Polish Easter Meal Help

Okay, so there's this place in Baltimore with supposedly the best / authentic / artisan Polish sausages (made and smoked on premises).

I read that a lot of people use the sausages in special recipes for their Easter meals.

Anybody have some thoughts on a traditional Polish easter. Though a little Polish (or Czech) (grandma orphaned / name changes / long story) runs through my veins, I have no experience with what is a traditional Polish Easter dinner.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Malpka]

Re: Polish Easter Meal Help

There are lots of variables, but 3 things I know we always have at Easter meal are Zurek (white borscht), that is usually garnished with hard boiled eggs and kielbasa, some sort of relish made with beets and horseradish, and babka. I can't make babka, so I just buy one ready made, and now that we have no Eastern European grocery, I have resorted to buying pannetone and passing it off as babka.

[DCJenn]

Re: Polish Easter Meal Help

My Polish friends always had carp but I can't remember if that was for Christmas/Hannukah or Easter/Passover. I know that she'd go to Lexington Market and buy one big ass carp though.

Jenn

[Malpka]

Re: Polish Easter Meal Help

Ok- now that I have had some coffee I am realizing things I should have mentioned. The kielbasa we eat at Easter is "White Kielbasa"- the relish would be eaten with this. Also poppy seed cakes (Makowiec), and sometimes this cheesecake sort of thing. And of course, assorted other hunks of meat.

Re: Polish Easter Meal Help

Thanks guys. Vodka check. Kielbasa check. Yummy poppy seed baked goods check. Horeshradish check.

Carp. Still thinking on that. But Lexington Market is cool.

[PrincessFiona]

Re: Polish Easter Meal Help

At my inlaws house, it would be vodka.

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