Awful Polish Food

MiciG91

I went into a polish shop the other day and i was in a random mood so i bought loads off food and drink and it tasted like **** ! Hopefully nobody will call me racist or anything what i want to know is 1) Do they feel the same way about our food,and 2) What country eats the worst food ?

Cheap Thrills!

Perhaps you didn't cook it properly?

Did you RTFM ?

sligopark

MiciG91 wrote: »

I went into a polish shop the other day and i was in a random mood so i bought loads off food and drink and it tasted like **** ! Hopefully nobody will call me racist or anything what i want to know is 1) Do they feel the same way about our food,and 2) What country eats the worst food ?

Polish food is pretty bland on the whole racist

ElaElaElano

Well swan is a complicated dish to cook- did you grill it?

The Express

Judging by the fit bodies of Polish women, I'd say there's nowt wrong with a bit of sardine flavoured cabbage or whatever it is they eat.

Irish women, put down your frozen ready meal and take note

fonecrusher1

More racism. just coz their food ain't nice doesn't mean they're bad people.

sligopark

Agreed why compare the fitness of Irish women's bodies to that of Poles?

unknown13

Did you honestly expect to go into a Polish shop and come out with something you really liked. Different country, different tastes.

yermanoffthetv

OP could you be more specific what you bought? Most countries have their own particular tastes. For example Ive eaten a salty kind of liqourice from Sweden before and thought it was awful yet a friend of mine was going nuts over it because he used to eat it as a kid. "worst food" is subjective, Its what your used to I guess.

sligopark

unknown13 wrote: »

Did you honestly expect to go into a Polish shop and come out with something you really liked. Different country, different tastes.

No doubt about that - they like their chicks hard and fit we like them fat and ugly LOL

rossie1977

the salty ice-cream in finland is as you expect

ibarelycare

Off-topic, but I hate when the word "random" is used like that :mad:

yuloni

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StereoLove

ElaElaElano wrote: »

Well swan is a complicated dish to cook- did you grill it?

Do they eat swan in Poland?

yermanoffthetv

rossie1977 wrote: »

the salty ice-cream in finland is as you expect

What is it with those nordic countries putting salt in their sweets?

sligopark

StereoLove wrote: »

Do they eat swan in Poland?

only in Ireland

plein de force

not liking the food of a country is not racist
but yeah i found their food horrible

sligopark

plein de force wrote: »

not liking the food of a country is not racist
but yeah i found their food horrible

agreed just cos their food is sh1t doesn't mean they are - anyone tried irish stew on foreigners?

TheZohanS

sligopark wrote: »

anyone tried irish stew on foreigners?

No, just on plates.

Is it some sort of cannibal dish?

citizen_p

i couldnt knock it when i was there....was in touristy spots though, so all the swans were already gone.

storm2811

Agreed,it's nasty,especially the meat.

Apart from the mayonnaise,it's actually really nice and this kind of seasoning thing,don't know what it is but I put it on loads of stuff.

Wetbench4

You can't beat a breakfast roll, beats their swan and rollmop, or whatever its called, any day.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

polish biscuits, ice creams and drinks are ****ed up too

there's this grappa **** that's all sorts of bright colours, blue, purple... it just tastes so ****ed up but somehow you'll keep drinking a glass of it every now and again

Kintarō Hattori

There's lots of sh*t food everywhere. What we find delightful folk from other countries don't like at all, different regions are raised with different palettes.

In Ireland for example we have way too much sugar in most of our foods whereas on continental Europe they prefer lots of salt!


As bizarre as it may seem folk from Eastern Europe find vinegar on chips absolutely awful and have no idea why we like it so much. It's also the same in regards to chips in sandwiches- they just don't understand why!

StereoLove wrote: »

Do they eat swan in Poland?

No they don't. It's a silly stereotype that was stirred up when Polish immigrants came to Ireland and the UK a few years back.

unknown13

StereoLove wrote: »

Do they eat swan in Poland?

They eat Dog in the Far East, so it is possible.

Sofiztikated

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

What is it with those nordic countries putting salt in their sweets?

Have you seen the amount of snow and ice they get? FFS, they have to salt and grit everything, to stop the bastiding things from sliding all around the place!

OP, you're not "random."

You bought something different, are not accustomed to it, so of course it tastes different. Christ, if I buy menthol cigarettes, instead of my normal B&H, is that random? No.

