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This is a very tasty soup that looks like balls of dough in beet juice. The ball of dough is actually a dumpling which you can see in my spoon and is stuffed with something. The texture is rather chewy and the soup is delicious. |
| Beetroot soup with with dumplings, which were filled with mushrooms and cabbage | |
Naleśniki |
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The dish here is what we'd call a crepe. They are stuffed with either cheese or with jam and sprinkled with confectioners sugar. Again a delicious lunch. It tastes and has the texture like eating pancakes without the syrup. |
| Crepes filled with mild cottage cheese and topped with powdered sugar | |
Beef |
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This is a popular way of eating beef in Poland -- stewed with fried fresh mushrooms from the forest and boiled potatoes. The beef was simular to what we'd call the eye-round cut. |
| An unknown cut of beef with a sauce of forest mushrooms | |
Żurek |
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Like all the soups served by Janina, this was very delicious. A large number of meals served at lunch — the big meal of the day — starts with a heaty helping of soup. And yep, that's a chicken leg you see in the middle of the bowl.You eat it by using your spoon to tear of the meat or when chicken on a bone is served it's OK to eat it with your hands. |
| Soup made from fermented rye flour and sausage | |
Pierogi |
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This was a very interesting dumpling meal. All dumpling are not served in a soup mixture, but is as you see here served on a plate garnished with herbs. The texture was a little chewy but delicious. The dish was served with baked potatoes - sort of quartered and with skins. The meal was also served with a dish of about 5 or 6 vegetables - somewhat like a salad except each one was segregated and not tossed. (The "security" pencil and index cards you see in my shirt pocket are the way I make notes as we travel about.) |
| Dumplings filled with either a) cheese and potato (Russian style); b) cabbage and mushrooms; c) meat; d) fresh fruit (strawberries or blueberries are common) | |
Breakfast |
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A typical breakfast features open faced sandwiches. The breads are whole grain and you begin by spreading it with either margarine/butter, mustard or cream cheese, overlay it with a slice of meat - usually ham/pepperoni - then a slice of cheese and topped with a slice of tomato. Tomatos here are typically sliced 90 degrees from what you generally see in America. |
| Usually consists of an assortment of meats, cheeses, and breads for open-face sandwiches, as well as tea and something sweet | |
Potato Pancakes |
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| Potatoes are peeled and grated, then fried. More info here. | |