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Post by gardenmoma on Jan 14, 2006 10:44:51 GMT -7
A guest in the "Food and Drink" had two questions: 1 - about duck soup; I could half answer it and had the right Polish spelling for duck soup. I couldn't say whether or not it is still made in Poland...maybe someone of you can help out there. 2 - about the "goose down comforter"...I have one that was made for me by my paternal grandmother (?) when I was born. I could always say the word (Pee zee na!) but never knew how to spell the word and could not track down the spelling last night...any help here? Thanks GM
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franek80
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Post by franek80 on Jan 14, 2006 11:48:52 GMT -7
Gardenmomma,
The way that I remember a Goose down blanket was A PIEZYNA.. My brother and I who slept together took turns to be the first one into bed to warm it up
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Post by rdywenur on Jan 14, 2006 11:57:51 GMT -7
pierzyna=featherbed
Now to settle how it is used. Here in the USA they have become quite popular lately but they are presented to be layed on. I asked my friend from Germany what is the proper way to use this and she said she has never heard of it as to lay on rather under to cover and keep you warm like a blanket. This too is the only way I have ever used it when in Germany and my mom has one from Poland when she came here to the US and she has always slept under it. So whatt is the virdict. Any takers from across the pond for the proper way to use a featherbed.
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Post by gardenmoma on Jan 14, 2006 11:59:46 GMT -7
Frank, Many, many thanks I will add that word to my dictionery. I bought a children's picture dictionery figuring that might help me...and most of the time it does
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Post by gardenmoma on Jan 14, 2006 12:04:24 GMT -7
RDY...
Mine is small - a little smaller than what passes for a "twin bed" in the U.S.
The cover is dirty...so I must have "loved" it. I have never washed it or anything...dry cleaners are afraid it will fall apart.
Now that duvets are so popular I think I will look for a small cover for the piezyna
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Post by rdywenur on Jan 14, 2006 18:11:06 GMT -7
Garden... maybe you can have someone in Poland send you some material to redo it. You need to buy a very very high thread count so the feathers don't work their way out. I had my mom bring some back with her so I could redo my pillows. They won't do it here as it is a health law to use old feathers and just recover.
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Post by alfred on Jan 14, 2006 19:48:52 GMT -7
Our piezinas were designed very different from quilted comforters or douvets. They were like gigantic pillows. You would adjust their heat transfer properties based on ambient temperature. If it was warm, you shoke the feathers down to the foot of the bed leaving a thin piezina over your upper body. If it was cold, you smoothed out the feathers to provide an even thickness over your whole body. As a side note, in the winter, we've gone to sleeping under a douvet instead of under a sheet and blanket. It brings back fond memories of my childhood sleeping under a piezina and it is a lot cozier than sheets and blankets..
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Post by suzanne on Jan 14, 2006 21:33:23 GMT -7
The feather (down) comforter (German: Duvet) is meant to be slept under as you described. I discovered the wonders of a duvet in Germany and had never really heard of it before (this is 15+ years ago) but I have had one ever since. They are much warmer than any sheet/blanket combination and they're great for lazy types: no cumbersome making of the bed the next morning - like you said, just fluff the duvet each morning, and the bed is made!
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Post by kaima on Jan 15, 2006 3:45:59 GMT -7
The feather (down) comforter (German: Duvet) is meant to be slept under as you described. Charles Charles, I have slept quite comfortably under petinas in The Czech and Slovak Republics, but in Germany it seems duvets for guests are cut for Black Forest Dwarves! I am force to chose between keeping my feet exposed at night or my chest! Verdamnte Scwarzwald Zwerge! So I will go for the petina any time! Kai
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Post by piwo on Jan 15, 2006 7:42:17 GMT -7
While in Warszawa at friends, a Pesjonat in Krakowa, and in Mikołajówek we were given down blanket that did remind me of very large pillows. The down blanket was held in a large "pillow case" type linen that had buttons up the side holding it in. Since it was so blasted hot while we were there , I removed the down blanket, and just slept with the case! We all agreed that we liked the system a great deal and wished we had them.
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Post by leslie on Jan 15, 2006 9:08:42 GMT -7
After all the comments on sleeping habits just under a duvet, I am beginning to think there is something wrong with me (Charles/Nancy/Chris - don't you dare!). It is quite cold here - our worst night has gone down to -5C, generally no lower than -2 or 3C. I sleep under a sheet, a small fleece blanket (single bed size), a blanket (can't remember what is called - is a lot of holes), and a duvet. It must be my age! Or perhaps that candle isn't enough for heating the house?! Leslie
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Post by gardenmoma on Jan 15, 2006 10:39:53 GMT -7
I hope that the poster in the Food and Drink section comes over and sees what you all have had to say RDY... Thanks so much for the information about getting new cotton / linen covering material from Poland and then redoing the whole thing myself. I did not know that it was now illegal in the US to remake old pillows, etc. About three decades ago, one of my husband's relatives died and we inherited, among other stuff, many down pillows. A local dry cleaner took them, cleaned the feathers (I think ), and combined several of the thiner (with fewer feathers) ones into larger and plumper ones. We are still using them.
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Post by gardenmoma on Jan 15, 2006 10:44:34 GMT -7
From Charles...There used to be a Canadian company that manufactured those things, but, I am not sure they are still in business. But, I am confident most any out let in bed furnishing would carry them in stock.
The best down comes from a mature bird raised in a cold climate for better down clusters...
Yes...you are correct. When I was trying to find out how to spell piezyna, I saw some companies (Canadian also) which sold Siberian goose-down-filled comforters saying the Siberian down was the best.
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Post by gardenmoma on Jan 15, 2006 10:59:44 GMT -7
After all the comments on sleeping habits just under a duvet, I am beginning to think there is something wrong with me (Charles/Nancy/Chris - don't you dare!). It is quite cold here - our worst night has gone down to -5C, generally no lower than -2 or 3C. I sleep under a sheet, a small fleece blanket (single bed size), a blanket (can't remember what is called - is a lot of holes), and a duvet. It must be my age! Or perhaps that candle isn't enough for heating the house?! Leslie Ah...well...Leslie, Perhaps there is a bedding-sleep gene somewhere in the Human Genome You are not so strange, nor so old... My husband and one daughter both have the problem if being cold, but not liking heavy bedding There solution is to pile many thin and lightweight blankets as you do on top of themselves. We also keep our house a little on the cool side... It was a hoot shopping with my husband for a duvet that was the "perfect weight". It was a project and a process testing each one. We finally found one in a U.S. store called "K-Mart" much like Marks & Spencer, but perhaps a few steps downward. The current solution to this problem has been to pile some Polartec www.polartec.com/ blankets with "waffleweave" blankets...too warm, kick off a blanket; too hot, add another! I still get by with the K-Mart duvet and when really cold, a light-weight wool blanket on top of that. There is another large Polartech blanket on stand-by for really cold nights ;D BTW...we also have afghans and throws on chairs in almost each room of the house ;D
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Post by leslie on Jan 15, 2006 12:08:36 GMT -7
Charles As always I value the postings you make specially designed to help me. Trouble is, on this occasion I have tried an even greater TOG and/or heavier duvet, but there is a limit to the amount of weight on me that will allow me to sleep. The funny thing, I have never felt like this when I have been in Poland, even in colder temperatures! Leslie
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