Soups

• kartoflanka - potato soup
• chłodnik - cold soup made of soured milk, young beet leaves, beets, cucumbers and chopped fresh dill
• czernina
  Czernina
  Czernina is a Polish soup made of duck blood and clear poultry broth. In English it can be called "duck blood soup"....
  
  - duck
  Duck
  Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...
  
   blood soup
• flaki
  Flaki
  Flaki or Flaczki is a traditional Polish meat stew. It can be an acquired taste, but is one of the many soups that are an important part of the Polish diet...
  
  or flaczki - beef or pork tripe
  Tripe
  Tripe is a type of edible offal from the stomachs of various farm animals.-Beef tripe:...
  
   stew with marjoram
  Marjoram
  Marjoram is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours...
  
  
• rosół - clear chicken soup
• zupa grzybowa - mushroom
  Mushroom
  A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...
  
   soup made of various species of mushroom
• zupa ogórkowa - soup of sour, salted cucumbers, often with pork ("dill pickle soup")
• zupa szczawiowa (sorrel soup)
• żur
  Zur
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  - soured rye
  Rye
  Rye is a grass grown extensively as a grain and as a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder...
  
   flour soup with white sausage and/or hard-boiled egg
• żurek
  Zurek
  Zurek may refer to:* Żurek, a kind of soup* Libor Žůrek, footballer* Teresita Román de Zurek, writer and chef* Wojciech H. Zurek, physicist...
  
  - żur with potatoes, Polish sausage (kielbasa
  Kielbasa
  Kielbasa, kołbasa, kobasa, kovbasa, kobasa, kobasi, and kubasa are common North American anglicizations for a type of Eastern European sausage. Synonyms include Polish sausage, Ukrainian sausage, etc...
  
  ), and egg
  Egg (food)
  Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have probably been eaten by mankind for millennia. Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective eggshell, albumen , and vitellus , contained within various thin membranes...
  
   (jajko). Depending on the part of Poland it came from it may contain mushrooms as well. This dish is also called żurek starowiejski ("old village"). Żurek is frequently served with sour cream or by itself.
• grochówka - pea and/or lentil soup.
• kapuśniak - sauerkraut soup
• zupa pomidorowa - tomato soup
  Tomato soup
  Tomato soup is a soup made from tomatoes. It may be served hot or cold, and can be made in many styles. It may be smooth in texture, but there are recipes which include chunks of tomato, cream and/or chicken stock. Popular toppings for tomato soup include sour cream, and croutons. Tomato soup is...
  
   usually served with pasta or rice.
• pork barley soup with chicken livers and sour cream
• zupa jarzynowa - chicken/vegetable boullion base vegetable soup.

Main course

• pierogi
  Pierogi
  Pierogi are dumplings of unleavened dough - first boiled, then they are baked or fried usually in butter with onions - traditionally stuffed with potato filling, sauerkraut, ground meat, cheese, or fruit...
  
  - dumplings, usually filled with sauerkraut and/or mushrooms, meat, potato and/or savory cheese, sweet curd cheese with a touch of vanilla, or blueberries or other fruits, such as cherries or strawberries, and sometimes even apples -- optionally topped with sour cream, and sugar for the sweet versions
• bigos
  Bigos
  Bigos , known as a Hunter's Stew, is a traditional meat stew typical of Polish, Lithuanian, Belarusians and Ukrainian cuisine, considered to be the Polish and Ukrainian national dish....
  
  - a stew of sauerkraut
  Sauerkraut
  Sauerkraut , directly translated from German: "sour cabbage", is finely shredded cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. It has a long shelf-life and a distinctive sour flavor, both of which result from the lactic acid...
  
   and meat, similar to the French choucroute, but generally less acidic and including unfermented cabbage
• kotlet schabowy
  Kotlet schabowy
  Kotlet schabowy is a Polish variety of pork cutlet coated with breadcrumbs similar to Viennese schnitzel, but made of pork tenderloin , or with pork chop....
  
