Polish Food
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Polish Food
Polish cuisine
(Polish: kuchnia polska) is a mixture of Slavic, Austrian, Italian,
Turkish and Germanic culinary traditions. It is rich in meat,
especially chicken and pork, and winter vegetables (cabbage in the dish
bigos), and spices, as well as different kinds of noodles the
most notable of which are the pierogi. It is related to other Slavic
cuisines in usage of kasza and other cereals. Generally speaking,
Polish cuisine is hearty and consists of a lot of cream and eggs. The
traditional cuisine generally is demanding and Poles allow themselves a
generous amount of time to prepare and enjoy their festive meals, with
some meals (like Christmas eve or Easter Breakfast) taking a number of
days to prepare in their entirety.
The recommended site to discuss Polish food is: www.MyPolonia.com
Go to their Groups section and look for "Polish Recipes"
Polish Pastries
- kutia - a small square pasta with wheat, poppy seeds, nuts, raisins and honey. Typically served during Christmas.
- makowiec - poppyseed-swirl cake, sometimes with raisins and/or nuts.
- chałka - sweet white wheat bread of Jewish origin.
- pączek - closed donut filled with rose marmalade or other fruit conserves.
- krówki - Polish fudge, soft milk toffee candies.
- kisiel - clear, jelly-like fruit liquid.
- budyń - pudding--usually comes in many different flavors, such as sweet cream, chocolate, and even cherry.
- pierniki - soft gingerbread shapes iced or filled with marmalade of different fruit flavours and covered with chocolate.
- Sernik - Sernik (cheesecake) is one of the most popular desserts in Poland. It is a cake made primarily of twaróg, a type of fresh cheese.
- faworki / chrusty - light fried pastry covered with powdered sugar
The recommended site to discuss Polish food is: www.MyPolonia.com
Go to their Groups section and look for "Polish Recipes"