Sun, Feb-27-05, 08:36
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,011
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 191/179.4/128
BF:
Progress: 18%
Location: Toronto
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I am going to the Polish neighbourhood of Toronto this morning to stock up on: Kielbassa which is the generic word for sausage. There are so many different varieties most of them smoked and all of them zero carb (or pretty close). If you like sausages, you will love kielbassa, they are mostly made from pork and flavoured with garlic but they are made from meat, no fillers, very little gristle and not very fatty.
They also eat a lot of ham, galoretta (headcheese - not my favourite), lots of fish, especially smoked fish and cabbage type dishes. My mother in law's (Polish) cabbage rolls don't even have rice in them, they're straight meat.
Stay away from Pierogi, meat/cheese filled dumplings.
You will find lots of braised and stewed meats on the menus and they are very low carb but they also eat a lot of potato.
Mushrooms are very popular (Grzybe).
Just head out with a little Polish/English dictionary and you'll be find.
I'm a chef and there's lots to love in Polish food.
It's very down to earth, simple food. You should have no trouble staying low carb if you keep a little bag of Polish sausage and cheeses with you.
Michelle from Toronto
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