  - a breaded pork chop, similar to the Austrian Wiener Schnitzel
  Wiener schnitzel
  Schnitzel is a traditional Austrian dish made with boneless meat thinned with a mallet , coated in bread crumbs and fried. It is a popular part of Viennese, Austrian cuisine and German Cuisine...
  
  but usually thicker, served with boiled potato
  Potato
  The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
  
  es and cabbage
  Cabbage
  Cabbage is a popular cultivar of the species Brassica oleracea Linne of the Family Brassicaceae and is a leafy green vegetable...
  
   stew
• kasza gryczana ze skwarkami - buckwheat
  Buckwheat
  Buckwheat refers to a variety of plants in the dicot family Polygonaceae: the Eurasian genus Fagopyrum, the North American genus Eriogonum, and the Northern Hemisphere genus Fallopia. Either of the latter two may be referred to as "wild buckwheat"...
  
   cereal with chopped, fried lard
  Lard
  Lard is pig fat in both its rendered and unrendered forms. Lard was commonly used in many cuisines as a cooking fat or shortening, or as a spread similar to butter. Its use in contemporary cuisine has diminished because of health concerns posed by its saturated-fat content and its often negative...
  
   and onions
• kaczka z jabłkami - roast duck with apples
• pieczeń - a meat dish similar to the Bavarian Tellerfleisch or Austrian Tafelspitz
  Tafelspitz
  Tafelspitz is boiled beef in broth Viennese style.- The dish :Tafelspitz - boiled tri-tip - is a typical Austrian dish. The beef is simmered along with root vegetables and spices in the broth...
  
  
• golonka - stewed pork knuckle or hock
• gulasz - Goulash
  Goulash
  Goulash is a soup or stew of meat, noodles and vegetables , seasoned with paprika and other spices. Originating in Hungary, goulash is also a popular meal in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Romania, Scandinavia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and the north-eastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia...
  
  
• gołąbki - Golumpki, cabbage leaves stuffed with spiced minced meat and rice or with mushrooms and rice served with sour cream or tomato sauce
• placki kartoflane/ziemniaczane - potato pancakes
  Potato pancakes
  Potato pancakes are shallow-fried pancakes of grated or ground potato, flour and egg, often flavored with grated onion or garlic and seasoning. Potato pancakes may be topped with a variety of condiments, ranging from the savory to the sweet , or they may be served ungarnished...
  
   usually served with sour cream
• pyzy - potato dumplings served by themselves or stuffed with minced meat or cottage cheese
• naleśniki - crepes which are either folded in to triangles or rolled in to a tube typical servings include sweet white cheese with sugar and sour cream, various fruits topped with bita śmietana (whipped cream) or with bite bialka (whipped egg whites)
• mizeria - sliced cucumbers and sour cream.
• kaszanka
  Kaszanka
  Kaszanka is a traditional blood sausage in Polish cuisine. It is made of a mixture of pig's blood, pig offal , and buckwheat kasza stuffed in a pig intestine...
  
  - Polish blood sausage
  Blood sausage
  Black pudding, blood pudding or blood sausage is a type of sausage made by cooking blood or dried blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. The dish exists in various cultures from Asia to Europe...
  
  , made of pork blood, liver, lungs and fat with kasza, spiced with onion, pepper and marjoram.
• kiszka – type of roasted sausage made of minced potatoes
• kotlet mielony - meat with eggs, bread crumbs, garlic, and salt and pepper rolled into a ball and fried on onion butter.
• placek po węgiersku - a potato pancake with a Hungarian sauce poured over it with meat and onions and sour cream.

Dessert

• makowiec - poppy seed-swirl cake, sometimes with raisins and/or nuts.
• pączek
  Paczki
  Pączki are pastries traditional to Polish cuisine . Pączki is the plural form of the Polish word pączek , though many English speakers use paczki as singular and paczkis as plural. In English, the common pronunciation imitates the Polish pronunciation, but some speakers pronounce the word or...
  
