Taste Testing WEIRD Polish food (Gut soup, pickled cheese, blood sausage) [Kult America]

American guys try some of Poland's weirdest food! From Gut soup, to blood sausage and pickled cheese!
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[@piotrk07]

Ktoś powinien wytłumaczyć Autorowi, że zupa o nazwie "flaczki" czyli jak nieszczęśliwie przetłumaczył "gut soup" nie powstaje z jelit ale z wołowego żołądka. Na flaki przeznacza się wszystkie części żołądka: księgi, żwacz, czepiec oraz trawieniec (największą wartość kulinarną mają trawieniec i żwacz).

[@chipiron2843]

No ale potocznie flaki to jelita a nie żołądek, chyba że Miodek twierdzi inaczej. Żołądkową też od biedy (!) też można nazwać zupą ale zupa o 40% zawartości alkoholu to dopiero byłby rarytas.

[@piotrk07]

@@chipiron2843 Tu wkraczamy na grząski teren polskiego nazewnictwa kulinarnego. A mamy tego trochę: barszcz ukraiński, o którym na Ukrainie nie słyszano; befsztyk tatarski, którego nigdy wśród Tatarów nie było czy ryba po grecku, o której w Grecji nic nie wiedzą... 😉

[@jezjerzy4527]

@@piotrk07 nie można zapominać o wszelkich potrawach Hawajskich do których dodany jest po prostu ananas xD

[@marekszzz]

@@chipiron2843 Właśnie na tym polega problem, że autor wpisał sobie "flaki" w translatora i wyszło mu "gut". A dodatkowo to ja bym polemizował, że w potocznej mowie "flaki" oznaczają jelita. Flaki bardziej bym określił jako "wnętrzności" albo "bebechy" - a to pasuje i do żołądka i do jelit i jeszcze to kilku innych flaków. :-)

[@MM-lq4xf]

Po angielsku flaczki to tripe soup

[@krzysiekgwozdz5902]

There is one thing about oscypek (or maybe more than one). This one you ate isn't actually oscypek but it's called nowadays serek górski(mountain cheese). Oscypek is very unic, it got particular weight, shape, composition and it's made through particular season. If I'm not wrong, oscypek is certified local food and it can't be produced and sold under that name without certification.

[@Klusio19]

Yes, 100% right. Oscypek is certified local food, so all the "oscypek" are made to taste and look like original "oscypek". That doesn't mean it's much different or worse, it's just the thing, that you can sometimes experience bad quality ones.

[@telepatka1765]

True true !!

[@jarlfenrir]

Of what I heard oscypek sold to tourists is not made from sheep milk as it should, hence it cannot be named "oscypek" anymore. But if theoy would do it the original way, nobody (except highlanders) would like to eat it.

[@krzysiekgwozdz5902]

@@jarlfenrir Actually real oscypek should have 50% and more of sheep milk But i dont remember what taste it was

[@themichaelthing]

@@jarlfenrir nah its some weird myth. A true oscypek is different in taste than those "fake" ones, yes, but very tasty. Its not like a difference between cow cheese and sheep cheese.

[@li53cz3k]

I'm from Poland but I've never eaten marinated oscypek! I have to try

[@jankanty7372]

Correct, because marinating cheese is Czech tradition.

[@JustynaSelwa]

Same as me 😄

[@sylwiapawlik-mucha4969]

Its good chees!!

[@agnieszkajarecka2611]

Same

[@agares166]

Me to 😂

[@anuskas9244]

Real sheep's milk oscypek can be bought only from May to October, those sold at a different time of the year are not oscypek, because they are made of cow's milk Gut soup is not a good translation, because Flaki is made from beef stomachs, not from guts or bowel as the name suggests

[@RichieLarpa]

Właśnie zjadłem porcję flaków po czesku i chociaż rozumiem, że to jedzenie będzie mnogo ludzi traktowało jako okropne jedzenie, ja bez niego nie mogę żyć!

[@rosacanina5353]

Exactly

[@jn1205]

I ate at a Pole in Mississippi

[@swiety_eligiusz]

ale my nie nazywamy flaków zupą żołądkową, tylko właśnie flakami, więc gość raczej się nie pomylił

[@anuskas9244]

@@swiety_eligiusz No tak nie do końca, bo po angielsku "Gut" to jelita, wnętrzności, nie powinno się tłumaczyć nazwy tej potrawy, flaki to flaki i tak powinniśmy te zupę nazywać jeśli serwujemy ją komuś, kto nie zna polskiego, tak samo jak jedziemy do innego kraju i podają nam jakąś potrawę, nie tłumaczą jej nazwy. Jeżeli powiemy komuś kto nie mówi po polsku, że flaki to Gut soup, zrozumie że to zupa z wnętrzności, jelit, czyli z "flaków". Jeżeli podajemy gołąbki, nie nazywany tej potrawy "little doves".

[@susanbrennan5511]

My Polish mother always told the story that when a suitor came to dinner and was served ducks blood soup he wouldn’t come back.

[@logolorin]

That's true. The soup is called "czarna polewka" or "czernina". It was a delicate way for the parents of the girl to refuse to the gentleman. I don't think the custom is still alive though. Do they still do that?

[@lavendelblue4368]

@@logolorin . No, we don't. It is very hard to find fresh duck's blood. :) And the time is also different. :)

[@logolorin]

@@lavendelblue4368 Ha! You'd be surprised what old customs we still cultivate in Podlasie. We still have half-pagan shamans (szeptunki).

