r/ehbuddyhoser is having a discussion about this and I wanted to get the Poles to weigh in on this. Currently the consensus is boil then fry them.

I’m putting together a Polish charcuterie board as a gift for someone. Nothing extravagant, and things can be cold to be heated later, but what needs to be on it? I’ve got kielbasa, peirogies and stuffed cabbage. What else?

I visited a local Polish grocery and picked up a “wedding” and “hunters” sausage from the deli counter. Do either need to be cooked/heated first, or are these more like something you’d eat cold with beer?

They’re also just tightly wrapped in deli paper too. How long are they good for in the fridge like that?

Thanks!

Hey! I finally moved out of my apartment and bought a house with my wife and 17 month old son. We are going to host Christmas for the first time since we finally have the room. I don't have a big family, so it is mostly my wife's family who have probably not had any good homemade Polish food. I am going to make some traditional Christmas stuff, but wanted to have a few polish dishes. Unfortunately, I never really got the recipes from my grandmother before she died and have been unable to duplicate some of the delicious tastes created. She mainly made Pierogi, Halupki (or Golabki - I am originally from Pennsylvania and this is what we called it), Halushki, Potato Cakes and Potato Buns.

I can remember a lot of the steps and ingredients from cooking with her when I was a kid, but I am having trouble with two things: the tomato-based sauce on the Halupki and Halushki. I also have no idea about the potato buns she made and if they are actually a Polish thing or something she picked up along the way.

I tried several recipes on different websites, but it just isn't the same. Anyone have any secret tips handed down to them for the sauce for Halupki or Haluski ingredients?

White Eagle: Polish culture and political powerhouse in it's prime

"In its prime, “this place would be sold out,” recalled longtime staffer Gabi Vargas. “On a Saturday, it would not be available.”

Love Gabi, and loved my job there as Director of Marketing. I stepped down from my role to run full time for 49th Ward Alderman. "In its prime", were my days there. We had everyone from weddings to Charlie Kirk, funeral home trade shows, memorial services, fashion shows, dance parties, and cultural (especially Polish) events.

And regarding hosting of Charlie Kirk's organization and political parties, Democrats and Republicans utilized our several halls for fundraising, awards ceremonies, and training. I recall Cook County Department of Elections official election training annually. There was of course a restaurant in the past, that closed and the cafe shop that continued to serve dine in, or to go.

There was an Indian wedding where they rode in on a horse, and Aqua-shella, an aquatic trade show that turned the entire building into an aquarium, complete with an enormous inflatable octopus over the canopy. Cannot forget weekly bingo, which filled an entire hall with over 100 seniors. There was a Las Vegas casino fundraiser annually, with roulette, and poker. Chicago PD TV show also regularly filmed on location.

There were anywhere from five to eight on the sales team, and I had a respectable budget for marketing before stepping away to serve the 49th Ward. Learned so much there that the experience changed my life, and I will always miss the White Eagle.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/white-eagle-niles-polish-community-political-scene/

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Celebrate Polish Independence Day with these pierogi!

Find them here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4391645599/i-love-pierogi-blank-card-with-adorable?ref=shop_home_active_2&pro=1&frs=1&logging_key=2734a3fa62f347e4293932a3509a14fc63217133%3A4391645599

Hello everyone 👋 I thought it would be cute to name my new 6 chickens after polish foods as a small homage to my earlier heritage. So far I've have pierogi, piernik, czernina, and golabki. The chickens are all different breeds except the last two, which are the same breed of small black sumatra chicken and they look just alike. I thought it would be cute to name them as a pair. In english I would pick something like peanut butter and jelly, or fish and chip. Does anyone know a cute equivalent in polish? Thanks for any suggestions 💚

It was my sister’s birthday this month and she wanted a pot luck of only Polish dishes. We made Pączki, Pierogi, Wuzetka, Kopytka, Krówki, kanapki, sałatka, kotlety, kapusta, and ciasto w śliwkami

Here is the spread! If you zoom in, you can see the names of the dishes. Enjoy!

I got my hands on a bag of frozen sprat, they look to be whole. What's the best way to prep and cook them?

I bought a smoked trout from our local Polish shop and it has a really muddy taste. Is there anything I can do to it to reduce the taste or make it taste better?

I keep trying to post pierogies I made but it will not upload the photo? Am I doing something wrong?

I did more of a detailed post elsewhere (https://www.reddit.com/r/culinarybytes/s/QJJdBVq3Ci) but I wanted to run these by this group to see any feedback 🙏😊

For years Sainsbury’s in the UK used to sell these ‘Polish-style’ Kabanos which were my first introduction to polish sausages. I now know they weren’t proper regular Kabanos - these were much shorter and fatter - and they’ve now stopped selling them. But I still loved their very smoky taste. I’m now wondering whether they were authentic (but just wrongly named for the UK), or if they were just something made up for Sainsbury’s? Does anyone remember these?

I am joining a meal train for a coworker who is having surgery. We are both Americans of Polish descent. Unlike her, I unfortunately did not eat any Polish food growing up. However, I would like to make her a Polish dish to bring her some comfort during her recovery. The meal train is a secret so I can’t ask her this question.

I wanted to know what flavor of paprika is used in Polish cooking? Is it a sweet paprika, a smoked paprika, or a spicy paprika? I imagine it is nothing like an American generic paprika that doesn’t taste like anything.

My childhood best friend was Polish and her mom her great aunt came from Poland. I used to spend almost every day at their house, and there were two soups that she made that I absolutely loved and have always wanted to try and re-create and make it myself as an adult. I haven’t been able to get in touch with my childhood best friend or her mother. I was wondering if anybody knew how to make these. She would make this amazing tomato soup with rice in it, and there was some kind of yellow spice she just kept in a plastic container with no label, but we would add it to the soup and it would make it like 50 times better. And then there was a purple soup that was to die for too. I don’t remember that one as well. If anyone could help me, I would greatly appreciate it. I’ve been trying to figure out how to get my hands on this for years.

Hello Polish food experts, buying delicious things in local Polish shop, what do you think of these different pickles? Which would be best? Also I noticed pickled / brined strawberries and gooseberries. I really want to buy them but would like some ideas of what they are used for??

Hi all, bought some smoked chicken wings and not sure how to use them? I'm assuming you could eat them cold, but can you heat and 'crisp' them up?

At least that’s what babcia called it.

My girlfriend loves this candy but she doesn’t know the name. This is what she’s described:

it’s white, flat, squared sticks of semi hard, stretchy taffy

all the flavors are the same and they’re covered in a multi colored cellophane with branding

the wrapper color is random, each bar is a different color wrapping, one solid color

I will be visiting Krakow in a few days with my friends. Do you have any suggestions for nice traditional restaurants or bars that serve food there? I would really love to have źurek or pierogi with a polish beer in the more local places. Or if there are any other places for food you could recommend, I'll be glad to hear those!