  - closed donut filled with rose marmalade or other fruit conserves.
• pierniki - soft gingerbread shapes iced or filled with marmalade of different fruit flavours and covered with chocolate.
• Sernik
  Cheesecake
  Cheesecake is a dessert consisting of a topping made of soft, fresh cheese, usually on a crust or base made from biscuit , pastry or sponge cake. They may be baked or unbaked...
  
  - Sernik (cheesecake) is one of the most popular desserts in Poland. It is a cake made primarily of twaróg, a type of fresh cheese.
• chałka
  Challah
  Challah also khale ,, berches , barkis , bergis , chałka , vánočka , zopf and kitke , is a special braided bread eaten on...
  
  - sweet white wheat bread of Jewish origin.
• krówki
  Krówki
  Krówki , literally "little cows," are Polish fudge, semi-soft milk toffee candies.It is one of the most common Polish confectioneries, sold worldwide, and might be considered "dulce de Leche candy". Commercially, many brands are available; most of them have each individual candy wrapped in...
  
  - Polish fudge
  Fudge
  Fudge is a type of Western confectionery which is usually very sweet, and extremely rich. It is made by mixing sugar, butter, and milk and heating it to the soft-ball stage at , and then beating the mixture while it cools so that it acquires a smooth, creamy consistency...
  
  , soft milk toffee
  Toffee
  Toffee is a confection made by caramelizing sugar or molasses along with butter, and occasionally flour. The mixture is heated until its temperature reaches the hard crack stage of 300 to 310 °F...
  
   candies.
• kisiel
  Kissel
  Kissel or kisel is a fruit soup, popular as a dessert in Eastern and Northern Europe. It consists of sweetened juice, thickened with arrowroot, cornstarch or potato starch, and sometimes red wine or fresh or dried fruits are added...
  
  - clear, jelly-like fruit liquid.
• budyń - pudding--usually comes in many different flavors, such as sweet cream, chocolate, and even cherry.

• faworki
  Faworki
  Angel wings are a traditional sweet crisp pastry made out of dough that has been shaped into thin twisted ribbons, deep-fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Traditionally present in several European cuisines, angel wings are known by many other names and have been incorporated into other...
  
  / chrusty
  Faworki
  Angel wings are a traditional sweet crisp pastry made out of dough that has been shaped into thin twisted ribbons, deep-fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Traditionally present in several European cuisines, angel wings are known by many other names and have been incorporated into other...
  
  - light fried pastry covered with powdered sugar
• pańska skórka - kind of hard Taffy
  Taffy (candy)
  Taffy is a type of chewy candy, similar to toffee. Taffy is often sold alongside bubblegum and candy. Taffy is made by stretching or pulling a sticky mass of boiled sugar, butter or vegetable oil, flavorings, and coloring until fluffy. When this process is complete, the taffy is rolled, cut into...
  
  sold at cemeteries during Zaduszki
  Zaduszki
  Zaduszki is a Polish tradition of lighting candles and visiting the graves of the relatives on All Souls Day. Its origins can be traced to the times of Slavic mythology....
  
  and at Stare Miasto

• kutia
  Kutia
  Kutia is a sweet grain pudding, traditionally served in Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Belarusian and Polish cultures. Kutia is often the first dish in the traditional twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper...
  
  - a small square pasta with wheat, poppy seeds, nuts, raisins and honey. Typically served during Christmas in the eastern regions (Białystok).

Folk medicine

• Syrop z Cebuli- a cough remedy made of chopped onion and sugar; although it is very tasty, it is still considered a medicine.
• Herbata góralska - Tea with alcohol

Ingredients

• kapusta kiszona - sauerkraut
  Sauerkraut
  Sauerkraut , directly translated from German: "sour cabbage", is finely shredded cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. It has a long shelf-life and a distinctive sour flavor, both of which result from the lactic acid...
  
  
• ogórek kiszony - salted sour cucumber
  Cucumber
  The cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same genus as the muskmelon. The plant is a creeping vine which bears cylindrical edible fruit when ripe. There are three main varieties of cucumber: "slicing", "pickling", and...
  
