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(kapuśniak) and sauerkraut
are on every menu. Potatoes
are also a staple. They come
boiled, baked and mashed,
though rarely roasted. Peppers
are popular too, often served
stuffed with rice and minced
meat or pickled in summer
salads. Root vegetables such
as carrots, parsnips, swede
(rutabaga), turnips and beetroot
make their way into a range of
dishes. Mushrooms grow wild
all over Poland and come both
cooked and pickled as a tasty
A colourful display of locally grown vegetables at a city market stall addition to many meals.
Fish Vegetables
SNACKS
Fish features strongly on Poland produces many fine
menus all over Poland, quality vegetables. The hardy Sausages A wide range of
where herring (śledź) is a cabbage (kapusta) remains smoked and unsmoked varieties
central part of the diet. It the country’s top vegetable. are on offer at the profusion of
comes pickled, in oil, with It is used in so many ways, street stalls and snack bars that
onions, with soured cream – including raw in salads and can be found on most city streets.
in fact, with just about simply boiled to partner Precles (pretzels) Another
everything. Rolmops po meat or fish. Cabbage soup favourite street snack, these are
kaszubsku (marinated herring popular, freshly baked, at train
wrapped around pickled and bus stations first thing in
onion, then spiked with the morning.
cloves and dipped in soured Zapiekanki Often referred to
cream) are widely enjoyed. as Polish-style pizzas, these are
Other popular fish are tasty, open-top baguettes,
freshwater trout (pstrąg) – spread with cheese and tomato,
served simply grilled with then toasted and served piping
boiled potatoes; carp (karp) – hot. They are also a common
often accompanied by item on street-stall menus.
horseradish sauce; and Smalec This snack consists of
salmon (łosoś)(łosoś)( . A treat in early fried lard, liberally sprinkled with
summer is smoked salmon sea salt, and eaten with chunks of
served with spears of fresh crusty bread. It can be found as a
asparagus (łosoś wędzony bar snack in most pubs and makes
ze szparagami), which is Braided ring-shaped obwarzanki (Krakow obwarzanki (Krakow obwarzanki a good accompaniment to beer.
then in season. pretzels) on sale in a bread shop

Pierogi These ravioli-style Barszcz This beetroot soup, Poppy seed roll A rich yeasted
dumplings may be stuffed flavoured with lemon and dough is wrapped around a
with meat, sauerkraut, garlic, may be served clear sweet poppy-seed filling and
mushrooms, cheese or fruit. or with beans or potatoes. baked until lightly golden.