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Typical meals are very hearty and often contain a lot of meat. Just sampling them is enough to discover that they are really delicious. The most recommendable dishes are: bigos, kotlet schabowy, pierogi and go\u0142\u0105bki.<\/p>\n
A lot of times lunch (obiad<\/strong>) contains 2 dishes: a soup (zupa<\/strong>) and main course (danie g\u0142\u00f3wne<\/strong>). Here are some lunch\/dinner dishes you may see on the menus in Polish restaurants:<\/p>\n SOUPS<\/p>\n Ch\u0142odnik litewski<\/strong>: cold yoghurt-and-beetroot soup served with a hard boiled egg, originally from Lithuania.<\/p>\n Barszcz bia\u0142y<\/strong>: sour thick wheat starch soup with marjoram, potatoes, sometimes with cream.<\/p>\n Barszcz czerwony<\/strong>: refreshing beetroot soup with vegetables and sour cream or served clear with dumplings.<\/p>\n \u017burek<\/strong>: sour rye soup with potato, sausage or an egg, sometimes served in a bread loaf.<\/p>\n Krupnik<\/strong>: barley soup with a smattering of vegetables and smoked meat.<\/p>\n Kapu\u015bniak<\/strong>: sour cabbage soup.<\/p>\n Zupa og\u00f3rkowa<\/strong>: hot sour cucumber soup.<\/p>\n Zupa koperkowa<\/strong>: dill soup.<\/p>\n Ros\u00f3\u0142 z kurczaka<\/strong>: golden chicken consomm\u00e9 with noodles.<\/p>\n Zupa pomidorowa<\/strong>: tomato soup, often with rice or noodles.<\/p>\n Groch\u00f3wka<\/strong>: thick pea soup.<\/p>\n Zupa grzybowa<\/strong>: mushroom soup with cream.<\/p>\n Flaki wo\u0142owe<\/strong>: beef tripe soup.<\/p>\n MAIN COURSES:<\/p>\n Eskalopki z ciel\u0119ciny<\/strong>: veal in a blanket.<\/p>\n Pol\u0119dwiczki wo\u0142owe<\/strong>: beef sirloin, often with rare mushroom sauce.<\/p>\n Oz\u00f3r wo\u0142owy<\/strong>: soft steamed beef tongues.<\/p>\n Sztuka mi\u0119sa w sosie chrzanowym<\/strong>: boiled chunk of beef in horseradish sauce.<\/p>\n Zrazy zawijane<\/strong>: beef rolls stuffed with bacon, gherkin and onion or red pepper, in a spicy sauce.<\/p>\n Golonka w piwie<\/strong>: fat, but tasty pork knuckle, sometimes in beer sauce, always with horseradish; very traditional, originally from Bavaria.<\/p>\n Kark\u00f3wka<\/strong>: tenderloin, usually roasted<\/p>\n Kotlet schabowy<\/strong>: traditional breaded pork cutlet (a tasty choice if you do not want any risk).<\/p>\n \u017beberka w miodzie<\/strong>: spare pork ribs in honey.<\/p>\n Kaczka z jab\u0142kami<\/strong>: baked duck in apple.<\/p>\n Kurczak de volaille<\/strong>: chicken steaks spread with butter, filled with mushrooms and bread crumbed<\/p>\n W\u0105tr\u00f3bki drobiow<\/strong>e: chicken liver.<\/p>\n Baranina<\/strong>: roasted or even grilled lamb \u2013 great, especially in the mountains.<\/p>\n Klopsiki<\/strong>: meatloaf, often with tomato sauce.<\/p>\n Bigos<\/strong>: appetizing, seasoned “hunter” stew made from sauerkraut with chunks of various meats and sausages, extremely traditional.<\/p>\n Dziczyzna<\/strong>: game, venison<\/p>\n Fasolka po breto\u0144sku<\/strong>: bean and sausage stew with tomato sauce.<\/p>\n Go\u0142\u0105bki<\/strong>: cabbage stuffed with meat or meat and rice.<\/p>\n Kaszanka<\/strong>: grilled or baked solid pieces of buckwheat blended with pork blood and shaped as sausages.<\/p>\n Szasz\u0142yk<\/strong>: originally Caucasian dish; chunks of meat grilled on a spit.<\/p>\n Karp po \u017cydowsku<\/strong>: carp in aspic with raisins, originally Jewish.<\/p>\n \u0141oso\u015b<\/strong>: salmon, often baked or boiled in a dill sauce.<\/p>\n Pstr\u0105g<\/strong>: trout, sometimes flamb\u00e9.<\/p>\n Side dishes are usually ziemniaki<\/strong> (potatoes), frytki<\/strong> (french fries), ry\u017c<\/strong> (rice) and different salads\/vegetables<\/p>\n Smacznego!<\/strong><\/p>\n Do nast<\/strong>\u0119pnego razu… <\/strong>(Till next time…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was really hard for me to get used to eating late diner when I moved to USA. That’s of course because Polish lunch is like dinner her…Poles eat big meal between 12-3pm and sandwiches or salads at dinner time (most of the times, with exceptions of course). Typical meals are very hearty and often…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/05\/5275180199_d4e629d8ea-250x350.jpg\")