  , a pickle
  Pickling
  Pickling, also known as brining or corning is the process of preserving food by anaerobic fermentation in brine to produce lactic acid, or marinating and storing it in an acid solution, usually vinegar . The resulting food is called a pickle. This procedure gives the food a salty or sour taste...
  
   prepared in a similar way to sauerkraut
• kiełbasa
  Kielbasa
  Kielbasa, kołbasa, kobasa, kovbasa, kobasa, kobasi, and kubasa are common North American anglicizations for a type of Eastern European sausage. Synonyms include Polish sausage, Ukrainian sausage, etc...
  
  - Polish sausage, comes in a wide variety of versions
• śmietana - a type of sour cream

Beverages

• miód pitny - mead
  Mead
  Mead , also called honey wine, is an alcoholic beverage that is produced by fermenting a solution of honey and water. It may also be produced by fermenting a solution of water and honey with grain mash, which is strained immediately after fermentation...
  
  
• podpiwek - very lightly alcoholic beer made of crumbled dark bread
• wino proste - a variety of alcoholic beverages made of fruit extracts and spirit, countless types and names of which exist
• kompot
  Kompot
  thumb|Dried plum kompotthumb|Apple and quince kompotKompot is a traditional drink in Central and Eastern European countries. It is a light, refreshing drink most often made of dried or fresh fruit boiled in water with sugar and left to cool and infuse...
  
  - a non-alcoholic beverage made of boiled fruit, optionally also with sugar and spices (e.g. clove or cinnamon). Served hot or cold. Can be made of one type of fruit or a mixture, including but not limited to apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, sour cherries and gooseberries.
• susz - a type of "kompot" made with dried fruits, most commonly apples, apricots, figs and so on. Traditionally served on Christmas, it has a distinct smell and brown colour.
• Wódka - (Vodka
  Vodka
  Vodka , is a distilled beverage. It is composed primarily of water and ethanol with traces of impurities and flavorings. Vodka is made by the distillation of fermented substances such as grains, potatoes, or sometimes fruits....
  
  ) Poland produces and exports many premium vodkas, among them you will find brands such as Belvedere (vodka)
  Belvedere (vodka)
  Belvedere is a luxury brand of Polish vodka produced and distributed by LVMH. It is named after Belweder, the Polish presidential palace, whose illustration appears on the company's bottles. It is produced exclusively in Poland in the town of Żyrardów and has worldwide distribution....
  
  , Chopin vodka
  Chopin vodka
  Chopin vodka is a single-ingredient vodka, 4 times distilled from potatoes grown in the Polish region of Podlasie. It is produced by Siedlce-based Podlaska Wytwórnia Wódek Polmos. Chopin was first introduced to North America in 1997. The production is done in small batches...
  
  , Luksusowa, Wyborowa
  Wyborowa
  Wyborowa or Wódka Wyborowa is a brand of Polish vodka. Its production started in 1823 in a distillery owned by Jewish businessman Hartwig Kantorowicz in Poznań, then in Prussia...
  
  , Żubrówka
  Zubrówka
  Żubrówka , also known in English as Buffalo Grass Vodka or Bison Grass Vodka, is a brand of dry, herb-flavored vodka that is distilled from rye and bottled at 40% alcohol by volume...
  
   and many more. Pablo Picasso
  Pablo Picasso
  Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
  
   once said "The three most astonishing things in the past half-century were the blues
  Blues
  Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
  
  , cubism
  Cubism
  Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture...
  
  , and Polish vodka."

Galicia

• Polish flat soda bread
  Soda bread
  Soda bread is a variety of quick bread traditionally made in a variety of cuisines in which sodium bicarbonate is used as a raising agent rather than the more common yeast. The ingredients of traditional soda bread are flour, bread soda, salt, and buttermilk...
  
   - aka proziaki
• Apple strudel - aka strudel jabłkowy - apple cake, identical to Austria
  Austria
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
  
  n Apfelstrudel
• Pischinger chocolate oblaten cake - cake made of layers of wafer and layer
• Sheep Milk Cheese Bryndza
  Bryndza
  Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. Recipes differ slightly across the countries.-Etymology:Brânză or brînză is the generic word for "cheese" in Romanian, there is no special type of cheese associated with it...
  
