This is a lot of languages and dead languages

If it wasn't a lot, it'd be more of a language twig.

I have heard of makowiec before, but never had it. Meanwhile you must be sorry you stumbled in here, lol.

Are you familiar with Galumpkis? Most Americans refer to them as "Pigs in a Blanket", but that always reminds me of those mini hot dogs wrapped in a little pastry-thing served as a snack. Anyway, I'm not big on Galumpkis, but I know quite a few people who are. Pierogies on the other hand...that's a different story. It does seem that Polish food, at least over here, is an acquired taste.

And if you have heard of Galumpkis, does their name change regionally? I've heard "GaLUMPki" is what they are referred to in Eastern Poland (Russian influence) and "GaWUMPki" is what they are referred to in Western Poland (German influence).

I'm little confused here. Seems you're referring to American http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigs_in_a_blanket but that's different form Polish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go%C5%82%C4%85bki. As you can see, go??bkis are wrapped in a cabbage leaf, not in a pastry thing. http://translate.google.pl/#pl%7Cen%7Cgo%C5%82%C4%85bki should help with pronunciation, just click on the speaker icon on the left window, though the accent is a bit weird.

I've used to eat a lot of pierogies as a child. I've only liked these with http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/2435066506_60b12ac9eb.jpg as a filling, but they can also be filled with cabbage, meat or mushrooms.

PS. sorry for what? If you mean that I have to answer all this, then that's no problem! Never too much of training myself in English.

I actually am referring to traditiional Polish Golabkis (not sure how to put the accents/diacritic marks in). Americans call them "Pigs in the Blanket", even though they are 2 very separate things. I agree with you in that when I hear "Pigs in the Blanket" I think of the little hot dog hor'dourves as well. Anyway, seems that only in Eastern European ethnic neighborhoods do they actually get called "Golabkis".

I only ever really eat Potato Pierogies. They are the most common here. Sometimes, you can find sauerkraut or cottage cheese, but I've never seen meat or mushroom.

Just saying that you probably didn't expect to get bombarded by Polish Questions. I've been waiting for someone to come around. Your English is very impressive, by the way.

I'll PM you for that recipe you mentioned.

PM sent.

I like answering, especially that Poland doesn't seem to receive as much attention as other European countries, like Germany, France or Spain.

About my English, I may be able to communicate using text-only, but I still make mistakes, and after I read my post again, after posting, I'm like "oh, here's a mistake. And here it shouldn't be spelled that way" etc. Also, I haven't spoken English in somewhat long time, so I'm unsure about my pronunciation. Anyway, I'm only 19 (turning 20 this April) so I still have time to learn more.

Edit: Another mistake here. I've written "speaked" instead of "spoken".

I wonder if swearing in a foreign language here is censored...

Bosh'tet

Edit: nope.

That's a game language, it isn't real...or is it

Yeah it's Quarian....from Mass Effect.

Hmmm seems I'm going to run around saying it to people now, knowing what it means, and they'll be confused
If they aren't then, then damit

I have a question for all of the British: How much USD (U.S dollars) would it take to buy a nice house in London?

It's not really rude, though: it just means "utter cad". Probably.

Dunno about London, but here in Oxford a typical three bedroom semi is around ￡250,000 (around $400,000) which strikes me as a bit excessive. I'd imagine the equivalent in a decent area of London is probably significantly more expensive.

OMG that's so cheap!

But I only have an income of two turnips a week.

I make about 4 turnpis a week, but the house over here is around $1500/foot.

Consider how much smaller the island you live on is, and it makes sense.

A nice house? Probably measured in the millions.

The words aren't censored, but we treat it as censor avoidance and can warn you for it.


(and yes, they mean what you thought - but the second one was Italian, not Spanish)

In Warsaw, capital city of Poland, average cost of a sqare meter is about 2500USD (~7800PLN), but they can be lower in cheaper districts and up to 2-3x times more expensive in the center. One square meter is about 10 square foot.

No it doesn't. Cause majority of the citizens cannot afford them. We simply rent houses paying 40-60% of our wage to the landlords. Of course that is if you're white, you are paid easily 3-5 times our wages for same job.

The land price in Hong Kong and some part of mainland China are not cause of practical demand, but through hawking of premises. We filled crap loads of lands so much we're about to seal off the whole 3km wide harbour and yet it's still not enough.

A lot of people want to be in Hong Kong, there's only so much space to go around, so the people who do own the land end up selling/renting it to the highest bidders. The same thing happens in New York. Or any other business capital (London) or vacation haven (e.g. St Barthelemy). It's just how it is.

I think your family is from the same area as mine, Bitter. My aunt married into a Slavic family (Im not completely sure exactly where they were from, though her mother-in-law was directly from there) and I grew up on the foods they had taught her, including that rolled cake you posted. I have no idea what she calls it though but she had both a nut one and a poppy seed one like Minamir mentioned. We also do pierogies filled with kraut, prunes, or potatoes for Christmas instead of the traditional American meal. I'm extremely ignorant about most of the stuff but she also does a couple of dishes she calls bobaki and halushka... the spelling I am sure is absolutely butchered. One is fried cabbage with noodles and the other is homemade kraut baked with little bread dumplings. I've tried to google the recipes but I guess it depends on where you're from, if you've Americanized the names, etc. so I've had no such luck. I keep telling her I need to get them from her so I can carry on the traditions when she no longer wants to.

And could I get that recipe by chance? I'm also looking for new things to try especially from around the world.

Edit: I should add that my family also has some very very strong German influences when it comes to our meals so that could have very well changed spellings, recipes, etc.

That is interesting.

Christmas and Easter at my house are incredibly Polish. I certainly know about Halushki (though say and spell it different, apparently). Americans call it "Cabbage and Noodles" the same thay call Golabkis: "Pigs in the Blanket". I'm not familiar with Bobaki, but it sounds similar to Kapusta, which is a dish that consists of mainly: cabbage, kraut and kielbasi.