madhorseman Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 PACZKIs!!! You know, those powdered sugar covered, strawberry/raspberry/lemon filled pillows of evil deliciousness!! I'm glad they are only around once a year!!
Agent G Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 If they were available 24/7/365 I'd be heavier than I am now. In fact, I be starring in "My 600 pound Life". G
High octane Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Yeah I'm gonna hafta get a few of those Paczkis next week myself. I can afford to gain a few pounds, that's why I sometimes get a banana split for lunch or dinner for a change of pace.
SfanGoch Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 PACZKIs!!! You know, those powdered sugar covered, strawberry/raspberry/lemon filled pillows of evil deliciousness!! I'm glad they are only around once a year!! You live in the wrong neighborhood if you can get them only once a year. Obviously, not enough "Skis" in the phonebook. They're available year-round at any Polish grocery or meat market. If you guys know from pączki, you must've had chrusciki (Angel Wings). The best with coffee. I'm having some as I type.
JTalmage Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 I don't know what those are but anything covered in powdered sugar has to be good... Might have to stop at Jungle Jim's to see if I can find them... That place carries literally everything from every corner of the world
SfanGoch Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Chrusciki are somewhat similar to funnel cakes. The dough is shaped into thin twisted ribbons then deep fried until crispy.
Agent G Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 You live in the wrong neighborhood if you can get them only once a year. Obviously, not enough "Skis" in the phonebook. They're available year-round at any Polish grocery or meat market. If you guys know from pączki, you must've had chrusciki (Angel Wings). The best with coffee. I'm having some as I type. Back n St Louis I had access to them year round. Here in Vegas, well let's just say you have to look real hard. G
SfanGoch Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Ah, the Polish black market.........call Northside 777. I believe it was the legendary Stan Coveleski who said, "Pączki and baseball.....uh....what was the question?" I told someone at another modeling site that I would lament the loss of another Polish meat market in the neighborhood more than another brick & mortar hobby shop. There are only four left in Greenpernt which has the second largest concentration of Poles in the U.S., after Chicago. One can always find another source for models. Ya can't say the same for real, fresh kielbasa, pączki and zimne nogi.
Agent G Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Ah, the Polish black market.........call Northside 777. I believe it was the legendary Stan Coveleski who said, "Pączki and baseball.....uh....what was the question?" I told someone at another modeling site that I would lament the loss of another Polish meat market in the neighborhood more than another brick & mortar hobby shop. There are only four left in Greenpernt which has the second largest concentration of Poles in the U.S., after Chicago. One can always find another source for models. Ya can't say the same for real, fresh kielbasa, pączki and zimne nogi. Oh hell yes. Models I can order online, the food, not so much. BTW, MrsG is a good Chicago Polish Princess. Ex #3 was Polish, but a complete psycho........ G Edited February 2, 2016 by Agent G
Harry P. Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 We have some pretty hardcore Polish neighborhoods here in Chicago...
SfanGoch Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Other than NYC, the only place I'd relocate. Who stole the kishka? More than likely, it was Hymie Weiss Hymie was Polish. So is actress/Playboy Playmate Aleksandra Szwed Hell, she can steal my kishka any ol' time.
madhorseman Posted February 3, 2016 Author Posted February 3, 2016 You live in the wrong neighborhood if you can get them only once a year. Obviously, not enough "Skis" in the phonebook. They're available year-round at any Polish grocery or meat market. If you guys know from pączki, you must've had chrusciki (Angel Wings). The best with coffee. I'm having some as I type. WHAT????Year round? I've only know of them available for FAT TUESDAY. I wish You hadn't told me..... I'll have 600# life soon too......good thing Agent G and I are on opposite ends of the country to keep weight distributed evenly.
CometMan Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 You live in the wrong neighborhood if you can get them only once a year. Obviously, not enough "Skis" in the phonebook. They're available year-round at any Polish grocery or meat market. If you guys know from pączki, you must've had chrusciki (Angel Wings). The best with coffee. I'm having some as I type. You've got that right Joe! I live just down the road from the city that may have the most Polish folks per capita outside of Poland (including some I call relatives). The folks that look forward to this one day every year don't seem to have any idea about the ones that have prune, or kraut, or any number of other things in them!!! BTW how come there isn't a day when everyone looks forward to eating Czarnina?
Harry P. Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 BTW how come there isn't a day when everyone looks forward to eating Czarnina? Isn't that duck blood soup? Yikes!
CometMan Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Isn't that duck blood soup? Yikes! That would be it Harry! And I was only joking about actually EATING the stuff! I was there when my grandmother cooked it...ONCE. You know the smell when a varmint gets trapped in an attic in the summer and isn't discovered for a few weeks? That actually smells better than Czarnina!!!