  
• Smoked sheep milk cheese Oscypek
  Oscypek
  Oscypek, Oszczypek is a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland .Oscypek is a protected trade name under the EU's Protected Designation of Origin geographical indication.A similar...
  
  
• Poppy seed cake Makowiec

Tatra mountains

Tatra Mountains

The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , are a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland, and are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains...

• kwaśnica - sauerkraut
  Sauerkraut
  Sauerkraut , directly translated from German: "sour cabbage", is finely shredded cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus. It has a long shelf-life and a distinctive sour flavor, both of which result from the lactic acid...
  
   and potato soup
• Czosnianka - soup
• śliwowica łącka - (read: [shlee-voh-veetsa won-tskah]) strong plum brandy (70% alcohol)
• oscypek
  Oscypek
  Oscypek, Oszczypek is a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland .Oscypek is a protected trade name under the EU's Protected Designation of Origin geographical indication.A similar...
  
  - hard, salty cheese
  Cheese
  Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
  
   from nonpasteurized sheep milk
  Sheep milk
  Sheep's milk is the milk of domestic sheep. Though not widely drunk in any modern culture, sheep's milk is commonly used to make cultured dairy products. Well-known cheeses made from sheep milk include the Feta of Greece, Roquefort of France, Manchego from Spain, the Pecorino Romano , the Pecorino...
  
   which is smoked over a fire. Sometimes served sliced and fried with cranberries.
• Żentyca
  Žincica
  Žinčica or Żentyca is a drink made of sheep milk whey similar to kefir. It is a by-product in the process of making Bryndza cheese....
  
  - popular drink made of sheep's milk
  Milk
  Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
  
   whey
  Whey
  Whey or Milk Serum is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained. It is a by-product of the manufacture of cheese or casein and has several commercial uses. Sweet whey is manufactured during the making of rennet types of hard cheese like cheddar or Swiss cheese...
  
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• Bryjka
• Gołka
  Golka
  Gołka is a cheese in Poland that is similar to oscypek/oštiepok, but made with milk from cattle. Gołka has also different shape – cylindrical, while oscypek is tapered at both ends ....
  
   - cheese
  Cheese
  Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
  
  
• Bryndza
  Bryndza
  Bryndza is a sheep milk cheese made in Central and Eastern Europe. Recipes differ slightly across the countries.-Etymology:Brânză or brînză is the generic word for "cheese" in Romanian, there is no special type of cheese associated with it...
  
   - cheese
  Cheese
  Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
  
  
• Bundz
  Bundz
  Bundz Bundz Bundz (also known as bunc (Podhale dialect) is Polish sheep milk cheese. It is traditionally produced in Podhale. The drink żętyca is also produced from the whey created in bundz production.-See also:...
  
   - cheese
  Cheese
  Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
  
  

Kresy

Kresy

The Polish term Kresy refers to a land considered by Poles as historical eastern provinces of their country. Today, it makes western Ukraine, western Belarus, as well as eastern Lithuania, with such major cities, as Lviv, Vilnius, and Hrodna. This territory belonged to the Polish-Lithuanian...

• babka żółtkowa - yolk and yeast cake
• bliny gryczane - buckwheat pancakes
• cepeliny
  Cepelinai
  Cepelinai or Didžkukuliai are a Lithuanian national dish. They are a type of dumpling made from grated potatoes and usually stuffed with minced meat, although sometimes dry cottage cheese or mushrooms are used instead....
  
  - big long-shaped potato dumplings stuffed with meat and marjoram
• chłodnik - cold soup made of soured milk, young beet leaves, beets, cucumbers and chopped fresh dill
• grzyby po żmudzku - mushrooms, Samogitian style
• kawior z bakłażana - "caviar" of egg-plant
• kreple z lejka
• kugiel ze skwarkami
  Kugelis
  Kugelis is a baked potato pudding that is a Lithuanian national dish. The main ingredients are potatoes, bacon, milk, onions, and eggs. It may be spiced with salt, black pepper, bay leaves, and/or marjoram...
  
