Speak pipe

14.4.11

Wielkopolski Cech Rzeźników i Wędliniarzy-Naj Wędliny

8 kwietnia 2011 roku rozdał certyfikaty następującym firmom:

Zakłady Mięsne Konarczak Sp.j.- Pogorzela
- biała parzona
- polska wędzona

ZMP "WALDI" sp.j.- Grodzisk Wlkp
- biała parzona
- polędwica wędzona
- polska wędzona
- szynka ogonówka
- wędzonka krotoszyńska

Zakłady Mięsne Andrzej Bystry-Swarzędz
- biała parzona-najlepsza 1 miejsce
- szynka rolka
- wędzonka krotoszyńska
- polska wędzona
- polędwica wędzona

Zakład Rzeźnicko-Wędliniarski Ireneusz Mielczarek i Synowie s.j.- Komorniki
- szynka ogonówka wędzona
- polędwica wędzona
- wędzonka krotoszyńska
- szynka rolka
- biała parzona-najlepsza 2 miejsce
- polska wędzona
Firma otrzymała także Puchar Starosty Poznańskiego dla Najlepszego Producenta w Powiecie Poznańskim

Zakład Przetwórstwa Mięsa "SZAJEK" Sp.j.- Granowo
- szynka rolka
- biała parzona
- polędwica wędzona


BGW WPH SP.Z O.O. MARKET JAN - Oborniki
- polska wędzona
-szynka rolka
- polędwica wędzona
- szynka ogonówka wędzona

6.4.11

Magda Gessler- Kuchenne Rewolucje Jak Polacy traktują kuchnie etniczne

Tak w PL jest traktowana kuchnia etniczna pomysły na dania z internetu,nigdy nie byli w danym kraju oprócz Hindusa który zaczął pod sugestią polskiej zony polonizować dania hinduskie z surowkami z kapusty i chemicznymi przyprawami

http://vod.onet.pl/kuchenne-rewolucje,kuchenne-rewolucje,3554,3,9116,odcinek.html
India Ocean Poznań

http://vod.onet.pl/kuchenne-rewolucje,kuchenne-rewolucje,3554,3,10025,odcinek.html
Walencja,Warszawa

http://vod.onet.pl/kuchenne-rewolucje,kuchenne-rewolucje,3554,3,8649,odcinek.html
Pepers,Białystok,nawet nazwa jest zła powinno być Peppers

sprzedaż detaliczna w Polsce większa o 12,6 proc. niż przed rokiem

Sprzedaż detaliczna wyrównana sezonowo w Polsce wzrosła w lutym o 0,9 proc. w ujęciu miesięcznym, zaś w ujęciu rocznym zwiększyła się o 12,6 proc. - podał unijny urząd statystyczny Eurostat. W całej Unii Europejskiej sprzedaż detaliczna spadłą o 0,1 proc. m/m, ale wzrosła o 0,9 proc. rok do roku.W strefie euro sprzedaż detaliczna spadła o 0,1 proc. m/m i zwiększyła się o 0,1 proc. w ujęciu rocznym.Spośród członków UE, których dane uwzględnia Eurostat, sprzedaż wzrosła (w ujęciu rocznym) w 9 krajach, a spadła także w 9 krajach. Najwięcej wzrosła w Polsce (12,6 proc.), Luksemburgu (8,8 proc.) i na Litwie (6,1 proc.). Największe spadki zanotowały Hiszpania (-5,6 proc.), Rumunia (-4,8 proc.) i Portugalia (-4,5 proc.).

Źródlo:Eurostat

30.3.11

going bananas

A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression 'going bananas' is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read on:


Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!
After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fibre. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anaemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of haemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power:200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey.. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria foundpressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases.. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe it’s time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, 'A banana a day keeps the doctor away!'

PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes?

Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe...polish with dry cloth. Amazing fruit !!