[@EemmEMM]

Czernina is a really tasty dish to be honest.

[@lavendelblue4368]

@@logolorin . I had no idea, thanks for info. :)

[@jerryiwanski256]

Another great video! I am Polish American and grew up eating blood sausage, I still enjoy it once in a while. I have never been to Poland we are planning a trip for 2024.

[@natalias50]

Blodpølse in Denmark, Mistamakkara in Finland, Blóðmör in Island, Blodpudding in Sweden, Morcilla Cocida in Spain, Blutwurst in Germany, Black Pudding in UK, it’s also popular outside of Europe. Personally Polish Kiszka is the most tasty to me but that bias because I know it since my childhood 😉 You should visit Poland 🙂

[@krzysiekblando8433]

....whenever we have kishka for dinner my daughter yeals: hurray, hurray, "black stuff" today. There is also polka song named "Who stole the kishka...." by Frank Yankovic.

[@bsteven885]

@@krzysiekblando8433, "Who Stole the Keeshka" is one of my favorite polka songs! Kiszka has to be taken out of its casing and fried like corned beef hash for me to like it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4ilq6ajqcyrjMU

[@swiety_eligiusz]

2024 ? Not sure if Poland will still exist

[@Aa-dz4um]

@@swiety_eligiusz nawet tak nie pisz. Trzeba pozbyc sie amerykancow z kraju I Europy i zapanuje spokoj I harmonia.

[@EsoxLVCIVS6776]

I have a Polish family who live next door and I've tried so many amazing things. Blood sausage is very tasty - whereas English black pudding is dense, the polish version tastes and has a similar texture to Haggis because of the grains in it.

[@hildahilpert5018]

The Germans make blut wurst in English blood sausage. Gut soup being spicy sounds almost like the Mexican menudo.

[@Promilus1984]

4:35 Lard with onion on a well baked dough based bread and with sour cucumber not only won't make you sick but tastes fantastic. Same can be said about sour soup in a bread (yes, it is served inside a bread).

[@Mateusz-fj7qg]

+1

[@michabryska8673]

oh yes, nothing bettee than such sandwich before hard work or a good party... or just whenever you feel like it. And it's so easy to make at home too :) my favorite lard is with some apple, onion, marjoran and dry mushrooms

[@HenshinFanatic]

Nah, lard with caramellized onion and freshly fried bacon bits.

[@TheZagiello]

Gut soup (flaki) can be a masterpiece if made correctly.

[@lu9thix]

tripes

[@karolpalion2883]

None of the cheeses shown in this video were oscypek (which is actually quite hard to get, even in Zakopane). There were other kinds of cheese: redykołka (mostly), gołka, bundz... They're all great and worth trying. Just remember that not every cheese from the Polish mountains is called oscypek.

[@merlin8046]

A jak znaleźć prawdziwy oscypek? Wybieram się w tym roku i chciałbym znaleźć taki prawdziwy

[@stanleyb4629]

To był prawdziwy oscypek.

[@Teuwufel]

@@stanleyb4629 Jeśli go nie zdobył w polskich górach w licencjonowanym miejscu, to nie jest to oscypek.

[@SpecialProjectY]

@@stanleyb4629 Grillowany nazywał się "Ser Górski", na straganie były "Bacowski długotrwało solony", "Serce", "Tradycyjny mało solny miękki" itd. ŻADEN nie miał w nazwie "Oscypek", ponieważ tak samo jak "miksy tłuszczowe" nie mogą nazwać się masłem.

[@misinnio]

@@merlin8046 poszukaj na necie, znajdziesz strone z certyfikowanymi oscypkami - mozna zamowic do domu, ale jak bedziesz w zakopanym to pewnie mają też jakiś sklep

[@LaurkaM]

I can tell that kaszanka was really well made just by looking at its crispy texture

[@matt_aviz]

Flaki, or flaczki, is one of my favorite Polish dishes. Just like when I'm traveling in New England, I try to sample clam chowder everywhere to find my favorite variation, whenever I travel around Poland flaczki is the one I have to start a meal with anywhere. And, I might add, probably for most Americans at least, kabanosy made with horse meat would be considered weird maybe even off-putting.

[@WitoldMakowski]

I don't know where you get kabanosy made of horse meat.. buy overall kabanosy is a great snak ;)

[@MrNicetux]

Flaki, i love it. I love it so like my mother in law do it. 🤩 Thats typical polish taste.

[@swiety_eligiusz]

tak się kiedyś mówiło, że salami jest z osła a kabanosy z konia

[@matt_aviz]

@@WitoldMakowski Yes, overall kabanosy is one of my favs. My father-in-law years ago got it from a location in Poland I don't remember. It was darker, dryer (less fat), more gamey or stringy, and the flavor was stronger.

[@dol672]

@@swiety_eligiusz Oryginalne kabanosy powinny być z koniny lub wołowiny ale deficyt końskiego mięsa sprawił, że są praktycznie nie do kupienia

[@bartoszkalinowski6542]

I'm huge fan of KultAmerica for 7 years already, it was my first vlog in english. Keep up good work. Pozdrawiam cieplutko...

