sally A. Joseph
I think you mean Vegetta, which is a flavor enhancer and contains MSG, so you do not want to use too much of it, as MSG was given a bad name a while back, as contributing to causing cancer. I actually found a large container of it in a European market. I also have a blog, and if you click on this link below, you will find some of the European stores I am familiar with,who carry lots of these special European food items, and I bet you can order it from at least one of them:
suburbangrandma.com/culture/kobasakovbasakielbasakobasykobasi-where-to-find-it/
I agree with the MSG thing but now in Poland you can find all kind of natural things without MSG, the economy is changing and people are more aware. So like in the US there are many people aware of this.
Thanks for your comments by the way.
I enjoy reading your posts.
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