20.3.11

W-Polsce-jest-drozej-niz-w-Niemczech Fakt

//http://www.fakt.pl/Szok-W-Polsce-jest-drozej-niz-w-Niemczech-,artykuly,98069,1.html
Świat ogarnęła drożyzna, zwłaszcza szaleją ceny żywności, ale trudno się oprzeć wrażeniu, że w Polsce to szaleństwo jest jakby większe. Fakt porównał ceny w niemieckich i polskich supermarketach - wnioski są szokujące, nie dość, że nasi zachodni sąsiedzi zarabiają ponad dwa razy więcej, to jeszcze kupują taniej niż my. Eksperci mówią wprost - to wina większych podatków w naszym kraju


Średnia pensja na rękę u naszych zachodnich sąsiadów to – w przeliczeniu – około 6 tysięcy złotych, w Polsce w przybliżeniu 2,4 tysiąca złotych netto (w styczniu 2011 średnia pensja wynosiła 3,4 tys zł brutto). Z różnicami w zarobkach już się pogodziliśmy, ale dlaczego ci bogaci Niemcy mają taniej w sklepach niż my, biedniejsi Polacy?!

Fakt porównał ceny w niemieckich i polskich marketach o podobnych standardach. Porównywaliśmy te same produkty sprzedawane w opakowaniach o takiej samej lub zbliżonej pojemności. Policzyliśmy też, ile sztuk lub kilogramów danego produktu można kupić za przeciętną pensję w obu krajach. Wnioski są przykre dla polskiego konsumenta.

np. kupić 1,5 tysiąca bochenków chleba, Polak niecały tysiąc. W przypadku produktów bardziej ekskluzywnych, jak ananas w puszce, różnica jest jeszcze większa. Niemiec dostanie za pensję ponad 3 tysiące takich puszek, Polak zaledwie 650. Ale co najgorsze, porównując bezpośrednio ceny na sklepowych półkach, Niemiec kupi taniej większość towarów.

– W Niemczech wiele produktów, w tym żywności, jest tańszych, bo nałożony jest na nie niższy podatek VAT. W Polsce także inne podatki są wyższe, co przekłada się na wyższe ceny wielu produktów i usług – tłumaczy Andrzej Sadowski, wiceszef Centrum im. Adama Smitha.

Tymczasem polski rząd zapowiada, że jeśli sytuacja gospodarcza się nie poprawi, w przyszłym roku czeka nas kolejna podwyżka podatków.
Marek Zuber, ekonomista:
Od wielu lat postępuje proces wyrównywania się cen żywności i innych produktów pomiędzy krajami Unii Europejskiej. Faktycznie jest tak, że ceny w niemieckich i polskich sklepach powoli zbliżają się do tego samego poziomu. Powodów, dla których niektóre produkty są w Niemczech tańsze, należy upatrywać w dwóch czynnikach. Po pierwsze, w Niemczech obowiązuje niższa, 19-procentowa stawka VAT. Jak również inne podatki, takie jak na przykład akcyza są niższe. Drugim ważnym czynnikiem jest kurs euro, po jakim w Polsce sprzedawany jest niemiecki produkt. Jeżeli niemiecki producent ustali, że produkt ma być sprzedawany po kursie 4,3 złotego za euro, to w przypadku umocnienia się złotówki do poziomu 3,98 za euro, cena tego produktu będzie w sztuczny sposób zawyżona. Będzie też drożej niż w Niemczech.

