Recipes.

Spent the day studying and our friend Zybysek came over for a two hour visit. I talked with the American Consulate about changing our Social Security address and we can't do it online so we have to go to the Consulate on Paderewskiego St Wednesday morning to fill out the forms.

Here's two new recipes from Anna Dan
Lazy Noodles Kluski Leniwe
2 pds of boiled potatoes 1. 1 kg gotowanych kartofli
2.2 eggs 2. 2 jajka
3.¾ cup of flour 3. ¾ szklanki maki
4.4 strips of lean bacon 4. 4 plasterki bekonu

1.Peel and boil potatoes
2.Obierz i ugotuj kartofle
3.Prepare pot with salted boiling water
4.Zagotuj wode w granku i dodaj sol do smaku
5.Let potato cool and grind using meat grinder or mash
6.Ostudz kartofle i przepusc przez maszynke do miesa lub posiekaj na mase
7.Place ground potato in the bowl and add flour and eggs
8.Wloz przetarte kartofle do miski, dodaj make i jajka
9.Mix very well into firm ball, roll out into 1 inch thick rolls on flour board
10.Wymieszaj dobrze i uformuj 3 cm waleki na stolnicy
11. Cut into 1 inch pieces with the knifeand place in pot with boiling water
12.Pokroj na 2 centymetrowe kluski i wloz do gotujacej wody
13.When noodles float to the top take out with slotted spoon and drain on the plate
14.Kiedy kluski wyplyna, wyjmij lyzka cedzakowa na talerz
15.Cut bacon into very small pieces and fry till crisp
16.Pokroj bekon na drobna kostke i dobrze usmaz
17.Put noodles on the plate and pour hot fried bacon over, you can use dried mushroom sauce or melted hot butter
18.Uloz kluski na talerzu i polej goracymi skwarkami z bekonem, albo sosem z grzybow lub maslem
19.This noodles can be fried in butter or bacon next day
20.Kluski moga byc przysmazone nastepnego dnia na bekonie lub masle
21.You can use left over potatoes to make this noodlesMozna uzywac kartofle z poprzedniego dnia do zrobienia tych klusek

Dried mushroom sauce Sos z suszonych
1. 1 to 1 ½ oz dried mushrooms
1. 2. 1 small carrot 2. 1 mala marchew
3. 1/3 root parsley 3. 1/3 pietruszki
4. 1 small onion 4. 1 mala cebula
5. 2 tablespoons of flour 5. 2 lyzki maki
6. ½ cup of sour cream (optional) 6. ½ filizanki smietany wedlug gustu
7 Salt and pepper to taste 7. Sol i pieprz do samku


1. Soak dried mushrooms in 1 ½ cups of water until soft
2. Namocz suszone grzyby w 1 ½ szklanki wody do miekkosci
3. Decant liquid and save
4. Odlej wode do innego rondelka i zarezerwuj
5. Cut soft mushrooms into thin strips or mince using food processor
6. Pokroj grzyby na cienkie paski albo w poszatkuj w procesorze
7. Pour soaking liquid into saucepan and add mushrooms
8. Do rondelka z woda dodaj grzyby
9. Add pinch of salt and pinch of pepper
10.Psol i popieprz do samku
11.Cook mushrooms for at least 30 minutes or until tender
12.Gotuj grzyby przynajmniej 30 minut
13.Grate coarsely carrot and root parsley
14.Utrzyj marchew i pietruszke na gurbe wiorki
15.Dice onion into small pieces
16.Pokroj cebule na drobna kostke
17.Add carrot, parsley and onion to mushrooms and cook until soft
18.Dodaj cebule, marchew i pietruszke do grzybow i gotuj do zupelnej miekkosci
19.Mix 2 tablespoons of flour with water to create paste, if desired add ½ cup of sour cream
20.Rozmieszaj dwie lyzki stolowe maki z woda, dodaj pol filizanki smietany wedlug smaku
21.Add hot liquid from saucepan into flour mixture very slowly stirring all the time
22.Dodaj goracy wywar z grzybow do maki i mieszaj caly czas
23.Pour slowly into the saucepan and mix very well
24.Dodaj zaprawke z maki do rondelka i dobrze wymieszaj
25.Bring to boil for 3 to 5 minutes
26.Gotuj sos przez 3 do 5 minut aby zgestnial
27.Add more salt and pepper to taste
28.Sprobuj i dodaj so i pieprz do smaku
29.Use as sauce for any meat or fish or special noodlesSos mozna uzywac do miesa, ryby albo kluskow kladzionych czy leniwych