[@RichieLarpa]

Some of the dishes you ate are present in Czech cuisine as well: we have pickled fish (zavináče), blood sausage (jelito) & tripe soup (dršťková) for example. All known and loved. We also have a traditional delicacy called "utopenci", it is basically like our "zavináče", but you use a thick sausage instead of fish. Definitely try it, once you will have a chance! In case of brotherhood, we are pretty close with Poland on this one.

[@mpingo91]

As a Pole, I fell in love with the name _"jelito"_ ! xD

[@natalias50]

@Kaspar Mauser what’s your issue? Grumpy 😉

[@natalias50]

As a kid I was going near Czechia for summer camps and we were crossing to your country for sightseeing. I still remember Czech Knedliky- delicious.

[@RichieLarpa]

@Kaspar Mauser Do you always say "dear friends, can I ask you for your permission to say something to the topic?", while conversating with your friends or you are just a memester, who got triggered for no fucking reason??

[@RichieLarpa]

@@mpingo91 No właśnie, chyba wiem dlaczego. "Jelito" też znaczy "nieostrożny człowiek" w języku czeskim.

[@squrwielek]

Top 5 polish meals u need to try: 1. Pierogi 2. Flaczki 3. Bigos 4. Żurek 5. Uszka (only in December) Next will be: Zupa mleczna z lanymi kluskami (milk soup) Galareta Schabowy z mizerią Gołąbki Grochówka Kopytka Racuchy Łazanki!!!!! Placki ziemniaczane And all of marinated mushrooms.

[@squrwielek]

Łazanki* not łazienki 😆

[@kia00007]

@@squrwielek zupa mleczna na slodko czy na słono?

[@januzi2]

@@kia00007 why not both?

[@aleks2747]

Słuchaj stary kilka żeczy bym przestawił ale ogólnie żeczy się zgadzają

[@squrwielek]

@@aleks2747 co to so żeczy? Btw. Nie pisałem od najlepszego do najgorszego

[@theonewhoknocks1412]

I didn't know you speak polish so well. Thank you for trying out our cuisine

[@X3ABnew]

11:50 you have to taste the "kaszanka" (kashanka) with buckwheat! To do this, please visit the east-south Poland where this type of "kaszanka" is very popular!

[@exenite86]

Its just black pudding like in UK

[@purpl83]

@@exenite86 no bro xd there is meat etc

[@Klusio19]

Very true!

[@o0GzxS41BIbyux3vEoNehl5FH]

@@purpl83 Balck pudding - trochę myląca nazwa ("pudding") ale generalnie to podobna wędlina. Tylko tam podroby, krew i płatki owsiane a u nas podroby, krew i kasza.

[@o0GzxS41BIbyux3vEoNehl5FH]

Ja, krupniok jest w pyte.

[@jmkanopus]

You should go to a restaurant with a Pole. He would tell you if the dish in the restaurant is good (like home made: home made always has a much better flavor) or average. "Flaki" is a dish that is made from very well cleaned, long-cooked stomachs (usually cow stomachs). Oscypek - some people eat them, others don't like them. Lard (smalec) does not cause stomach pain unless you eat a lot of it, it's almost just melted fat. It's just a very fat supplement. You have to eat it with something like bread. After that, drink something hot or drink alcohol. Marinated mushrooms - you don't eat a lot of them, it's rather an addition to dishes or vodka. Rydze and Borowiki (prawdziwki) mushrooms are one of the best Polish mushrooms in general. Herrings are not food for highlanders :) herring is a morse fish, but it is popular all over the country. Blood sausage. A separate topic. There are many varieties, and the taste depends mainly on the spices and the type of groats inside and the proportion of offal. You can find a delicious, melt-in-your-mouth, but also a cheap, disgusting product. You have many more dishes to discover. Good luck :)

[@smoothsketch]

Good advice. I went to a small shop looking for good Polish food (very hungry after first arriving) only to discover when it was served that it was not Polish in final presentation or taste, only had Polish words to name the dish. To this day I regret going to that one, and believe that the owner of the restaurant was an immigrant that brought a different culture to their cooking. The rest of my restaurant choices were better once I took advice on where to go for authentic food.

[@asphaIto]

I love how he actually can speak polish, and i have to say you do it pretty well!

[@szkelecik1]

Lol, because he is polish… listen to his accent… good, but not good enough

[@asphaIto]

@@szkelecik1 well, shit.

[@askaradzi]

@@szkelecik1 No. He is American. He move feom America to Poland almost 20 yers ago. He speak polosh but he prefer english. Hes polish is fine but he understand polish but speak more anglish. He speak polish with his wife and children.

[@amazingzone8659]

My mouth absolutely flooded when I saw flaki.

[@booboss]

Just try it... ;-)

[@ogoemtojestesmuem7708]

Trust me if you didnt know that in this soup are guts you will eat it

[@booboss]

@@ogoemtojestesmuem7708 exactly

[@amazingzone8659]

@@ogoemtojestesmuem7708 wiem, wiem. flaki to chyba moje numer 1 danie polskie. dlatego mi tak ślina poleciała, że aż powódź

[@Aa-dz4um]

When I saw kaszanka, had that feeling, but prefer without blood.

[@Polangrus]

I've tried literary all of these, what you're missing is a little bit of straight vodka in between to help with the digestion

[@cool2martini]

xctly. herrings were begging for it, especially in pickles companion

[@baje6215]

Wódka not vodka...