28.2.11

Gęsina na Św Marcina i przez cały rok

To jeszcze do niedawna było tylko puste powiedzenie. Nadal w wielu domach panuje przekonanie, że gęś to bardzo tłuste mięso, ciężkostrawne. Smakosze z całej Europy zakochani są w gęsinie - czas, żebyśmy i my do tego grona dołączyli zachęca Elżbieta Podolska
Gęsina to najzdrowsze mięso. Ma od 3,5 do 5 proc. tłuszczu, a wieprzowina ma ponad 30. Sam tłuszcz zawiera kwasy nasycone, czyli nie dość, że zdrowo to bardzo smacznie, bowiem polskie gęsi hodowane są specjalnie w naturze, bez sztucznych pasz, tylko na naturalnej karmie. Okazuje się, że jesteśmy potęgą, jeśli chodzi o gęsinę, bowiem Polska jest największym producentem tego mięsa w Europie, a Wielkopolska dostarcza aż 1/3 tej produkcji.
11 listopada to dzień, w którym w wielu krajach Europy na stołach króluje gęś. I w Polsce była to przed wojną mocno zakorzeniona tradycja.
W wielu miejscach w Polsce zachowywano 40-dniowy post adwentowy, który zaczynał się po dniu św. Marcina, czyli 12 listopada. W tym dniu spożywano ostatni raz gęsie mięso. W wigilię tego święta wróżono zimową pogodę. Przepowiadano ją na podstawie kości piersiowej gęsi. Biała wróżyła śnieżną zimę, cętkowana - pogodę zmienną, a biało-czarna zapowiadała, że połowa zimy będzie mroźna i śnieżna, a połowa lekka.

27.2.11

Ogórki w zalewie miodowej kwaśno słodkiej

Kolejna rewelacja z Aldi,Niemcy są mistrzami w przyrządzaniu pikli

What is the world’s most popular meat ?




I’ll bet a lot of you guessed chicken or pork. Some of you probably thought beef. Surprise! In the United States, people tend to consume chicken as their white meat of choice and beef as their red meat, but 63 percent of the world's population eats goat meat. Goat is the most widely consumed meat in the world, a staple of, among others, Mexican, Indian, Asian,Arab,Greek and southern Italian cuisines. Interestingly, more and more goat meat is being consumed in the United States and not just as an ethnic dish due to the growing ethnic population. The health-conscious consumer is also looking at the benefits of incorporating either cabrito (a delicacy meat from goats that are harvested between 1 to 3 months of age and weigh less than 50 pounds) or chevon (goats that are harvested between 6 to 9 months of age and weigh between 50 and 75 pounds). Novelty and great flavor aren’t the only draws here — the meat is lower in fat than chicken but higher in protein than beef.Older goat meat is also consumed but usually as sausage or in chili. Two things quickly became clear once I started cooking. First, because it’s so lean, goat is particularly good when braised or cooked with moist heat so it won’t dry out

