Prepared by the studnets from Anna Vasa School, Poland

Pictures: the students: Ania, Julia, Magda, Ania, Rafał, Aleksy

and the teacher: Małgorzata Garkowska

Meat is an important part of Polish

diet. Pork is the most popular meat,

and the most commonly eaten meat

dish is a fried, breaded pork chop.

Beef, ham, and sausages are also

eaten regularly.

Pierogi are boiled dumplings

stuffed with various ingredients.

After they are boiled, they are

fried with butter and finely

chopped onions. They can be filled

with potatoes and cheese,

mushrooms, and even fruits.

POLISH CUISINE

Polish cuisine is one of the oldest in

Europe. It plays a huge role in Polish

culture and tradition. The recipes

are based mainly on products such

as: cabbage, sausage, mushrooms

and potatoes.

Kluski śląskie (Silesian dumplings) are

small circular noodles with a small hole or

dimple in the middle, made of mashed

potatoes and potato flour.

A pork-chop, in Polish schabowy. It

is pork that was hammered first, yes we

have special hammers for meat. Then it is

breaded and fried. It is the most popular

meat Poles eat.

T Y P I C A L P O L I S H D I S H E S

Another famous Polish dish is

gołąbki - cabbage leaves stuffed

with minced meat and rice.

Typically, bigos includes

sauerkraut, various meats and

sausages, tomatoes and

mushrooms. For meats, you can

have bacon, beef, pork, ham

or veal. Bigos is considered

a "perpetual stew" which means

it can be kept in a pot for a week

or more. The taste of this stew

actually intesifies when reheated.

Bigos is a traditional Polish

hunter's stew

We have got plenty of soups. Poland is

a country of soups. The best known

are: rosół – chicken soup, tomato

soup, white borsch served with

potatoes or sausages or eggs, red

borsch, also known as beet root soup.