[@cool2martini]

@@baje6215 okowita, ogorzałka, woda ognista i na koniec wódka. kazde okreslenie ma znaczenie. na dzis dzien utracone, niestety.

[@smokusmokk]

As a Pole, I've absolutely loved Your video! Made a great job explaining the flavors, glad You like our delicacies!

[@jordybo3545]

Sledź + Vodka = amazing combination

[@picipolo988]

There is always a reason to have a shot of vodka.

[@piotrjedrzejewski6246]

@@picipolo988 but sledz is a particularly good reason ;)

[@Halo_Legend]

Bread + water... mmmmmmmMMMM, TASTY

[@regeneric928]

As I highlander from Podhale region I must say that this video was very entertaining! Nice to see that you enjoyed our specials ;)

[@fictionmaniak8081]

1) Squeaky is a great description of Oscypek's texture:D 2) I am Polish and I am more or less a highlander (even if from a different mountain range) and still I’ve never even seen marinated Oscypek oO

[@marmolada111]

Śledź, chrzan, oscypek, żurawiny mmmm.

[@radioideaxp]

Blood Sausage - Kaszanka, if you still learning, eat it with fried skin. It's the best thing in Kaszanka, it's not a trash to throw out

[@mowmidred1418]

+2

[@marcinpolak546]

do śledzika trzeba kieliszek wódki jak sie w Polsce mówi rybka lubi pływać 😉

[@thegrimreaper990]

Gorzej jak potem ta rybka żąda kontaktu z wodą klozetową.

[@jn1205]

I have the first half a liter without an appetizer

[@haiky281]

you dont have to do that dont listen to this guy lol

[@thereallittlejacob]

And bread

[@Hambar7]

Nie każdy pije ...

[@leckerkochenbesserleben3767]

Polish dishes are very good ... and tripe is made from a cow's stomach ... blood sausage is a delicacy ... I'm glad that it tasted

[@Tan3l6]

Yup, seems all of the eastern europe and scandinavia would mostly agree...

[@andrzejdaniluk881]

Two tips to enhance your culinary experience: 1. Try śledź (the fish) marinaded in salt rather than in vinegar. It has more natural taste (not so dominated by a marinade) and nice springy texture. It comes best in its simplest form, just with onion and vegetable oil or sour cream. 2. Kaszanka (blood sausage) can be grilled in whole as you had it, but to me it is much better when mashed and fried on a pan with onion and seasonings (mostly majoram and black pepper)

[@cssourcepl]

Gut soup ( flaki ) is my favourite winter food. Grilled kaszanka with bacon, sauerkraut and onion

[@CieplinskiPawel]

Chitlins (chittlins, in British English Chitterlings)

[@jezalb2710]

@@CieplinskiPawel tripe is the word used in The UK/Ireland

[@CieplinskiPawel]

@@jezalb2710 For tripe it is. Is there _tripe soup_ there however?

[@jezalb2710]

@@CieplinskiPawel is in Ireland.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

@@jezalb2710 😮Well, good to know, and _bon goile!_

[@jamesblacksmith2417]

That soup is made in whole europe, also in Germany, France, Italy, Turkiye. But they just seasoning that different than we do. Check out the German version - Kuttelsuppe, or Saure Kutteln on youtube. I also taste it and it's delicious like Polish, however taste different than ours.

[@danutaromanowska7428]

Even in Zimbabwe. I shared this recipe with my coworker 😁🇵🇱🇨🇦

[@barbaratopete6869]

Menudo

[@kml8732]

Śledzik w restauracji bez 100 gram to prawie świętokradztwo.

[@OneLukaszZielinski]

Lecz się alkoholiku

[@bazoo513]

"Gut soup" is a standard workday lunch fare in Croatia, especially Dalmatia. French make it in several quite different ways, depending on the region. In Bulgaria and Romania they cook it with milk. Some variant of it is eaten all over Europe. By the look of it, I would say that the Polish recipe is not quite the same as ours, but with the sam main ingredient (your did mention the smell), it cannot be very different. Interesting, all these dishes exist elsewhere in Europe. Small continent...

[@chrisb8776]

he called it "gut soup" for theatrical effect, when Americans make the same exact thing, it's called "tripe soup" and in Mexico, "menudo" not as weird and unique as hes making it out to be.

[@marcinadamgajewski9876]

I am moved. You described our food in the best possible way. I thank you for that.

[@gregmrysza337]

Bardzo podoba mi się to jak pięknie pokazujesz nasz kraj... bo mamy co pokazać, pozdrawiam

[@karolpominski]

ending commentary is so accurate thanks for sharing them and making neat vid

[@wiktorutracki6469]

I also never heard about marinated oscypek. And man, you missed a good one! Fresh bread, with the lard with onions and salt sprinkled over it - perfect. Called "chlyb z fetem" in Silesia haha

[@wiktorutracki6469]

Oh yes, and "krupnioki" - the blood sausage - perfect when fried with onion on a pan. Some prefer to boil it but I don't like it this way.

[@mtcharts]

I grew up eating those foods growing up in Chicago. You are what you eat.

[@inaanjakossowska6990]

Ahh, rydze you must try fried/simmered on a butter, optionaly with a tiny bit of simmered onion🤤... Or with a scrambled eggs... Or on on an omelette... Or on a fresh *real* bread...