Harry P. Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 My ex-wife's mom was Polish, and one day the in-laws took my wife and me to a Polish restaurant. Mom-in-law ordered the czarnina. I asked her what it was. Let's just say that when she told me, I lost all interest in trying it!
charlie8575 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Ah, the Polish black market.........call Northside 777. I believe it was the legendary Stan Coveleski who said, "Pączki and baseball.....uh....what was the question?" I told someone at another modeling site that I would lament the loss of another Polish meat market in the neighborhood more than another brick & mortar hobby shop. There are only four left in Greenpernt which has the second largest concentration of Poles in the U.S., after Chicago. One can always find another source for models. Ya can't say the same for real, fresh kielbasa, pączki and zimne nogi. There's one little store in Worcester, Ma., Golemo's, that carries fresh Polish stuff. Never been there, but it's supposed to be quite cool to visit. I didn't realize paczki were made year-round? I looked up zimne nogi. I think I'll pass on that and czarnina. Kapusta is good, though, at least the way my friend makes hers. Charlie
Harry P. Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Yeah, kapusta is good stuff. But steer clear of the czarnina!!!
Harry P. Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 That looks excellent. Nothing like a Chicago Polish.
SfanGoch Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 I've only know of them available for FAT TUESDAY. Roy, you can add "FAT" to the other six days. Eating Polish "health food" means only two slabs of rye bread slathered with smalec (lard spread) while chowing down on some flacki (tripe) or a bowl of schav with sour cream and crumbled hard boiled eggs. Truly the gateway to hardened arteries. Craig, I'm a hardcore Polak. I love czarnina. To paraphrase Col. Lucas in "Apocalypse Now", "Captain, I don't know how you feel about this czarnina, but if you'll eat it, you never have to prove your courage in any other way." Charlie, Golemo's is a the best. They have great kielbasa. You're only about twenty minutes away. Go there and try it. There are a bunch in Providence also. When I worked linehaul, it seemed like every driver from the Providence terminal was a fellow Polak. They always came loaded with the good stuff. If you like kapusta, you'll like bigos. When I make mine, like back in the Old Country, I make it with cabbage, sauerkraut, venison, kielbasa, bacon, smoked ham, smoked pork, dried wild mushrooms and red wine. The great thing is that you can keep a pot going for a week, just keep adding more ingredients to replace what was eaten. I made a pot for Christmas and it lasted until right after the New Year. Nothing like a Chicago Polish. Except the Greenpernt, Brooklyn variety. The ones in Saskatoon are O.K., too. My aunt and late uncle ran a small hotel there years ago. The last time I was there, in 2000, I was walking along 8th Street East and a fat, grungy looking bum came up and hit me up for a couple of bucks. He said I didn't "look" Canadian and asked me where I was from. I said New York. "Really? What part?" Brooklyn. "Where in Brooklyn?" Greenpoint. "So am I, Chief!" "Yeah, right", I thought to myself. I wasn't buying this guy's spiel. I figured he was just sucking up for the money. So... what part of The Point did you say you're from? " I live on Noble St., next to the Danfords, across from Milton St. Park." What in the friggin' world are you doing in the middle of nowhere, man? "Vacation, bro. I figured this was a good time for one." We actually knew the same people. He said, " When you get back, tell Kevin Ward and Coleen Byrnes George from the 120 Club said 'What's up?'" "By the way, you got U.S. dollars? I get a better deal around here paying with greenbacks." Too weird.
charlie8575 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Polish? Two of my favorites... She's cute. Who? That kielbasa looks delicious. Charlie Larkin
charlie8575 Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 Charlie, Golemo's is a the best. They have great kielbasa. You're only about twenty minutes away. Go there and try it. There are a bunch in Providence also. When I worked linehaul, it seemed like every driver from the Providence terminal was a fellow Polak. They always came loaded with the good stuff. If you like kapusta, you'll like bigos. When I make mine, like back in the Old Country, I make it with cabbage, sauerkraut, venison, kielbasa, bacon, smoked ham, smoked pork, dried wild mushrooms and red wine. The great thing is that you can keep a pot going for a week, just keep adding more ingredients to replace what was eaten. I made a pot for Christmas and it lasted until right after the New Year. Being the resident Armenian mix (Mom's side of the family,) I've developed a liking for different food. Karrie makes her kapusta with apple juice, which is really good. Kielbasa, potatoes, a little bit of onion and some carrots. Tasty. I'm going to try making some sometime. Bigos sounds good. A bit deadly, but good. Sounds like I need to make a visit to your part of Brooklyn sometime. Sounds like some very good food to be found around there. One of my best friends- the guy who's closest to a brother for me, lives in Red Hook, and a girl I went to high school with lives in Park Slope, and they're not real far from each other (literally a few streets.) Where are you in relation to those parts? Charlie Larkin
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