                                                  Barbequed goat

24.2.11

Bigos a Royal Polish Ragout

Savoring the warm and messy pleasures of an intensely flavorful Polish stew
Legend has bigos appearing in the late 14th century in Poland where Lithuanian Prince Wladislaus served it to his hunting party. This rustic hunter's stew contained sauerkraut and wine brought from home, and featured freshly killed hare, venison, boar and pheasant, all of which were abundant in the Polish forests. Bigos grew in popularity and is now Poland's national dish.
BIG FEAST: This Eastern European dish is packed with five different kinds of men Polish, "bigos" means confusion, or a big mess. This special stew varies from region to region and can also contain honey, apples, dried plums, bacon and ham. It is indeed neither tidy nor beautiful to behold. A rich and delicious complexity, however, more than compensates. And because this intensity of flavor increases when the stew is made in advance, preparation can fit seamlessly into even the busiest schedule. Cook up to a week ahead; then cool, refrigerate and gently reheat when time to eat. Alternatively, keep the stew in the freezer for months.
In the centuries since Wladislaus's demise, recipes for his ragout have become more refined. Because it is similar to Alsace's legendary and sauerkrauty choucroute garnie, bigos is often referred to by French cooks as "choucroute a la polonaise" despite the Poles proclaiming their version superior in every way.
Although even today bigos is relatively unknown in the United States, I managed to sample it in the 1970s at Boston's Café Budapest, where it was a menu fixture. The first piquant bite of fresh and pickled cabbages merging with the myriad meats and spices remains clear in my mind to this day.
Michael swore by the recipe in "Nela's Cookbook" by Nela Rubinstein, Lithuanian-born wife of the late Arthur Rubinstein and daughter of the illustrious conductor Emil Mlynarski, first director of the Warsaw Philharmonic. I borrowed Michael's copy of the 1983 volume, and was as taken with Nela's story as I was with her recipes.
This stew can also contain honey, apples, dried plums, bacon and ham.
As a child, she spent long days in the kitchens of her mother's Lithuanian estate watching cooks prepare traditional dishes. The family was driven from Lithuania by the advent of World War I. They moved first to Moscow and then to Warsaw at the close of the war, bigos went with them all the way and it became Nela's piece de resistance.
Nela met Arthur Rubinstein, arguably the greatest pianist of the modern era, through her father. After their marriage in 1932, they spent their first years together on tour, dining out in one famous restaurant after another. The new bride soon discovered she had "an odd but very useful talent." In her book, she tells us that "much as one might have a musical ear, I had the ability to decipher and identify the ingredients in even fairly elaborate dishes—and made a sort of game…of reproducing them at home without asking for recipes." Nela began experimenting in the couple's Montmartre studio, progressing quickly from simple scrambled eggs to more challenging soufflés, pierozkis, borschts and crème brûlées.
Soon cranky Arthur, a well-known gourmet, claimed that only his wife's cooking could satisfy his post-performance appetite; but he then complained loudly when everyone forgot his concerts while busily devouring Nela's suppers. Legendary restaurateur George Lang commented, "It's just possible that Arthur Rubinstein played Chopin's mazurkas better than anyone since Chopin because of his wife's almond mazurkas [also the name of a sweet Polish pastry]."
In 1941, the Rubinsteins left Paris for Hollywood, where Nela made bigos for everyone from Katharine Hepburn to Charlie Chaplin. Once, she prepared the dish for the Broadway cast and crew of "Children of a Lesser God" in a tiny two-burner New York hotel kitchenette. Her son John Rubinstein was starring in the play, and the party for 50 was to be in her daughter Eva's photography studio in Chelsea. Nela tells us how she cooked up the bigos, and then "carried the whole feast down to Eva's studio in plastic pails."
Friends and family clamored for her recipes. Easier said than done, however, as instructions to herself were highly abbreviated multilingual scribblings on scraps of paper and backs of envelopes. Demand for a book grew, but it took years of encouragement from Julia Childs's long-time editor, Judith Jones, to convince Nela to write the charming and inspiring "Nela's Cookbook." Recipes for the old-world dishes of her childhood all yield excellent results; but Nela tells us, "of all the dishes in this book, bigos is the one I recommend to you most enthusiastically." Nela's version is a tried-and-true distillation of a centuries-old recipe perfected by generations of family cooks. She suggests serving it with traditional accompaniments: fresh horseradish, an array of mustards, caraway-studded rye bread and boiled potatoes. Iced vodka, cold German beer and an Alsatian Riesling are all good choices to drink with the meal.
Over the years—like Wladislaus's original hunters—I've made bigos using various meat and poultry combinations, often based on the contents of my freezer. The recipe is flexible and forgiving, so try using what you have on hand.
My most recent tryst with bigos occurred a few weeks ago, on a frigid mid-January evening. As several of the guests did not eat red meat, I tried using poultry only—two roast ducks, three roast chickens and spicy turkey sausage replacing the kielbasa. The result was divine, and no less delicious than the meaty original. I also roughly smashed with a bit of butter, salt and pepper the boiled potatoes that normally accompany the dish, instead of leaving them whole, as is typical. Though not traditional, this provided an ideal bed for the stew. I shredded an extra head of cabbage. Mixed into the bigos and put underneath along with the potatoes, it lightened things up and provided the welcome crunch of something raw. When the bigos was gone, guests scraped their plates, proving once again, as Nela said, there is "nothing better than a big pot of savory bigos."
Bigos Cooking Time: 2½ to 3½ hours Serves: 16
1 four- to five-pound duck, pricked all over with a fork and roasted in a 400 degree oven until done, about an hour. When cool enough to handle, discard skin and bones and cut the meat into 1-inch pieces.
3 ounces dried wild mushrooms, rinsed and then soaked for at least 30 minutes in 3 cups of warm beef, chicken, duck or pork stock. Drain and coarsely chop the mushrooms and reserve the liquid.
3½ pounds boneless pork shoulder, stewing beef, venison, or a mixture, cut into 2-inch cubes
7 tablespoons unsalted butter
Sea or kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1 pound bacon slices cut into ½-inch lengths
6 medium yellow onions, peeled and coarsely chopped
4 cups shredded green cabbage
3 large carrots, peeled and coarsely grated
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and coarsely grated
4 pounds homemade or packaged sauerkraut (not canned), rinsed well in cold water
3 tablespoons sugar
1½ pounds precooked kielbasa, peeled if necessary and cut into 1-inch slices
½ pound cooked ham, cut into 1-inch dice
1 bouquet garni (12 black peppercorns, 12 crushed juniper berries, and 2 bay leaves tied together in cheesecloth)
1 28-ounce can chopped tomatoes (preferably San Marzano) with their liquid
1 cup dry red wine
Fresh rye bread, sliced ,Hot boiled potatoes,Grated horseradish (fresh if possible),Prepared mustards
Chopped fresh parsley (optional)
What to Do
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large casserole over medium-high heat. Add cubed meat and brown well on all sides. Add 1½ cups of water or extra stock, salt and pepper to taste, cover and cook in the oven for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
2. While meat is cooking, melt remaining 3 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet. Add bacon, onions, fresh cabbage and carrots, and sauté, stirring frequently, until onions are golden, about 20 minutes.
3. Add apples and sauerkraut and cook 10 minutes more, stirring frequently.
4. While meat and vegetables are cooking, place sugar in a small saucepan with 2 tablespoons of water. Cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves and then simmer until light brown. Immediately stir the caramel into vegetable mixture.
5. After meat has cooked for an hour, add cooked duck pieces, vegetable mixture, sliced kielbasa, ham, soaked mushrooms and their liquid, bouquet garni, tomatoes and wine to the casserole. Cover and return to the oven for 1½ to 2 hours or until the meat is very tender, on the verge of falling apart. Remove bouquet garni and add salt and pepper if needed. If sauce is too thick, add water or broth. If sauce is too thin, ladle into a saucepan and reduce until the desired consistency is reached, then return to the casserole.
Ideally, cool the stew and then refrigerate it for up to four days. The flavors will marry and intensify. Remove any fat that rises to the top before reheating. To serve, reheat gently on top of the stove, adjust seasonings, garnish with parsley if desired, and serve accompanied by horseradish, mustards, rye bread and hot boiled potatoes

