Polish Cuisine

Polish Cuisine

A lot like Morocco Poland has taken much of its inspiration for there cuisine from neighbouring countries such as Slovakia, Russia and Ukraine as well as other central European countries Germany, Spain and Italy. Other influences come from religion mainly Jewish due  to the high number of Jews living in Poland past and present. Similar to Germany there food consist of a lot of meats especially sausages. They use rich meats such as chicken pork and beef making a range of different sausages, kiszka is an example of a blood sausage similar to black pudding eaten in Poland.
For many of there dishes eggs and cream are used as well as noodles which are there main side dish. Zrazy is a beef piece stuffed with vegetables, egg, mushroom and potato and is eaten widely across Poland. Soup is also a common part of a Polish person diet such as tomato or mushroom soup. The climate is similar to that of Ireland making it possible to grown all these vegetables and  produce all the meats needed for there diets. A strange feature of food in Poland is they have there main meal (bigger than the average Irish dinner) at around 2pm or midday. A lot of cheese is also produced in Poland with one of the main types being  Oscypek which is a smoked cheese made of goats milk.
Desert is also a big part of there cuisine with a whole range of deserts being eaten, Pączek is a type of jam filled donut which is very common as well as Sernik which is probably the most common desert, it is a type of cheese cake with a type of jelly served on top.


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