Seriously though, have you looked at Irish "cuisine"? Stew. To be honest, its boiled to within an inch of evaporation, and slopped onto your plate. I only eat it occasionally, I think its a bit bleh. Although for some reason, it DOES taste better a day or 2 after it has been cooked. Ya'know, just before it goes off, and give you food poisoning.

Coddle? No thanks.
And a friend just loves his sausage casserole. No idea if this is actually an Irish invention, but ick.

Oh and Billyface ham(and I use that description loosely) YUCK! Actually, that goes for all processed meat roll things.

lugha

plein de force wrote: »

not liking the food of a country is not racist
but yeah i found their food horrible

I've been to Poland a few times and have to say I though the food was very good. But perhaps it was because I knew some locals who advised me on where to go and what to eat. At least they have a cuisine, which is more than we have.
Though I have tried a couple of processed things in some of their shops here and granted they are pretty much muck

laugh

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

No they don't. It's a silly stereotype that was stirred up when Polish immigrants came to Ireland and the UK a few years back.

.... and started to kill and eat swans?

php-fox

Yeah, give us a plate of good old chips and add some ketchup so they won't be as tastless and oily.

Overheal

unknown13 wrote: »

Did you honestly expect to go into a Polish shop and come out with something you really liked. Different country, different tastes.

even in the same country im back 2 years now and still have trouble wrapping my head around this ****:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L1Fhbb8Av0

:eek::eek::(:(:eek::eek::eek:

EDDIE WATERS

went to poland. food was rotten .no kecup on big mac rotten chese on it as well. had soup was very bland:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:never again eat polish food but the people were all right

amacachi

Overheal wrote: »

even in the same country im back 2 years now and still have trouble wrapping my head around this ****:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L1Fhbb8Av0

:eek::eek::(:(:eek::eek::eek:

Yeah that's been about a while, though I know given the opportunity I would definitely feel disgusted with myself after I'd ordered it. This though, I don't think I could bring myself to trying it: http://consumerist.com/2010/06/friendlys-grilled-cheese-burger-melt-is-coming-for-your-arteries.html

Obviously the mountain sandwiches are worse, but they're just for publicity. :pac:

nachoman

I'm curious now, any good polish restaurants in Dublin city centre to eat?

Overheal

amacachi wrote: »

Yeah that's been about a while, though I know given the opportunity I would definitely feel disgusted with myself after I'd ordered it. This though, I don't think I could bring myself to trying it: http://consumerist.com/2010/06/friendlys-grilled-cheese-burger-melt-is-coming-for-your-arteries.html

Obviously the mountain sandwiches are worse, but they're just for publicity. :pac:

yeah i wont even order another grilled cheese thickburger from hardees. I didnt even fathom there was such a thing as too much cheese: but the american cheese, the swiss cheese sauce, the butter, they all combine to make you feel completely gross.

http://www.grubgrade.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Grilled-Cheese-Bacon-Thickburgers.jpg

amacachi

Overheal wrote: »

yeah i wont even order another grilled cheese thickburger from hardees. I didnt even fathom there was such a thing as too much cheese: but the american cheese, the swiss cheese sauce, the butter, they all combine to make you feel completely gross.

http://www.grubgrade.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Grilled-Cheese-Bacon-Thickburgers.jpg

The bread's the only thing that would put me off tbh. :pac: It's annoying watching online NASCAR streams put up by some guy in Nevada from his house and seeing the meals for 3.99 over there. I'm a fat **** now but I'd be dead in 5 years if I moved over there.

Kold

Overheal wrote: »

yeah i wont even order another grilled cheese thickburger from hardees. I didnt even fathom there was such a thing as too much cheese: but the american cheese, the swiss cheese sauce, the butter, they all combine to make you feel completely gross.

http://www.grubgrade.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Grilled-Cheese-Bacon-Thickburgers.jpg

They have some nasty cheese in American places though. That squeezy cheese in Dennys is horrible. I really want one of those chicken sandwiches though.

Tar.Aldarion

Their dark chocolate is awesome, all I have had of their cuisine! Worst...no idea, best is Indian mmm

Seaneh

Overheal wrote: »

even in the same country im back 2 years now and still have trouble wrapping my head around this ****:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L1Fhbb8Av0

:eek::eek::(:(:eek::eek::eek:

ate one when in oregon and wa in march, felt sick afterwards.

