Tag: Polish in America
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Fat Thursday and Faworki always go together …
… at least in my home. Fat Thursday –Â is traditional Polish and German feast marking the last Thursday before Lent and is associated with the celebration of Carnival. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the next opportunity to feast would not be until Easter. (Wikipedia). All Catholics know that – not that I…
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Creamy and Rich: Homemade Ricotta
As a kid, since I can remember to about when I was 14 I spent me entire Summer break in a small village in Poland with my dad’s family. They didn’t have running water (just a well). We bathed in a huge washbowl and…Â the toilet was outside. I would eat wild growing berries and…
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Homemade “Kisiel”
Sometime in the past I wrote a post about kisiel. The one that I had was a powdered kisiel I got from our Polish store. To make it you just need to add the powder to a boiling water and voila! I found it in our Polish store but I’ve never bought it again since.…
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The joy of eating fresh pastry
I think I mentioned it before that the only good thing in my pregnancy is that it makes me think about all kinds of Polish food I haven’t cooked for ages or simply have never tried to cook/bake it at all but, remembering it from Poland I crave it like crazy these days. If I…
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THE BEST APPLE PIE E.V.E.R
I’ve got a story about apple pie. Polish apple pie is a little different from the American. When I asked my husband if he wants apple pie, I had a Polish version in mind. He was very surprised that we have apple pie in Poland. Also, he though that Polish is the same as American……
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