Rosół, barszcz, pierogi, kiełbasa, makówki, bigos, zupa grzybowa and sernik. Yes, we’ve eaten them all over the past 7 days! As well as a few English additions including mince pies, pork pies and home-made Christmas cake. Do I feel as fattened as the Christmas goose? Absolutely. Speaking of which…
This rather well glazed goose fed our family of 12 on Christmas day nicely, leaving little room for the dessert, or so we thought. A platter of home-made cakes appeared shortly after the main course, prompting everyone to gorge on their festive favourites. For me, it will always be good old-fashioned Christmas fruit cake; a recipe passed down through generations of my family and now adopted by my wife. Whoever said that the way to a man’s heart is via his stomach was spot on.
Below: The finished Christmas cake with holly and ivy jointly created by my dear mama and my wife a week before Christmas measuring ca. 10 x 10 inches. We shall eat the final slice tonight which shows that even a cake this size does not last long.
Meals in Poland over Christmas are always laden with a variety of meats. The breakfast platter consisted of a selection of cold-cuts of sausages and hams, mixed with cheeses and fresh bread. Simple, yet hard to resist for a meat-eater such as myself.
As 2012 approaches, yet again, it is time to set a few restrictions on my food intake if I am to play a reasonable game of squash in January. The time of lazy days is passing and a regular exercise regime beckons…
