POLSKI FUSION :: Sweet Taste of Independence

For many Poles November 11 now has the taste of the famous Poznań pastries 

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Rogale świętomarcińskie are a wonderfully sticky combination of buttery pastry, white poppyseeds, nuts and raisins, traditionally made in Poznań for St.Martin's Day, now luckily enjoyed throughout Poland to celebrate November 11th. About a quarter of a kilo each and twelve hundred calories apiece... but who's counting?  Agnieszka Bielawska and Elżbieta Krajewska debate.