22.2.11

Menu nie jest książką telefoniczną

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Właściciele polskich restauracji uważają, że im więcej dań w menu, tym lepiej. A jest dokładnie na odwrót - gdy menu jest ograniczone, klient ma pewność, że to, co dostaje na talerzu, jest świeże, a restauracja nie wydaje pieniędzy na zbędne produkty i nie mrozi ich.Dziś główne menu restauracji zmieniamy dwa, trzy razy w roku lub zależnie od sezonu, natomiast menu degustacyjne co tydzień i jest to szansa na zaprezentowanie możliwości, użycie produktów stricte sezonowych czy okazjonalnie kupionych.

Najlepiej stosować zasadę 4x4 - 4 dania z wołowiny,4 dania z wieprzowiny,4 dania z drobiu,oraz 4 dania z ryb i owoców morza. Pamiętam restauracje w Niemczech która miała tylko 4 dania(steki) i rezerwacje trzeba było robić z miesięcznym wyprzedzeniem

Dobra restauracja to miejsce, do którego przychodzi dużo ludzi na dobre jedzenie za niezbyt wygórowaną cenę, albo takie, w którym jest drogo, i ale za to serwowane dania są tak pyszne i czasochłonne oraz zbyt skomplikowane żeby zrobić je samemu w domu , tak że goście stoją w kolejce, żeby móc tu zjeść. Taką restaurację mogą stworzyć pasjonaci, którzy sami lubią jeść i dobrze karmić innych, pieniądze schodzą w tym przypadku na dalszy plan.