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Culture

Polish traditional food - to eat or not to eat ?

by Anna Żukowska

I’ve never considered myself a picky person when it comes to food. And I never thought

that I would miss Polish cuisine. Especially that I have been a vegetarian for 4 years, and yet - traditional Polish cuisine contains a lot of meat dishes. My arrival in Greece made me realize how diverse Polish cuisine is (especially in spring), how much I miss cooking and, of course, that all foreigners love PIEROGI.

What formed nowadays Polish cuisine? in Polish cuisine you can find German, Jewish,

Lithuanian, Ukrainian and Tatar-Turkish influThe former Republic of Poland was a cultural ences. The availability of different products mix characterized by various traditions. Hence, as well as the wealth of Poles living in a given

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