Polish Eating Impressions

[Pawian]

wujjohn said:

The best I have tasted is in a small cafe in Gostynin.

Someone who likes cooking can get raw flaki and work on them at will. However, you can also buy ready made dish which is really very good.

[wujjohn]

The flaki is in strips that fall apart. Not little bits but long strips like they are ripped apart. When I went to the market in Gostynin they had it in containers in the refrigerator. Here we buy it in large pieces.

[rdywenur]

Married to a half Italian and living in a town most of my life where it was Italian dominated I was not unfamiliar with flacki (tripe) MY ex had it at his local neighborhood bar. Supposedly they made the best tripe and the guys would go there for their bowls. The Italians make it in sauce. Passing by old Italian meat markets we would see them hanging in the windows. (looked like honeycomb to me) My mom never made this stuff (thank God....or I would probably still be sitting at the table till I finished my dinner...not) What I did find out when wwe were in Poland is that my mom loved this dish. Everytime we went out to eat she would order it. Here in Rochester there is a store near where I workded that sells homemade Italian food and tripe is there.

[Pawian]

wujjohn said:

The flaki is in strips that fall apart. Not little bits but long strips like they are ripped apart. When I went to the market in Gostynin they had it in containers in the refrigerator. Here we buy it in large pieces.

Hmm, strange. Strips that fall apart. I have never eaten such flaki.

The strips we get here are not shredded but finely chopped (seen in the photo). The pieces are rubbery and require a lot of chewing, they don`t fall apart.

Large pieces are also available for gourmet cooks.

[Pawian]

rdywenur said:

Married to a half Italian and living in a town most of my life where it was Italian dominated I was not unfamiliar with flacki (tripe) MY ex had it at his local neighborhood bar. Supposedly they made the best tripe and the guys would go there for their bowls. The Italians make it in sauce. Passing by old Italian meat markets we would see them hanging in the windows. (looked like honeycomb to me) My mom never made this stuff (thank God....or I would probably still be sitting at the table till I finished my dinner...not) What I did find out when wwe were in Poland is that my mom loved this dish. Everytime we went out to eat she would order it. Here in Rochester there is a store near where I workded that sells homemade Italian food and tripe is there.

It is interesting to learn that Italians aslo have this dish.

Well, whatever government or occupants Poland used to have in the past, we always shared the European cultural or culinary heritage.

[Pawian]

Blowing an egg out

[rdywenur]

You are lucky to buy already prepared. From what I understand you must be very careful in cleaning these things to prepare for eating. I think I'll stick to a nice steak or lobster even better. ..............that is some egg there. Exactly how much egg if to measure, I'm guessing a good cup easy.

[Pawian]

rdywenur said:

You are lucky to buy already prepared. From what I understand you must be very careful in cleaning these things to prepare for eating. I think I'll stick to a nice steak or lobster even better. ..............that is some egg there. Exactly how much egg if to measure, I'm guessing a good cup easy.

Yes, they must be cleaned thouroughly. However, even those big uncut parts sold in shops look very clean to me so it`s not a problem..

One ostrich egg equals about 30 hen eggs so saying a good cup is an understatement hahahahaha Or did you mean Football Cup? hahhahaha

[Pawian]

rdywenur said:

In Poland, when a woman gives a man flowers, it means a very deep affection on her part. She must be really desperate! hahahahaha

I don't know about desperate but good catch. I see you can cook well so I would be one lucky lady. If you had to depend on me you'd starve to death. ;D ;D ;D Oh wait, eel , flacki, mushrooms.......I would be starving.

Mushrooms!! You haven`t seen my mushrooms yet!! When you see them, you will change your mind!! No more starving!!

Marinaded mushrooms are Polish specialty, although culinary historians say that it wasn`t so popular before the war as it is today. So, it is quite new.

A jar of home-made marinaded mushrooms of the finest sort!!!


Releasing mushrooms from jail.... jar. The best environment they can stay in is a slimy liquid. It doesn` t come into being on its own. You must add certain species of mushrooms to get this effect.





Bathing in a bowl


Decorating potatoe pancakes.

[Pawian]

Marinaded mushrooms are not too healthy, even if the vinegar solution is very weak.

This is how we eat our mushrooms on most occasions:

[justjohn]

pawian said:

Marinaded mushrooms are not too healthy, even if the vinegar solution is very weak.

This is how we eat our mushrooms on most occasions:

Pawian,

I remember as a boy, we would go out in the woods and pick mushrooms. My mother would then preserve them by canning.
This way we would have mushrooms all winter long.

[Pawian]

justjohn said:

I remember as a boy, we would go out in the woods and pick mushrooms. My mother would then preserve them by canning.
This way we would have mushrooms all winter long.

Do you consider it a nostalgically pleasant memory?

Canning or jarring?

[justjohn]

pawian said:

justjohn said:

I remember as a boy, we would go out in the woods and pick mushrooms. My mother would then preserve them by canning.
This way we would have mushrooms all winter long.

Do you consider it a nostalgically pleasant memory?

Canning or jarring?

A nostalgically pleasant memory, by all means. Then there are the invoked memories of the great flavors. Canning was the process used.

[Pawian]

justjohn said:

A nostalgically pleasant memory, by all means. Then there are the invoked memories of the great flavors.

Good. You will be able to relive those moments when you see photos from mushrooming trips to the forest we made during last vacations. Stay tuned!

Canning was the process used.

I asked because canning for me is putting into cans, i.e., metal cylindric containers. Did she really use those containers or rather jars, like in the picture above??

[rdywenur]

Pawian, I have never seen anyone put it in a metal can. When we say canning it is always put into a glass jar but referred as canning. I have never heard anyone call it jarring.

Since you are always cooking entres I thought I'd make dessert ;D Fresh from the oven. It is a brown sugar pound cake. (anyone interested in recipe email me and I will send it to you)

Treat, No tricks!!!