[@guardiananger1641]

And of course kania (Macrolepiota procera) in a crunchy coating, as well as chanterelle soup (in omelette/scrambled eggs or even in a sour cream). Just... such mushrooms is a delicacies that's very rare to obtain..:)

[@twisters999]

Flaki ;D I really like this soup actually Nice video as always :D

[@n8n8n8n]

Lard especially with sausage and onion is the best you can eat (on fresh bread) when you drink strong alcohol, just add some salt and pepper to it and you will be amazed of its taste and how strong your organism will become in terms of drinking e.g.: vodka :)

[@KrzysztofRatajskimusic]

it's funny, I was watching this while eating my everyday dinner: sandwitches with heering (śledzik), with ham,pickled cucumber and horseradish :)

[@TheFicktion]

You forgot about the Polish special - we call it - "wpierdol", most often served in the Łódź :)

[@PiotrMalicki]

Your Polish is outstanding! How long you've been learning?

[@RichieLarpa]

Před 5 lety Ryan udělal nedostatečné video o české kuchyni a Ryan slíbil, že udělá nové a lepší. Chci, aby dodržel svůj slib. Jestli souhlasíte, dejte mi palec nahoru, nechť to vidí. 5 lat temu Ryan zrobił niewystarczający film o kuchni czeskiej i Ryan obiecał, że zrobi nowe i lepsze. Chcę, żeby dotrzymał tej obietnicy. Jeśli się zgadacie, dajcie łapkę w górę, niech to widzi.

[@mpingo91]

If the Czechs hadn't invented anything other than _vepřo-knedlo-zelo_ , they would still have had a huge share of inventiveness! I love it! xD

[@hashhashbaby89]

Damn dude, ur polish is very good

[@KultAmerica]

Thanks 🙏

[@_general_error]

It's tripe not gut, which is the muscle and connective tissue of cows stomach with the inner part of the stomach removed, washed, pre boiled to get rid of the strong smell and then finished cooking with spices and aromatics. It's actually very tasty and the texture is uniquely unlike anything else. Lovers of beef texture will love this one.

[@DJPatrickHarris]

Your pretty good speaking polish lenguage, and when I watched this video I want oscypek the grilled version 🙉😁

[@JolajnaLoja]

Yes... I need grilled oscypek so bad 😩

[@piotrdziurzynski2756]

Thanks for the video. It's really nice to see that You like our (Polish, not polished:-) ) food. Flaki, rosół, kaszanka, pomidorowa, bigos...and a lot more, that's the peoples food, good and tasty food. Can't back in time, but if I would, I'ld show You the 90's wedding party where was only a good food...that was the good times. All the best for You. You speek Polish quite well.

[@bladawiec]

In Scotland you have Haggis, in Silesia you have Krupniok.

[@marekm6621]

Haggis is much different eating concept than Krupniok - you need to have hairy legs and wear a skirt to appreciate it🧐

[@kashacz]

śledź z chrzanem to wielka pomyłka, jeśli śledź jest kwaśny to łączy się go z czymś łagodnym np. śmietaną z majonezem, chrzan jest ostry więc wyłącznie do łagodnych potraw typu tłuste mięsa, jajka :D

[@dzieje_macieja2812]

I am Polish, I recommend you to try the Silesian cuisine. Wodzionka, żymloki (bunczanka in Polish, it's a black pudding but with a bun) rosół, rolada, kluski śląskie i Red cabbage And for dessert anyżki.

[@mhead81]

and kogel mogel

[@Aa-dz4um]

Placki ze szpyrkami i zebroczka, the best ale to Beskid Slaski 🙂

[@robertrajnicki8339]

I can say one thing about polish food ,is the best ,and I proud of it

[@Prez3D]

Rydze are best fried with butter. Marinated....just average, a lot of the flavor is overpowered by the vinegar.

[@AestheticCapybara]

Hey, just to clarify, gut soup is not literally made of guts, as in intestines, although pretty close. It's made of beef stomach, more precisely the rumen, reticulum, and abomasum. Sometimes, although less often, stag or pig stomach might be used instead.

[@kotun3408]

kaszanka z cebulą, krupniczek, rosół, bigos, pierogi... jadłoby się całymi dniami :) do flaków nigdy nie byłem przekonany :/

[@wielblad1344]

a dla mnie kaszanka na ciepło jest niejadalna... co do flaków to jak ktoś nie ma rodziny która to potrafi albo sam nie potrafi ugotować to zjedzenie dobrych flaczków graniczy niemal z cudem...

[@mariopsmt]

The thing about OSCYPEK is that it is hard to come by even in Zakopane. What you buy in typical tourist locations are counterfeit oscypek most likely made of cow milk. Real oscypek is made of sheep's milk mostly (minimum 70% required for certification), is hand-made and smoked and can be obtained from the head shepherds at their huts. Best way to find one (the shepherd's hut) is to ask local craftsmen (if you ask local sellers at tourist spots, they will most likely mislead you to get some of your money). Basically if you see a shepherds hut with a smoke house then you know you are in the right place. Regardless of its cow/sheep milk ratio, they are definitely worth trying and are lolovely cold or hot. My favourite is sliced oscypek from the frying pan.

[@jeappxprawdziwy]

Coś ty zrobił jak można pokroić śledzia ale twój polski jest świetny

[@pzwolski]

Warszawiacy kroją i nie ma w tym nic dziwnego. W jakiej części naszego pięknego kraju nie kroi się śledzia?

