Warsaw to Warsaw

April 8, 2011

Sneak peek: Warsaw to Warsaw

This next year, I am planning on blogging my way through our adventure in Poland. I will call my blog "Warsaw to Warsaw" since my mother's family has lived near Warsaw, Georgia (now John's Creek, Gwinnett County, Georgia) since the early 1800s. Funny enough, my mother's family is not Polish! They're German! Close enough!

I found a wonderful Polish peasant's recipe that I have made with local ingredients here in South Carolina!

I had this tonight with some Carolina Plantation Brown rice, and the cabbage, onion were from John's Island, SC. I substituted the Polish sausage with spicy Italian sausage from Thompson Farms. The bacon was also from Thompson Farms. Give it a try with your favorite local ingredients! I grew the garlic myself! :)

Chłopski Posiłek (Peasants' Bacon and Cabbage)

Chlopski is the Polish word for peasant, and literally translated this dish is called 'Peasants' Meal'. It's a dish which is most popular in the provinces like Lubuskie, in the far west of Poland.

1		medium green cabbage, coarsely chopped
6		slices bacon, diced
1		medium onion, chopped
1/4		cup water
2		cloves garlic, chopped
1		lb. Polish sausage cut into 1 inch pieces
1/2		teaspoons salt and pepper

Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp; remove bacon, reserving drippings in skillet. Crumble bacon, and set aside. Add all other ingredients except sausage to dripping; cover and cook 10 minutes over medium heat, turning cabbage once. Add sausage; cover and cook 5 minutes or until sausage is heated. Transfer to serving dish with a slotted spoon; sprinkle with bacon.
Makes 4 servings.