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Food like it used to taste... a HUGE discovery...

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  • There are several Eastern European shops in this area but I wouldn't know which if any are polish. Does anyone know how to tell which country's produce the shop is selling?
  • gayle1
    gayle1 Posts: 242 Forumite
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    they have a flag in the window xx
  • gayle1 wrote: »
    they have a flag in the window xx

    thanks, I have never noticed but admit I've never really looked I will do now.
  • gayle1
    gayle1 Posts: 242 Forumite
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    i get loads for like a fiver the chicken roll with bits in my boys cannot rave enough about age 8 and 6 my boys will tell me if its rubbish their dear stuff salami to fatty for the money but garlic sausage (their version) bliss x
  • thanks, I have never noticed but admit I've never really looked I will do now.

    Give it a try. I think a lot of Brits are a bit wary of anything they aren't used to. I found the Polish shops a good while back and now am in there most weeks. There's always something new to try - and it's almost always superior in flavour to the nearest local equivalent.

    I find it really sad, like the OP, that the supermarkets have got our own producers turning out bland junk which is only made to look good and fit neatly on the shelves.

    Their opinion of your average UK consumer must be appallingly low.

    Taste has been forgotten.
  • Lizling
    Lizling Posts: 882 Forumite
    edited 18 November 2014 at 12:36AM
    Also, if they're called Polski Sklep, that's a pretty big clue that they're Polish ;)

    Totally agree about the nice-looking but bland muck in the supermarkets. They must either think we're idiots or they're stuck in the days before many of us had any alternatives.
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  • Alan_Cross
    Alan_Cross Posts: 1,226 Forumite
    Thought I'd resurrect this with a last, parting shot.

    I bought some bog standard ham from the deli counter at the Polish shop last Friday whilst my wife by accident got some 'finest cured Yorkshire' stuff from the Waitrose deli. That'll teach us to communicate better.

    Prices virtually identical.

    Our children and their families stayed with us over the weekend.

    Result: all the Polish product gone and 'that tasteless ham' still gracing the fridge...
  • agiaga
    agiaga Posts: 171 Forumite
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    I feel so good reading all the comments in this thread! - I'm Polish!
    If anuone wants to ask about a receipe or anyrhing else please don't hesitate :)
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  • Lizling
    Lizling Posts: 882 Forumite
    Ooh, I'd love a recipe for Polish style cheesecake, please Agiaga, if you know one!
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  • Me too please Agiaga !!
    thanks
    Caz
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