How to Find Polish Holiday Recipes
Recipes for Polish special-occasion foods such as pierogi, poppy seed rolls or honey cakes aren't difficult to find. Most Polish cookbooks include a section on holiday foods.
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Research Polish holiday customs, and learn what foods are traditionally served. The main Christmas meal is a 12-course meatless feast served on Christmas Eve (see 'How to Prepare a Traditional Polish Christmas Eve Dinner'); for Easter, you'll want to know how to make the rich cakes called babas and the hunter's cabbage-and-sausage stew known as bigos.
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Ask Polish-Americans you know to share their family recipes.
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Search the Internet for international recipe sites.
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Look for Polish cookbooks in the international cookbook section of your local library and bookstores.
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Scour flea markets, antique malls, garage sales and used bookstores for older, out-of-print Polish cookbooks.
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Compile a folder with favorite recipes you have tried along with your notes about making the various dishes. This information will come in handy when it's time to prepare holiday menus.
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