Thursday, December 05, 2013

Kaki's here!!



 
I know I've mentioned this fruit, Kaki, before because it is now probably our most favorite fruit. Only today I learned it is also called Persimmon. It comes to Poland from Spain and seems to be a seasonal fruit that is absolutely delicious. When we were doing our weekly shopping in Carrefour today we say them for sale and bought four. Now we just have to wait a few days until they ripen and then we can eat them. I'm sure we'll go back and buy more before they run out of them. The fruits are sweet, and slightly tangy with a soft to occasionally fibrous texture.

In some of the cities here in Poland are flying Ukraine and Polish flags to show our solidarity with the people of the Ukraine who want to join the EU but are being prevented by their government and, I suspect, Russia. The people see it as a hope for the future while Russia sees it as a threat to their control of Ukraine. Protests continue and no one knows what will happen and how their government will react again to the protests.

Wiem, 偶e wspomina艂em ju偶 o owocach kaki, ale teraz s膮 naszymi ulubionymi owocami . Dopiero dzisiaj dowiedzia艂em si臋, 偶e s膮 r贸wnie偶 nazywane persymony . Do Polski sprowadzane s膮 z Hiszpanii  i wydaj膮 si臋 by膰 owocami sezonowymi , kt贸re s膮 absolutnie pyszne. Kiedy dzisiaj robili艣my nasze cotygodniowe zakupy w Carrefour zobaczyli艣my  je w sprzeda偶 i kupili艣my cztery. Teraz musimy tylko poczeka膰 kilka dni , a偶 dojrzej膮 i wtedy mo偶emy je je艣膰. Jestem pewien, 偶e mo偶emy wr贸ci膰 i kupi膰 wi臋cej , zanim zostan膮 wyprzedane. Owoce s膮 s艂odkie i maj膮 lekko pikantn膮, mi臋kk膮,  czasami w艂贸knist膮 struktur膮 .
 

W niekt贸rych miastach w Polsce powiewaj膮 ukrai艅skie i polskie flagi , aby pokaza膰 nasz膮 solidarno艣膰 z narodem Ukrainy , kt贸ry chc膮 przyst膮pi膰 do UE , ale ich rz膮d chce temu zapobiec i jak podejrzewam, r贸wnie偶 Rosja . Ludzie widz膮 w tym nadziej臋 na przysz艂o艣膰 , podczas gdy Rosja postrzega to jako zagro偶enie utraty kontroli nad Ukrain膮 . Protesty sa kontynuowane i nikt nie wie , co si臋 stanie i jak  rz膮d Ukrainy b臋dzie ponownie reagowa膰 na protesty .