[@bunnys9704]

Thank you for sharing our weird foods with the world! Sincerely - a polish girl who wants to go visit Zakopane again after watching this

[@PlecakPN]

Try rydze frying with butter on a pan

[@wojtasiksinski9351]

Ale świeże, a nie marynowane🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PlecakPN]

@@wojtasiksinski9351 a kto mówił o marynowanych?

[@arnold123user]

Oscypek is a cheese made from sheep milk. It's really hard to get those, and You can buy them only from may to september (when sheeps feed their younglings). Because Zakopane is a tourist trap, cheese is made of cow milk and sold as original one. And because production must be continous, even in summer season those fakes are being sold. Sad but true. Visit Tatry, skip Zakopane ;(

[@aljaskulska]

Proponuję jeszcze spróbować pyry z gzikiem, mizerię, placki ziemniaczane, roladę wieprzową z burakiem na ciepło i pyzami, grochówkę z kociołka dużo by wymieniać 🙂 Pozdrawiam z pierwszej stolicy Polski 🙂

[@eybaza6018]

Oczywiście nie zapominajmy o kotletach😀

[@eazy4207]

so good but you've been to Zakopane, there are a few areas in Poland where people, culture, and variety of word pronunciations differ significantly from standard Poland. The largest and most popular: Kaszuby, Śląsk, Zakopane (most of the mountains). Each of them has a different folk dialect, culture and character. Zakopane is inhabited by people called Highlanders, they have their own highlander dialect, which in pronunciation and other vocabulary differs from ordinary Polish.

[@eazy4207]

food in these regions also tastes different, although every Pole likes every Polish food

[@Magnitheron]

Grilled Blood Sausage is great with beer, also Flaczki (gut soup) is spicy and tasty, try it!

[@aw1626]

Congratulations, you speak Polish very well! My note, if I may, the herring dish you have eaten is called Rolmops and it does not need to be unroll but you have to cut into slices. Just like roulades. Cheers!

[@varoth]

Smalec wont get you sick :D

[@Bekinen]

The thing with chernina (duck blood soup) it is very hard to find a place that really can do it right. Similar thing with flaki, the gut soup. Not every place serving them makes them right, however it is easier to achieve than with chernina.

[@sairan593]

Ohhhh you haven't heard of czernina, a blood soup, haven't you? E: ah, I see. Can't wait for this video. Also, pyry z gzikiem and pyrczok when in Poznań, thats a must

[@natalias50]

Is someone still cooking it, I mean czernina?

[@marekm6621]

Magnificent Gzik !!!! Uber alles ! from Wielkopolska .

[@sairan593]

@@natalias50 my mother sometimes have a cravings and just asks my grandfather to make it :D

[@tomaszjancz1197]

Czernina zabarwiana krwią z kaczki brzydko brzmi... Ale zupa pyszna same owoce...

[@Damas13251]

@@natalias50 tak moja babcia robi często

[@adriannocny7338]

Blood sausage is pretty common dish worldwide, for sure it is eaten in France and Spain as well as in numerous Asian countries. I think gut soup is also present in Spain. As for raw herring, it is pretty common dish in Scandinavia. Pickled mushrooms are also available in Germany and, like most of the pickled food, you do not eat them alone . From what I heard from my foreign friends, the most strange thing for them to eat in Poland seems to be soured milk - some people do not even dare to try it.

[@GajuszJuliusCyvilis]

Do flaczków i śledzika aż prosi się o Baczewskiego.

[@marekm6621]

@ J Cyvilis Leopolis Semper Fidelis !😊👍

[@patryk635]

For foreigners: Oscypek is similar to halloumi cheese but more salty and you just get thicker pieces so when you bite into it, it feels more juicy

[@agares166]

The rind of "kaszanka" is a pig intestine and it's delicious ♥️♥️♥️ thx for what you're doing we love our food and for us it's just normal not wierd in any point that's how we live that's how we grow. I love that you like our food god bless you 😀

[@Victor-tl4dk]

Yeah I grew up in the US and I used to get this kind of food all the time. From an American perspective now I realize that it's different. 😂

[@PablotronixPL]

Great video :) I really enjoyed it while eating breakfast :D Blood sausage - UK has similar thing called "black pudding" ;-) Gut soup - i think proper name is "Tripes" :) You`ve got two types of oscypek :) Mixed and Sheep`s milk only. Always ask :) Main difference in the taste is that Sheeps one is usually littlebit more expensive, have more salty taste. Not everyone likes that saltiness that`s why they mix it with cows milk. People pickle weird things. When I lived in UK they pickled eggs :D In Czech Rep. they pickle sausages - they call them Utopenec(great in a Pubs as a snack when you drink beer) :D

[@wiktorutracki6469]

You need to try/show "wodzionka" which is a bread soup. Might seem strange to someone from outside but as one Polish song has it "wodzionka to je ósmy świata cud"

[@jmfchef]

Wodzionka

[@333klaxon]

I know my Poland too! Try all the foods you may find strange with a few "pajdki," slices of bread with butter, or toasted ones with it. Drink sugared tea along with it instead of cold drinks.

[@tomaszjancz1197]

Do flaków trzeba dorosnąć jak byłem mały też sam zapach mnie obrzydzał a teraz zjadał bym codziennie i zagryzał kaszanką

[@swiety_eligiusz]

u nas za komuny w kuchni przed obiadem zawsze wisiał na klamce szeroki skórzany pas, na wszelki wypadek, gdyby komuś nie posmakowały flaki kaszana cebula wątroba kompot z suszonych śliwek i inne frykasy. Ach cóż to były za czasy...