Next day had taco bell for the first time. Wasn't actually that bad.
Those taco, hard shell with a soft shell wrapped around it and refried beans inbetween, fooking daycent.

mfceiling

EDDIE WATERS wrote: »

went to poland. food was rotten .no kecup on big mac rotten chese on it as well. had soup was very bland:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:never again eat polish food but the people were all right

Is big mac the national polish dish...........i'm sure i've had it here, in the UK, america, france, spain etc

Dermighty

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

As bizarre as it may seem folk from Eastern Europe find vinegar on chips absolutely awful and have no idea why we like it so much. It's also the same in regards to chips in sandwiches- they just don't understand why!

I never put vinegar on chips and I never put chips in sandwiches, though a lot of Irish people do o.0 I also don't make sandwiches with butter in them...disgusting :P

syklops

nachoman wrote: »

I'm curious now, any good polish restaurants in Dublin city centre to eat?

Gospoda Polska Polish restaurant
15 Capel Street,
Dublin 1
T: 01 8749394

Pierogi is gorgeous, not bland at all. Also, how anyone can call pork knuckle bland is beyond me. That said I dont like anything with pickled cabbage.

OP, randomly picking stuff up in a polish or any kind of shop is the wrong way to do it. Look up some recipes online, then put together a shopping list, and go and find the actual ingredients. If I went into to tesco and randomly picked things up for dinner I wouldnt be praising Irish cuisine either.

spurious

There's an older (babcia style:)) lady in the Moore St. mall who makes fresh pierogi. Divine.
How anyone can call Zurek bland is beyond me.

I think Gospoda Polska is under different management now and has changed its name.
Yummy Party Cake is still across the other side of Capel Street though.

sensibleken

The country with the worst food was Ireland 40 years ago. pigs cheek, pigs ear, trotter and overboiled cabbage.

Indian, lebanese are the best. and god bless the chineese for inventing tofu

yogy

Having spent time in both countries, traditional Polish food is of a different class than Irish food...(apart from the quality of our seafood)

OP you obviously have no idea what you bought or how to cook it. It's just ignorance on your part..

FYI lasagne, spag bol, sweet & sour chicken, burgers aren't traditional irish fare...

How tasty are crubeens, ox tongue and coddle to the general public??

--Kaiser--

I've eaten loads of home-cooked Polish meals and can say I much prefer them to most Irish food (except Irish breakfast, let's not go nuts)

_feedback_

I spend a bit of time in Poland with my polish girlfriend. I find it pretty hard to adapt to other foods - must have a strange stomach or something.

I don't like a lot of the food - but they have some great dishes - most have been mentioned already.

In fairness, picking up a load of processed food in a shop in Ireland isn't really experiencing it properly!

RE swans - a couple of polish lads killed a swan here a while back - ongoing joke since.

tman

Think I'd just live on their yummy vodka for a week if I ever visited Poland...

I regularly buy "random" bits and pieces from a local Chinese/Japanese supermarket, but that doesn't mean I think their 50p packs of Ramen are in any way indicative of authentic home cooked Japanese cuisine...

nachoman

spurious wrote: »

There's an older (babcia style:)) lady in the Moore St. mall who makes fresh pierogi. Divine.
How anyone can call Zurek bland is beyond me.

I think Gospoda Polska is under different management now and has changed its name.
Yummy Party Cake is still across the other side of Capel Street though.

and how would you go about cooking this pierogi, if one was inclined?

syklops

nachoman wrote: »

and how would you go about cooking this pierogi, if one was inclined?

I strongly recommend buy pierogi and cooking it at home, rather than trying to make your own.

I tried to make my own once to impress my polish girlfriend, I ended up being covered in flour trying to fold the potato and cottage cheese mixture into far too small circles of pastry. It was a disaster.

If you buy them from here, the way I would do them is fry them in a frying pan. And to spice it up a bit, Dice an onion and 2 rashers, and fry them seperatly, and sprinkle them over the pierogi when serving. Divine!

Mmm, might have pierogi for dinner tonight Have some in the freezer.

alexa5x5

In fairness I think you can say the same about most countries, especially when you only taste a small selection of there food:

America – Twinkies, everything seem’s to contain excessive sugar, extremely fatty food.
England – Gelled eels, steak and kidney pie, pork scratching's
France – Snails, Foie gras
Peru – deep fried guinea pig
Scotland – haggis, deep fried Mars bar (basically if it can be deep fried they’ll eat it)
And Ireland – black pudding (sausage made of BLOOD WTF!!), stew (or that horrible white stew made with flour)

…… point is you can say the same about any country, different country=different tastes.

mathie

EDDIE WATERS wrote: »

went to poland. food was rotten .no kecup on big mac rotten chese on it as well. had soup was very bland:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:never again eat polish food but the people were all right

To eat like?