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A_Dam, Would that be a 'potatoe bread'?

There's a variety of potatoe types in Poland indeed. One of my favourites are named "Amerykany". They're a bit reddish. I don't know where their name originates form - after all AFAIK all potatoes originate from America, so they're all "Anerykany". Unfortunetly this type of pot-s are every year harder to buy, don\t know why.

or whipped cream - yum!

HI ALL

My Babci made the best placki in the world. I don't have the recipe and would like to have it if anyone can help out. She also make pumpkin soup which I did not like. It took a lot of placki to get down the bowl of pumpkin soup. WE had to eat what was served with no complaints.

Thanks a million

Basia

Nancy. Cranberries are great and I don't mean the ones that come in a can. I like to prepare the Cranberies on tne stove top and my hopes are that they are not all eaten because I use what is left over for ice cream topping and it does taste good as a replacement for jam.

The most important point while preparing placki ziemniaczane is to make them fried thin and crispy. I especially like them with sour cream.

As to babka ziemniaczana - it is usually translated straightforward ---> 'potatoe cake'.

Does anybody know delicious cake from Kresy, named "sekacz"?

http://www.wrotapodlasia.pl/NR/rdonlyres/99A2F440-BA02-46A3-953B-F03C21D42D6E/6371/21.jpg

(the 'instant image' does not seem to work properly, sorry about that)

"Does anybody know delicious cake from Kresy, named "sekacz"?"

Is this the cake that looks like a tall tree? If I recall, we had some discussion about this cake a long time ago, and decided it was a regional dessert. In Adam's picture, it looks like the top has been cut off for samples.

Actually, the "Old Vermont Store" was offering sekacz <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I did not know about this cake until I came to the USA

Hmmm, they call it "Knotty Cake"

Polish Knotty Cake: Unique Table Accent Becomes a Tasty Dessert

Senkach, or Polish knotty cake, is as spectacular to look at as it is to eat. This golden cake, still handmade in Poland from the original recipe on a rotary spit over fire, forms a hollow tower flavored with vanilla and almonds. Believed to come from medieval Eastern Europe, knotty cake has long been a feature at both royal and workaday celebrations. You can slice it and serve toasted, or fill it with custard and dribble chocolate over it, whatever your imagination or tradition inspires. Each 8.8 oz. cake serves 5.

Sounds good, maybe I'll order some;

http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/shopp...ProductID=29364

S/ekacz is very popular in Eastern Poland and its special recipe is not that easy to obtain. If you order the cake from some commercial deliverer make sure that it is the *real* s/ekacz, made with a lot of yolk obtained from the eggs that the 'pecking in the yard' hens - not the farm ones - did lay. Another crucial point is the type of butter added (must be home-made, from the real cow's that sees and eats the fresh grass milk. And in the end the type of wood used for open fire baking (no electric ovens please) is of utmost importance. Well, I think that's all... <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />