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The cake sold by the VCS is made in Poland, but if you look at the list of ingredients (copied below), they don't say anything about where in Poland the hens and cows walk...

And what on earth are "natural-like" aromas????

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Product Description: A true Polish tradition for the holidays and special occasions. The unique shape is achieved by pouring dough over a spinning rolling pin over a smoke free fire. The Knottycake is hand made and is still made from the original recipe. It makes a delightful centerpiece before it becomes dessert. Not a Kosher product.

Origin of Material: Poland
Origin of Manufacture: Poland


Ingredients/Materials
Wheat flour, Eggs, Sugar, Butter, Margarine, Cream,
Potato starch, Beta carotene ( E-160A ), Natural-like
food dye, Natural and natural-like aromas.

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forget the hens, nonetheless don't order that cake, wait until you come to Poland and go to Hajnowka, Bialowieza, Suwalki etc. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Adam: Good idea!

Nancy and Jaga. I asked for that catalogue from Vermont Country Store. I looked through one of their old catalogues that was in a waiting room and they had a lot of old time favorites that you can no longer find in todays modern store. Thanks for the link, it is really appreciated.

Hello again basia. I tried making some of that pumpkin soup from a recepie that was on a web site and I also made some peanut soup. These were very elegent soups to be served with a main meal but if you have to have them every day the elegence wears off. I remember the SOS that they served when I was in the Navy and it was tiring after a while. Now, the SOS can be found in the frozen food section of the supermarket and it is very expensive. Heck, make it yourself and you can make a lot more of it at less cost. LOL

Bob,

What is SOS? Save our Soup? Somekind o' Soup? Sordid Old Soup?

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SOS is a vulgar term given to Chipped Beef On Toast. You might ask some veteran or active duty member what SOS is in private but I was always told to watch my language.

I learn so much on this forum ....

Watching my language, Bob reminded me of another as well as SOS - which was (cleaned up) Slop On a Shingle, with a different four letter s word for slop...

I learned that when I enjoyed two years of FTA with the Army - commonly seen as "Fun, Travel and Adventure" but more intimately meaning Frig the Army, again with substituted word. I still find it a deserving attitude in these days when it is politically correct to worship the military!

Kai
Honorably Retired - my contract read "Two years or life, whichever comes first".

basia. I did a Google search for Polish potato Pancakes (Placki) and there were quite a few of them. I remember my babcia and my mother use to make these goodies and I really liked them. You could use any topping you wanted or none at all. Do a Google search and you will have more recepies than you can handle.