Latkes (placki ziemniaczane) are quick (under 60 minutes) easy, and inexpensive snack made for 2 people with potatoes and few ingredients. In order to prepare them, you will need 4 potatoes, 1 onion, salt, black pepper, 2 eggs, vegetable oil, flour, 2 spoons of chopped parsley, and green peppers (if you plan on adding them).

1. Peel, wash, and grate the potatoes using the electric potato grater or hand grater.
2. Add the finely chopped or grated onion to the grated potatoes. If you are making the latkes with green peppers, the peppers should be added at the same time as the onion.
3. Mix the 3 ingredients. If the mixture is a bit more fluid, pour out the excess liquid.
4. Add 2 eggs and the chopped parsley to the mixture and stir.
5. Add 1 table spoon of flour, and continue to add more flour until the mixture becomes consistent and all ingredients are combined together.
6. Add salt and black pepper for flavor.
7. Add vegetable oil to the skillet (patelnia) and warm it up until the oil is very fluid.
8. Place 2 to 3 pieces of the mixed dough, and fry the dough until both sides of the latkes are golden/brown.
9. Serve it with sour cream or apple sauce.
10. ENJOY!! - SMACZNEGO.

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Polish Cuisine (Kuchnia Polska) consists of Eastern/Central European culinary traditions. The Polish Cuisine (Kuchnia Polska) is robust in chicken and pork, and seasonal veggies (winter ones especially). Cabbage in particular, is a key ingredient in bigos (a stew with cabbage and meat) , golabki (cabbage rolls), and pierogi (with mushrooms and cabbage). The Polish cuisine is similar to that of other Slavic cuisines in terms of usage of kasha and other cereals. Polish cuisine is quite hearty and satisfying. Generally, the traditional Polish cuisine tends to be very demanding, and Poles give themselves an extended amount of time in order to prepare and enjoy their festive dishes. The Christmas eve dinner (Wigilia) and Easter breakfast usually take few days of preparation.

The main meal is served at around 2 in the afternoon and it usually consists of three courses. Soup, such as bouillon, tomato, pickle, or chicken is often served. During more festive meals barszcz (beet), zurek (sour rye meal mash), or mushroom soups are prepared, which are followed by an appetizer of herring often in a restaurant dinner setting. The main course is the centerpiece of the feast and consists of a roast or breaded pork cutlet (kotlet schabowy). Surowka, which is shredded root veggies with some lemon juice and sugar (carrot, celeriac, beetroot) or fermented cabbage (kapusta kwaszona) is considered the salad portion of the meal. However, leafed salads are often being replaced with coleslaw, grated beets (buraczki or cwikla).  Boiled potatoes or a more traditional kasha (cereals) is often served on the side. The meal is concluded with a dessert that often includes pastries. Makowiec (poppy seed cake), or drozdzowka (yeast cake) are the most notable pastries served with coffee.

I bet thinking about it just makes you hungry. Since the Polish cuisine can’t summarized in just one post, we decided to start adding Polish recipes to our blog to mix things up with our wonderful selection of Polish products. Some of the recipes with be very familiar while others will not, but they will all be selections from the Polish cuisine.

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As you already know the electric potato grater (maszynka do ziemniakow) is currently SOLD OUT. However, the potato grater is expected to arrive around August 30th in our retail stores in Chicago and our online store.  As way of thanking all of our customers, we would like to offer you a $10 discount (from the current price) and a FREE set of extra blades with the purchase of the electric potato grater once it arrives.  Many of you have already have signed-up for this promotion. If you would like to receive this special promotion on the potato grater, please email us at info at domitp dot com and we will include you on our promotion list. If you are interested in purchasing 2 or more of the electric potato graters, please contact us at info at domitp dot com and receive a shipping discount.

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Prospect Hts., IL 60076
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Chicago, IL 60634
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Harwood Hts., IL 60706
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Chicago, IL 60641
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