  
• kutia
  Kutia
  Kutia is a sweet grain pudding, traditionally served in Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Belarusian and Polish cultures. Kutia is often the first dish in the traditional twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper...
  
  - traditional Christmas dish, made of wheat, poppy seeds, nuts, raisins and honey
• melszpejz zaparzany z jabłek
• pieczeń wiedźmy
• ruskie pierogi - Ruthenian style pierogi with quark and potato
• szodo
• tort ziemniaczany - potato cake
• zrazy wołyńskie
• żeberka wieprzowe po żmudzku - pork ribs, Samogitian style

• korycinski
  Korycinski
  Koryciński, also known as "swojski" , is a hard yellow cheese made from cow's milk, named after the town of Korycin in Poland, and made in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in eastern Poland. Considered to be the oldest polish yellow cheese....
  
   cheese -
• babka ziemniaczana -
• cebulniaczki -
• chleb biebrzański -
• kartacz - big long-shaped potato dumplings stuffed with meat and marjoram
• kiszka ziemniaczana - potato sausage
• okoń smażony, w zalewie octowej - perch fried in vinegar
• sękacz - pyramid cake, made of many layers.
• zucielki -

• baba warszawska - yeast cake
• bułka z pieczarkami - a bun filled with a champignon (field mushroom) stew, ersatz hot dogs under communism, when frankfurters were in short supply
• flaczki z pulpetami
  Flaki
  Flaki or Flaczki is a traditional Polish meat stew. It can be an acquired taste, but is one of the many soups that are an important part of the Polish diet...
  
   (po warszawsku) - tripe stew with marjoram and small meat noodles
• kawior po żydowsku - "Jewish caviar" - chopped calf or poultry liver with garlic and hard boiled egg
• kugiel - found in the town of Ostroleka, made with potatoes and diced meat
• pączki
  Paczki
  Pączki are pastries traditional to Polish cuisine . Pączki is the plural form of the Polish word pączek , though many English speakers use paczki as singular and paczkis as plural. In English, the common pronunciation imitates the Polish pronunciation, but some speakers pronounce the word or...
  
  - doughnuts with rose marmalade
• pyzy z mięsem - round potato dumplings stuffed with meat
• zrazy wołowe - rolled beef strips in sauce
• zrazy wołowe zawijane - chopped dill cucumbers and onions wrapped in thin strips of beef
• zupa grzybowa po kurpiowsku (z gąsek) - mushroom soup made of Tricholoma equestre
  Tricholoma equestre
  Tricholoma equestre or Tricholoma flavovirens, also known as Man on horseback or Yellow knight is a formerly widely eaten but hazardous fungus of the Tricholoma genus that forms ectomycorrhiza with pine trees....
  
  , a large mushroom with a cereal-like flavor.

• pierniki - soft gingerbread shapes filled with marmalade of different fruit flavours and covered with chocolate.

Silesia

Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...

• Żymła - a well-baked bread roll
  Bread roll
  A bread roll is a piece of bread, usually small and round and is commonly considered a side dish. Bread rolls are often used in the same way as sandwiches are—cut transversely, with fillings placed between the two halves.-Various forms:...
  
  , oval with a division in the middle, topped with poppy seeds, similar to Austrian Keisersemmel.

• Kluski śląskie (Silesian dumplings) - round shaped dumplings served with gravy, made of mashed boiled potatoes, finely grated raw potatoes, an egg, grated onion, wheat flour and potato starch flour.

• Rolada z modrą kapustą (roladen with red cabbage) - best-quality beef-meat roll; stuffed with pickled vegetable, ham, and good amount of seasoning; always served with red cabbage (with fried bacon, fresh onion and allspice); traditionally eaten with kluski śląskie for Sunday dinner.