[@wojtasiksinski9351]

@@swiety_eligiuszza komuny w sklepach na półkach pusto, ale w domu na stole zawsze były DELICJE 😍 - POLAK POTRAFI GOTOWAĆ

[@joannaribeiro5974]

Love your review. The gut soup is nothing unusual. On the other side of Europe in Portugal they eat similar dish too ;) Kaszanka made by my grandpa was soooooo delicious!

[@filipspecht6052]

Flaki is big in China too.

[@dickbison]

Kaszanka is not that unusual either, on the British isles they call it "black pudding". But the Polish version tastes way better.

[@polska1905]

Polskie jedzenie jest wiele smaczniejsze od amerykańskich fastfoodow 🙂 SMACZNEGO

[@marysiamikulska1093]

nawet nie można tego porównywać. Polska kuchnia jest na pierwszym miejscu na świecie - nie ma bardziej wykwintnej i bogatej od Kuchni Lachów, nasza wrodzona skromność i empatia nie pozwala nam oceniać świata realnie - niestety świat jest brutalny a społeczeństwa okrutne - czas przyjąć postawy obronne.

[@TodayTomorrowMusick]

od fastfoodów tak ale o całej amerykanskiej kuchni nie mozna tego powiedziec, zwłaszcza kuchnia tex mex jest wspaniała

[@TodayTomorrowMusick]

@@marysiamikulska1093 zdecydowanie polska kuchnia nie jest na 1 miejscu na swiecie jesli tak twierdzisz to znaczy ze nic poza tym nie jadłaś , pozdrawiam ;)

[@marysiamikulska1093]

@@TodayTomorrowMusick nie interesuje mnie w ogóle taka retoryka, to typowy żargon dla mas w komuniźmie lansowany przez żydów. Mało wiesz co jadłam i czego nigdy nie mam zamiaru nawet próbować. To jak gadanie nie noś pięknych gatunkowych futer ubierz worek jutowy bo cały świat w tym chodzi. Jestem Polką z rodu Lachów a nie hołoty, pojęcia nie masz o polskiej kuchni a wyskakujesz jak filip z konopi. Kuchnia polska jest ekskluzywna nie dla każdego, co zresztą widać nawet po kulturze jedzenia w Polsce i na świecie - gdzie generalnie żrą jak zwierzęta.

[@TodayTomorrowMusick]

@@marysiamikulska1093 😂😂😂 za to Ty wiesz wszystko i masz pojęcie o każdej kuchni jak widać, pozatym wiesz wszystko o wszystkich przecież doskonale wiesz na czym się znam i co robię w życiu skoro nie mam pojęcia o kuchni polskiej , jesteś najlepsza na świecie WOW brawo 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 "typowy żargon dla mas w komuniźmie lansowany przez żydów" zmień dealera albo bierz połowe serio

[@karolwtorek1045]

Such a calm and inteligent guy you are. Nice to watch, specially by poles.

[@mateuszwesoowski9583]

Gut soup is a rather crude translation. The official name would be tripe, or tripe soup. Lard is delicious, true i would be weary of buying one with additives (best and only proper one is obtained by way of babcia). But a pure lard is hard to screw up. With dill pickle on a "pajda" it's great. Also you missed pork knuckle and beef tartar - both great Polish classics. As for the american angle, Cracow bagels with salt are both good and "unorthodox" variation on the bagel.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

Or... how about using the name of exactly the same (in principle) dish from _soul food_ of The American South!? It's just chitlins (chittlins, in British English Chitterlings).

[@marekm6621]

@ P Cieplinski The Southern chitlings are not the same dish as flaki (tripe) - chitlings are made from pork small intestine , flaki ( tripe ) is the lining of the cow stomach.

[@marekm6621]

@ M Wesolowski NY bagels originated in Krakow/ Cracov in the Middle Ages. History of the bagel in “ The Bagel. The surprising history of a modest bread” by Maria Balinska, Yale University Press, 2008

[@CieplinskiPawel]

@@marekm6621 Hence: *in principle.* Guts are guts.

[@CieplinskiPawel]

@@marekm6621 Incorrect. Bagels were first mentioned in 1610, known to be eaten by Polish royality since 1394, are indeed Polish Jewish delicacy from Kraków. Bagel Bakers Local 338 in NY was established by Polish Jewish immigrants from Białystok, that's why NY bagels are like general _bajgle_ not it's Kraków variety _obwarzanki._

[@Lanshyy]

Tripe soup is actually well known all around europe with every country having its "twist" on it. It is more common in eastern Europe but you can find it in Germany, France, Belgium as well :) And about that lard - It would not make you sick ;) Its actually pretty good with freshly baked bread and some "pickled" cucumber - give it a try mate ;) Check out "czarnina/czernina" as well ;)

[@Lanshyy]

@@Бегемот-г6м Yeaaah! With onion! It is sooo goood!

[@dbystrowski]

Buddy, eat that stuff and be happy it is GMO free. 😆

[@utahdan231]

Very witty. You even don’t know how much GMO food you ate already. And your parents passed mutations from GMO on you.

[@Jizzzmani]

Kashanka is supreme!!

