Anyone Hungry?

[hollister]

Adam Mickiewicz described Bigos in his epic poem Pan Tadeusz:
Bigos is not an ordinary dish,
For it is aptly framed to meet your wish.
It’s founded upon cabbage, sliced and sour,
And the best portions of selected meat;
It should then simmer, until heat
Draws from its substance all the living juices….

In case Bigos is not for you .... try some


‘Zrazy wołowe z kaszą gryczana or meat rolls stuffed with cucumber and buckwheat

[rdywenur]

Holly...I have never had Bigos. Only heard of it since looking up Polish info on the Internet. My mom never made it yet the other day when talking on Skype with my cousin (which I am curently doing..she took a coffee break) she was making bigos. I will ask her when she comes back for her recipe.

I have had beef rouladen and made it with a recipe my GF gave me. It ame out great. I had an Oktoberfest dinner that day and served it with potato dumplings and nice fresh green string beans. Dessert was a nice apple stuedel. Are you getting hungry. Oh the rouladen has strips of bacon, slices of gherkin and mustard stuffed in it...no buckwheat.

[jimpres]

Bigos is great. Recipe is some of this and some of that all started with Sauerkraut and cabbage.

[Walendowski]

Oddly enough, Bigos is mentioned in the book I'm reading: Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino. I've heard of it before and have wanted to try some - must find a recipe.

My Mum taught me how to make some Polish meatballs, but I'm not sure how they are spelt: sounds like klopsie. Great with sauerkraut and miseria.

Hungry now...

[rdywenur]

Hello Walendowski...first let me say that I love your avatar. The recipe above is a recipe for Bigos. Sometimes here it is refered to as Hunters Stew also. Polish meatballs...my mom use to make something that maybe the same as what your mom did but she called it "snitz lee" (sounds like that not sure of actuall spelling). Then some potatoes and cucumber salad with it.

[Walendowski]

Ah - I hadn't gathered that bigos = hunter's stew: sounds very manly.

Glad you like the avatar - I use it in my various incarnations over the net, so where you see it, it is likely to be me...

[Jaga]

Dear Walendowski,

here is a recipe for mizeria:
culture.polishsite.us/articles/art413.html

I need to add the recipes for klopsy, but check our selection here:
culture.polishsite.us/smfood.html

[rdywenur]

I found this recipe in Recipezaar:
Polish Meatballs in Sour Cream (klopsk W Smietanie)
Recipe #97767 | 40 min | 10 min prep | SERVES 8 -10 (Change Servings)
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RECIPE BY: Vina

This was sent to me by a friend that knows I'm interested in Polish recipes. It is her great-aunt's recipe and is absolutely delicious. As with many Polish recipes, it isn't low-fat, but it is worth every calorie,


4 slices bread (I use a dense whole grain)
2/3 cup milk
1 large onion , finely chopped
1/4 cup butter
2 eggs , beaten
2 lbs ground beef
1 tablespoon dried dill weed
1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon
salt and pepper
1/2 cup flour , to dust meatballs
2 cups sour cream
16 ounces sliced mushrooms
Directions
1 In a large bowl saturate the bread in the milk until it's completely softened and breaks apart when stirred.
2 In a large skillet, saute the onion in half the butter until soft and opaque.
3 Add to the large bowl along with the ground beef, dill, tarragon, salt, pepper, and beaten eggs.
4 Mix together well, using your hands, and let rest while you saute the mushrooms in the rest of the butter, until tender.
5 Remove the mushrooms from the pan and form the meat mixture into 1 inch meatballs.
6 Dust the meatballs with flour and brown in the same skillet, adding more butter or oil, if necessary.
7 Add the mushrooms and sour cream to the meatballs in the skillet, stir to coat everything well, partially cover, and simmer over very low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
8 Salt and pepper to taste.
9 These are great served over kluski noodles or tiny homemade Polish dumpling noodles.


It appears they are maybe of German origin as most recipes are German in Google. There also seems to be a few names for them.
My Polish cookbook refers to them as klopsiki.

[jimpres]

INteresting that when in Poland all the meatballs were of pork, since beef was so expensive.

[jimpres]

Pulpety equals meatballs in Polish.

[Walendowski]

admin said:

here is a recipe for mizeria:
culture.polishsite.us/articles/art413.html

Christ, that's more complex than necessary! All you need is cucumber, salt and a creamy substance (créme fraiche, yoghurt, cream: I know it's not necessarily authentic, but all will do). I tend to use yoghurt as my wife makes her own.

Peel the cucumber, then use the peeler to slice it thinly.
Place in a collander and add plenty of salt (to dehydrate).

Leave to drain.

An hour or so later, add cream and more salt to taste.

Mizeria: done.

I'm no afficionado, but it's been a hit with all those who have tried it. The chilled cream mixes really well with hot gravy from the meatballs. Add mash and sauerkraut and you've got a meal fit for a king.

[Walendowski]

admin said:

Dear Walendowski,
check our selection here:
culture.polishsite.us/smfood.html

I didn't realise the sites you run were quite so extensive - I'll have to take a closer look.

Thank you.

[rdywenur]

Walendowski...my mom makes cucumber salad the same way as you. I have a hunch that is the way the majority do it. The mizeria is a bit special and I agree it is a lot of work but maybe for a special occassion....?

[rdywenur]

Have some fun with this ;D

tinyurl.com/2h7x8l


(my time 13min 9 sec)

[Walendowski]

5m24s. Woohoo!