• Szałot (Silesian potato salad) - a salat made of squares of boiled potatoes, root vegetables, various sausages (sometimes ham), pickled fish (usually herring), boiled eggs, bonded with mayonnaise.

• Krupniok - kind of blood sausage
  Blood sausage
  Black pudding, blood pudding or blood sausage is a type of sausage made by cooking blood or dried blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. The dish exists in various cultures from Asia to Europe...
  
   made of kasza and animal blood
  Blood
  Blood is a specialized bodily fluid in animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells....
  
  , spiced with marjoram and garlic between others.

• Żymlok - like krupniok but instead kasza there is bread roll
  Bread roll
  A bread roll is a piece of bread, usually small and round and is commonly considered a side dish. Bread rolls are often used in the same way as sandwiches are—cut transversely, with fillings placed between the two halves.-Various forms:...
  
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• Wodzionka
  Wodzionka
  Wodzionka or brołtzupa is the Silesian bread or water soup made from stale bread, fat, and water. Traditionally, wodzionka is prepared by soaking two- to three-day old stale bread in water or broth and adding garlic, bay leaves, pepper and other seasonings, fried bacon, and lard or butter...
  
   or brołtzupa (ger. brot - bread, pol. zupa - soup) - soup with garlic
  Garlic
  Allium sativum, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion genus, Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. Dating back over 6,000 years, garlic is native to central Asia, and has long been a staple in the Mediterranean region, as well as a frequent...
  
   and squares of dried rye bread.

• Siemieniotka
  Siemieniotka
  Siemieniotka is a Silesian soup made of hemp seed, often eaten at the traditional Christmas Eve meal, Wigilia.The name of the dish comes from its main component: seeds ....
  
   or siemiotka - very original and rare kind of soup made of hemp seed
  Hemp
  Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest...
  
   with boiled kasza, one of main Christmas Eve
  Christmas Eve
  Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25...
  
   meals. Requires a lot of hand work to prepare according to tradition.

• Knysza - pita bread with meat and lots of cabbage.

• Makiełki or moczka or makówki
  Makówki
  Makówki, in is a traditional poppy seed-based dessert, most notably in Silesia where it is served almost exclusively on Christmas Eve .-Outside Silesia:Makówki is also well known in Brandenburg and Berlin under the name Mohnpilen...
  
  - traditional Christmas Eve dessert, its main ingredients are: gingerbread extract, nuts and dried fruit, strawberry compote and almonds.

• gzik (gzika) - cottage cheese with onion and/or chives
  Chives
  Chives are the smallest species of the edible onions. A perennial plant, they are native to Europe, Asia and North America.. Allium schoenoprasum is the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World....
  
  
• kaczka z pyzami i modrą kapustą - roast duck with steam-cooked rolls and red cabbage
• pyry z gzikiem - boiled, peeled or unpeeled potatoes with gzik (see above) and butter
  Butter
  Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is generally used as a spread and a condiment, as well as in cooking applications, such as baking, sauce making, and pan frying...
  
  
• rogale świętomarcińskie - croissants filled with poppy seed
  Poppy seed
  Poppy seed is an oilseed obtained from the opium poppy . The tiny kidney-shaped seeds have been harvested from dried seed pods by various civilizations for thousands of years...
  
  s, almond
  Almond
  The almond , is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia. Almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree...
  
  s, other nuts and raisin
  Raisin
  Raisins are dried grapes. They are produced in many regions of the world. Raisins may be eaten raw or used in cooking, baking and brewing...
  
  s, traditionally eaten on November the 11th, St. Martin's Day
  St. Martin's Day
  St. Martin's Day, also known as the Feast of St. Martin, Martinstag or Martinmas, the Feast of St Martin of Tours or Martin le Miséricordieux, is a time for feasting celebrations. This is the time when autumn wheat seeding is completed. Historically, hiring fairs were held where farm laborers...
  
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• plendze - potato pancakes served with sugar
• Kopytka
  Kopytka
  Kopytka, kapytki are a kind of potato dumpling. They are very similar to gnocchi although they are typically served baked with cheese, fried bacon or onion...