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Post by valpomike on Dec 27, 2007 8:20:47 GMT -7
To all,
Now what do we eat for New Year's Eve and Day?
We are having turkey, what will you have?
Michael Dabrowski
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Post by Pawian on Jan 13, 2008 4:49:19 GMT -7
Some types of traditional food served on holidays: Chicken soup with pasta- rosół z makaronem  followed by fried chicken, potatoes and some salad - kurczak smażony, zimnioki, mizeria   or fried pork chop - kotlet schabowy  Pierogis with meat or cottage cheese or blueberries - pierogi z mięsem, serem, borówkami  Pancakes with cottage cheese - naleśniki z serem  and many other |
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Post by valpomike on Jan 13, 2008 10:01:48 GMT -7
Pawian,
Can you please give the names of each item, dish, in Polish and English. Many are things we make, but don't remember the Polish names for them.
What time do we eat, I could be there.
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Post by Pawian on Jan 13, 2008 10:18:38 GMT -7
Pawian, Can you please give the names of each item, dish, in Polish and English. Many are things we make, but don't remember the Polish names for them. Michael Dabrowski I fulfilled your wish. |
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Post by valpomike on Jan 13, 2008 13:05:05 GMT -7
Pawian,
Thank you very much.
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Post by Pawian on Feb 4, 2008 7:19:44 GMT -7
To all, I love Fish, and all around me, are Beef eaters, but I find when in Poland, most all love Pork, Pig, Why is this? I can take Ham, and Spare Ribs, and Bacon, but no more, and they like it all, anyway. I think I did see as many cows as pigs, so why Pork? Michael Dabrowski It just occured to me to ask you all about this delicious food. What can you see???   |
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Post by Mary on Feb 4, 2008 8:08:21 GMT -7
omg! Is it Tongue? Yuk! gag........gag.........  (sorry to those who may like it, but I can't imagine too many worse things. Mary |
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Post by valpomike on Feb 4, 2008 8:53:38 GMT -7
Pawian,
Is that cow tongue? Was the photo taken at your home? Do you eat this? How do you make it? It's not for me, I tried it once, and never again. But to each his own.
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Post by Pawian on Feb 4, 2008 11:14:24 GMT -7
Pawian, Is that cow tongue? Was the photo taken at your home? Do you eat this? How do you make it? It's not for me, I tried it once, and never again. But to each his own. Michael Dabrowski omg! Is it Tongue? Yuk! gag........gag......... (sorry to those who may like it, but I can't imagine too many worse things. Mary Allow me to answer both of you simultaneously. Yes, it is a delicious tongue. No, it`s not a cow tongue. It is a pig tongue. Yummy!!! The picture was taken at my home, in my kitchen, on my slicing board. Yes, I eat these tongues. Only me in my family. I boil them in water, usually some soup, e.g., borsch, until they are soft like a ripe peach. Then I like eating them as cold meats. Look, Mike, I was also very reluctant to eat such stuff, it seemed disgusting. But I tried it in the USA (funny) and was amazed at its taste and tenderness. The best tongues are those with a little crunchy skin which is thick on the surface but inside there is soft flesh which melts on your tongue, like ice-cream or butter. Incredible culinary experience! Generation, it`s a must to try! |
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Post by Mary on Feb 4, 2008 11:20:36 GMT -7
Thanks anyhow Pawian, but I just don't think I could try it. I also don't do heart, liver, gizzards.......or any of that kind of stuff. I'm glad you enjoy these delicacies though,
You can have my share!
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Post by valpomike on Feb 4, 2008 13:27:40 GMT -7
Pawian,
I still don't like it, and it is not because what it is, but I don't like the taste, or pigs feet, tripe, chicken gizzards and livers. But again, that just me, and I know people who love them.
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Post by Pawian on Feb 5, 2008 12:21:13 GMT -7
Thanks anyhow Pawian, but I just don't think I could try it. I also don't do heart, liver, gizzards.......or any of that kind of stuff. I'm glad you enjoy these delicacies though, You can have my share! Liver, hearts and gizzards are OK as long as they are chicken. We occasionally eat them. Big animals intestine stuff I eat is cow stomach - tripes. But one day I am going to try brain. In the USA I bought pig ears but I didn`t know what to do with them. Delicacies, as you said. |
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Post by Pawian on Feb 5, 2008 12:25:51 GMT -7
Pawian, I still don't like it, and it is not because what it is, but I don't like the taste, or pigs feet, tripe, chicken gizzards and livers. But again, that just me, and I know people who love them. Michael Dabrowski The taste of the pig tongue dish is greatly influenced by herbs and spices. The same with tripes - it is quite hot thanks to abundant amount of pepper. In such spicy environment you practically have no chance to feel the taste of meat. But I agree that liver has a specific taste that radically puts off some people. |
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Post by livia on Feb 5, 2008 13:22:43 GMT -7
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Post by Pawian on Feb 5, 2008 14:35:42 GMT -7
It is very funny.
Finally, let us consider the treatment of the chicken gizzard. Across the Cameroon Grassfields and beyond, it is taboo for a woman to eat a gizzard. In ordinary parlance it is a 'male thing' and, hence, it symbolizes honour. So when a woman slaughters a chicken, if the husband does not see the gizzard in his dish, he will reject the meal. The man can even beat his wife without sanction from society. If a woman is single, a widow or separated, she is supposed to give the gizzard to a man irrespective of the latter's age. But he must be a close relative or somebody she admires and respects. One of the beliefs which surrounds this practice is that any woman who eats a gizzard may lose her fertility. Men still uphold this cultural prohibition, even in the towns. Women often complained about this practice. One described it as 'an old-fashioned practice meant to subordinate us'. Men always replied that 'we cannot break the tradition'. On one occasion at a meeting of a rotating credit association in Yaoundé one of the women present retorted 'nowadays there are even packs of frozen gizzards in the supermarkets. If I bought some and prepared them for myself, how will my husband know what had been going on in the kitchen, since it is women who do the cooking of the family meals?' All the other women burst into laughter and applauded her for this remark, but all the men (including this author) turned to look at each other with expressions of utter surprise and disgust at her boldness on their faces. The fact of the matter is that she had made a pertinent point which challenged this aspect of the patriarchal system. Yes, men can be such big children sometimes. |
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