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it was simply a potatoe raviolli with butter
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Tsk, tsk, tsk... My friend, you've been
had. What you ate was what we call Russian dumplings (or pierogi if you want the original spelling). Basically the stuffing is potatoes, onions and cottage cheese.
The pierogi here in Poland come with a slightly wider variety of stuffing. There's the traditional Christmas Eve dumplings (if you want cabbage, that's where you find it, along with wild mushrooms), there's dumplings with meat (usually pork), various kinds of fruit (mainly wild berries, but cherries or strawberries go inside also) with cream on top, sweet cottage cheese with raisins... Anything you want.
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I'd dearly love to try actual native Polish cooking that doesn't involve sausage in any way.
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Well, not many dishes leave that very important ingredient out. I guess it originates from the fact that a lot of our cuisine comes from the "good ol' days" when the men were hunters and women stayed at home to cook and wash (just kidding, in case there are any fighting feminists here). Life was hard in those days and people didn't really put much thought to food being a treat. It was supposed to be nourishing, easy to prepare, greasy and warm (especially during the long winters). Hence most of the dishes we make (even soup!!) contain either sausages or meat. However, if you're interested in something without sausages, try the
beetroot soup (
recipe 1,
recipe 2,
recipe 3 (on the right) ), or just ask for it in any Polish restaurant/supermarket. Do NOT forget to order it with the little dumplings called uszka (that's "ooshkah").
And back on-topic: I really wish the distributor here would release the original English version now, like elsewhere (today or on the 8th).
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