#i hate uszka

[slavicafire]

I personally dislike beets on their own, but barszcz is my favorite soup, so that one anon, even if you don't like beets you should try it (especially with uszka!!)

this is an uszka-hating blog but there you go, anon. 

[kimmycup]

i hate coming at you with excuses but i had a busy day! i will be sending you another one in a few hours;) little drummer boy is a classic! i feel that the entirety of ptxmas is so underrated. i really wish they bring back more songs from there for other christmas tours tomorrow is the big day! you know what i was thinking of? in my country, tater tots are a traditional meal during christmas night. yes tater tots. in your family/culture what are some weird christmas meals you have? -secret santa

That’s totally okay, honey! I get it since I was busy as hell myself. I hoped to write a ficlet but all I managed yesterday was collapse into bed at 1am. I have yet to clean up the mess gift wrapping left behind... 

And since we are in different timezones, it’s honestly no problem. You’re in US? 

Tater tots seem a bit weird. I thought they were a bit like fast food? But I may be wrong. They always were this weird thing I didn’t understand in the movies xD I mean, they come from bags. We have sth a bit similar, like potato pancakes but we usually just make them ourselves. (usually meaning every week in my house xD)

So, get ready for a wild ride because as you probably already figured, I tend to ramble.

Okay, Christmas meals in Poland. We are very traditional here. Most festive celebration is Christmas Eve dinner eaten in the evening, which traditionally should have 12 different dishes. 

The most traditional ones that have to appear are:

1. Barszcz - beetroot soup, clear and a beautiful transparent red (opposed to every day version with cream we eat all year round), eaten with “Uszka” (direct translation - “little ears”) which is a type of “pierogi” folded into half, a traditional polish dumpling, either with mushrooms or mushrooms and pickled cabbage filling. Sometimes also comes with white beans instead of or besides dumplings.

2. Fish soup or mushroom soup with croutons.

3. Carp. Fish is important and carp is literally only sold around Christmas. Some people even buy them live and keep in the tub until preparing dinner comes... No, thank you. Fillet for me.

4. Fried pickled cabbage with peas or lentils. Can also feature mushrooms. (A lot of people put mushrooms into a lot of things, my grandma and brother are allergic so not in our house)

5. Traditional dried fruit brew. 

The other ones vary from region to region. For example a lot of people, usually a bit further north, make poppy seeds dumplings or sweet wheat dessert pudding, but it’s not something popular in the mountains where I’m from. 

But also, the usual 12 dishes is done like.... Soup, one. Dumplings in the soup, two. XD We count very... liberally to achieve the 12 xD 

But I think honestly, most of our Christmas meals may come as weird to other countries because they are deeply traditional polish/slavic cuisine. 

That, and we have a tradition of breaking Christmas wafers when wishing each other and later sometimes eating them with honey (if there is any wafers left).