[@krzysztofwandzioch4622]

Mniamsiu,cudowne,marynata to z maślaków i dużo gorczycy coś pięknego,śledzika z chrzanem nigdy nie jadłem,oscypek dobry na zimno i bez dżemu.,a kaszanka (krupniok na Śląsku)lub bulczanka (to to samo,bulczanka jest z dodatkiem bułki)mogę jeść nawet prosto z sklepu bez podgrzewania grillowania,aa i flaczki muszą być też z odrobiną octu. Brakuje jednak czegoś, bo wszystkie te dania spożywa się z wódką 😜 Pozdrawiam serdecznie i świetnie się ogląda,powodzenia 🤗

[@KThuzad]

I am so happy to see How you enjoy food in Poland :) Oscypek rock !

[@KultAmerica]

I love it!

[@lukaszz5632]

Superb delicious. Polish food no USA rubbish USA got nothing to offer Polska Gira 💪

[@MrNicetux]

The problem is, the American has just no taste about food. Only fatty junk food everywhere. Therefore, he has no right to say something scary or crazy things about the Polands kitchen, this kitchen one of the most tasty kitchen worldwide. And no, i am not from Poland but it travel there often times every year and has seen already a lot from this country.

[@woodywood5824]

America has way more than just junk food. Not everything is greasy. Pot roast, good steaks, salads are popular, shrimp cocktail, salmon patties crab cake , stews and so on. There are many ethnic restaurants as well as American with some ethnic foods. Many diners (often owned by Greeks, at least in some parts of the US) have lemon rice chicken soup, and things like fried liver with onions, various sandwiches etc.

[@KeepHimAtBay]

smalec gotta get you sick? how many years have you been living in Poland bro

[@TeaTimeStop]

well you don't know what kind of lard (smalec) he eat...maybe it was spoilt... lard with sausage and onion is good if you make it self it not that hard

[@KeepHimAtBay]

@@TeaTimeStop dzięki, na pewno smalec który jadł był zepsuty. na bank.

[@grzegorzszymanski6286]

Mate your Polish is really good im impressed !

[@brodatelc]

Pierogi z kapustą i grzybami, barszcz czerwony z uszkami, smażona wątróbka na cebulce i jabłku, golonko z piwkiem, krupnik na podrobach - z serduszkami, śląska rolada z kluskami i kapustą, placki ziemniaczane, babka ziemniaczana, kapuśniak itd itd :D

[@piotrsadura4173]

For all of you who may want to eat something really regional in Zakopane - you definitely need to visit Obrochtowka restaurant. Its delicious, its regional, very cosy and has great atmosphere. And they have wonderful „placek obrochtowka”. Strongly reccomended!

[@krzysztofgrabowski7275]

Marinated mushrooms are appetizers not a main dish to eat alone. They are best with roasted meat, sometimes as a part of a salad. Unless you eat it with vodka. Actually in Zakopane it should be Śliwowica (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slivovitz ) (plum vodka ~70%)

[@parziiich]

Lard is awesome on a sourdough with sour cucumber on it! It’s 👍

[@jimpie231]

Here in the Chicago area, there are many different manufacturers of blood sausage (Kiszka). The one our family loves and buys is made by Ashland sausage, it is very tasty and delicious…..yummmmm! Smacznego….Jim

[@tedperkoski7534]

In USA, in the Polish-American Community, Kaszanka is also known as Kiszka. There was even a very popular polka that cracked the billboard 100 called "Who stole the Kiszka" even mainstream radio stations were playing it. I was going to an Irish Catholic School at that time. I remember my fourth grade teacher Mrs. Dixon, asking me what was Kiszka. When I told her. You should have seen the look on her face. "That's disgusting", she said

[@yakeosicki8965]

Tripe was a very popular soup for the European poor. This started to change at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The tripe soup was the most popular soup and nettle soup in the eighteenth century of England. This is according to a study by scientists from the University of Cambridge.

[@kishunia4627]

Funfact: In Poland, we have two types of Blood sausage. Kaszanka, a Sausage made from blood, white rice and pieces of liver and "Krupniok" - traditional Kaszanka from Silesia. The difference between them is that "Krupniok" have a piece of loaf inside.

[@arturslab7102]

Very good Polish pronunciation! I thought you were born in Polish family in States and spoke Polish at home. It's not "pickled fish". It's "pickled herring". Yes, one can argue that herring is a fish and therefore either is correct. I've never seen any other fish prepared this way though. To a Polish person in terms of food, a herring is a herring and a fish is any fish other than herring. Kinda like pieczarki are pieczarki and grzyby are any other than pieczarki. In English it's all "mushrooms" and only kind of mushroom an average person ever sees in average store in States are pieczarki. Sometimes I've heard word "fungus" used in reference to other grzyby but they are rarely seen or talked about. Anyway, going back to herring rolls, you don't unroll them. You lay them on a side, stick your fork in it and slice so that you end up eating both herring and cucumber together. You could put some horseradish on top. Usually there's more than just a cucumber inside of the ones I like. This may be regional, but the way I like kaszanka the best is to fry up some onion, remove kaszanka from casing, slice it and mix with onion, fry some more and serve with mashed potatoes. I would not eat it by itself slice by slice. I tried some Puertorican blood sausage here in Chicago. I like it better than Polish because it is spicy. The guy who served it to me had a funny look on his face as he watched me eat it. I guess he thought I was American and would puke it out once I learned what it was :)