{"id":3802,"date":"2026-07-30T18:36:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2026-07-30T18:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:36:01","slug":"taste-of-poland-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/2026\/07\/30\/taste-of-poland-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Taste of Poland 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Izzie and I have popped out to see mum for a week. Thermal shock on arrival, a very welcome one, from scorching Toscana into a rainy, cool Wroc\u0142aw, at 20 or so degrees. A very welcome change. It was nice to see a very green, juicy landscape and wear jeans and long sleeve for the first time in 2 months. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As ever, we ate really well, mum always sees to it. There were ribs, simply cooked, soft and delicious, with kluski \u015bl\u0105skie and yellow beans on the side. I must add ribs to my repertoire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035393-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035393-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035393-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035393-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035393-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035393-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035393-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had some BBQ on mum&#8217;s allotment, with a nice selection of sausages, kaszanka, pork shoulder and tomatoes- straight from the greenhouse. That afternoon there was really fun, everyone was in good mood, beer was flowing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035610-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035610-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035610-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035610-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035610-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035610-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035610-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday morning we drove to Kudowa, with the idea of climbing Szczeliniec, which I have not done for 30 years or so. We did that, got absolutely drenched on the way down, but then lunch in Kudowa more than made up for it. I had an excellent duck breast with cranberries. Simple, perfect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035543-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035543-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035543-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035543-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035543-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035543-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035543-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the Greatest Hits- there had to be some kluski z mi\u0119sem, one of my absolute favourites by mum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035661-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035661-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035661-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035661-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035661-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035661-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035661-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then some smoked fish, one thing I miss from England and Poland. On one evening we had freshly smoked trout, on another, smoked sturgeon. A real treat, with a piece of good, dark bread and a glass of white wine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035460-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035460-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035460-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035460-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035460-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035460-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/files\/2026\/07\/1000035460-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A shopping trip to K\u0142odzko had to feature some jagodzianki. And it did.  x<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Izzie and I have popped out to see mum for a week. Thermal shock on arrival, a very welcome one, from scorching Toscana into a rainy, cool Wroc\u0142aw, at 20 or so degrees. A very welcome change. It was nice to see a very green, juicy landscape and wear jeans and long sleeve for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/2026\/07\/30\/taste-of-poland-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Taste of Poland 2026.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-made-in-poland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3809,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions\/3809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.xs4all.co.uk\/tablefortwo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}