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This is the Conversation Forum for The Tatra Mountains of Poland and Slovakia << The true easiest way of getting to the Polish side of the Tatras Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 7, 2003 by Beatrice   Posting 1 I urgently need some examples of typical Polish and Slovak food! Well, when I say "urgently", I mean I'm co-hosting a Eurovision party and plan to serve the food of whatever nation is currently performing at the appropriate point..... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 7, 2003 by Ashley This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/d...ase/usrkepolishdumplings_9692.shtml Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 7, 2003 by Metal Chicken This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 As I remember it from my recent visit, typical Polish food includes almost anything with mushrooms in it (excellent soups, dumplings and sauces). Those little dumplings in the recipe link Ashley's given you above are good - there are lots of other fillings used too such as meat, cheese and potato, cabbage, even apples for a dessert version. Borscht (beetroot soup) is typically Polish as well and was served to me once as a delicious cold soup, poured into elegant little cups from what seemed to be a teapot! Also if you need the typical alcoholic drink for your average Pole - it's vodka every time. Beer seems to be a new innovation they're just starting to get the hang of. As for typical Slovakian food, it's similar to Poland in that they need lots of stodgy carbohydrates to cope with the cold winters. The typical dish I was served was like a thick and gloopy version of macaroni cheese - tasty and filling but certainly not for a sophisticated feast! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 8, 2003 by Beatrice This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Mmmm...so we have mushroom dumplings in beetroot soup, washed down with Russian vodka and Belgian beer, and some slices of Turkey on Swedish Ryvita bread.... Hands up who wants an invite! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 8, 2003 by Beatrice This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Just back from A778278 , The Worlds Greatest Supermarket, and as I was wandering down the "Wierd food from foreign lands" aisle (only place I can find Heinz baked beans!) I found some lovely looking Polish pickles.... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 8, 2003 by sprout This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 Pickles? Polish? Must have missed that. If you're going for dreadful 'Turkey' type puns, you could always heat up a tin of furniture polish? Sprout Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 8, 2003 by Beatrice This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 yeah, well I am tempted to hand round a full ice-bucket when Iceland are on...but even I wouldnt offer anyone furniture polish. Yup there were pickled onions, gherkins, some garlicky mayonnaise, some beetroot flavoured mayo..and pickled red cabbage. Next to that lot were some lovely looking Portugese black olives.... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 8, 2003 by Beatrice This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 ...havent found anything that says "Made in Bosnia-Herzegovina" yet though Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 8, 2003 by sprout This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 Are you doing maltesers for Malta? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 8, 2003 by Beatrice This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 But of course! Malta for the Maltesers...sounds like a call to revolution Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 8, 2003 by sprout This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 Unfortunately, most Bosnian exports tend to be black economy at the moment. Either not what you'd want to serve at your do, or not labelled... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Food wanted! Posted May 9, 2003 by Beatrice This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 oooh, fabba-dabba-ding-a-dong! Found a Scandanavian shop today. Bought Abba brand caviar (I'm not making this up you know!) as well as a chocolate bar called Plopp, and some sweets called Spunk Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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