I'm sure there's an unpronounceable Polish word for cured pork products but I'll stick with the French one for now, at least until BBD can educate me.
Anyway, as I've mentioned previously, I work in a part of West London with a large population of immigrants, many of them recent. There's also not a lot of money here - it's the only town I know where the disappearance of Woolworths lowered the tone of the high street.
But, among the pawn shops and the bookmakers are a lot of small grocers that stock products aimed at the tastes of the locals. Some of those locals are Polish, and that means pork.
I wandered into one of these shops the other day, looking for something else entirely. At the back is a chiller cabinet filled with pork products made in Poland and imported by a local company. Out of curiosity I bought three different packets of sausages and took them home.
I have to say they were fantastic. There were thin 'Silesian sausages', fat 'grill sausages' and some longer ones whose name escapes me, but they were juicy, smoky and profoundly porky. I improvised a potato and red onion salad to go with them, with some salad leaves, a good loaf of bread and some beer. Family loved them too; I'll be back for some more.
I knew the Poles like their pork; I didn't know it could be this good. Anyone else tried it? Anything else I should be trying?
Yum.
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Heres one for you.
Take any good German or Polish Wurst, and a sub type roll. Buy a can of Heinz chile.
Grill wurst, heat tin of chile. Place Wurst in roll, and pour the chile over the top. Serve with a good Pilsner.
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We've discovered you like your grub Z, but a whole South American country for dinner?
Wow !
:-)
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WDB: The word you want is wędliny or delikatesy.
You may want to check this page, which deals with Polish sausages and cured meats.
tinyurl.com/d4jx9wt
I shall be in Wrocław over the Easter weekend, visiting my other half's family and exploring the town itself and am really looking forward to that and traditional food and maybe some local beer. (I don't enjoy vodka much.)
Last edited by: FocalPoint on Fri 30 Mar 12 at 18:30
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Who needs a specialist Polish deli when your local Tesco now seems to sell everything with Polish as the primary language printed on the packaging!
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Try the Polish bread tasty and no additives.
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We have a fair number of Polish people in our town: ALDI stock various Polish meats, including a quite palatable Krakov sausage - good for sarnies.
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WDB: The word you want is wędliny or delikatesy.
Thanks, FP - I'll practise those. (What effect does the little tag under the e have?) Enjoy your trip. I've not been to Poland, although it's on my patch, work-wise, so the chance may come.
Z, coincidentally I had some chilli tomato relish left over from last weekend's burgers, and it did go nicely with the thin sausages. And the bread was as close to a sub roll as I can make at home. No pilsner, though - beer was by Badger.
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WDB:
The "hook" under a vowel in Polish is called the ogonek (="little tail") and makes the vowel nasal. Only the vowels represented by a and e are thus affected.
I am doing my best to be able to speak a little Polish in preparation for my visit, but like most English speakers I find the pronunciation difficult and the grammar likewise.
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>> Who needs a specialist Polish deli when your local Tesco .....
Tesco do an extensive range of Polish foods
www.tesco.com/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=polish&N=4294779371
They also do a range of other world foods in the same aisle too.
I recently bought something that looked like Jaffa cakes from their Polish range. Turned out they were Jaffa cakes, but more expensive than the branded item!
Their Jutrzenka Jezyki Coconut Bars are yummy.
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My German g/f introduced me to some Stippgrütze sausage, and I introduced her to some English sausage.
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And how did she find chipolata compared to Knockwurst?
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Was it a skinless chipolata?
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When I studied German at school I always found Knoblauchwurst a mildly amusing name for a sausage.
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It does, somewhat pertinently, sound vaguely like a condition which might respond to ointment I suppose.
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I am very lucky to have a Polish deli at the end of my road, been there since the 1960's and supplies a lot of the major Manchester hotel now. It is very expensive but their sausages are lovely.
The place has won many awards and they were very clever by quickly realising they could appeal to the none Polish market. These days you don't get that many Polish people in there its mostly full of middle class British natives with more money than sense.
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That would be me then, Rats.
}:---)
But don't tell the Sikh grocer I bought mine from; I thought his prices were very reasonable.
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Polish charcuterie - Zero
