What's Up :: Long forgotten Polish Christmas dishes

The contemporary Polish Wigilia (Christmas Eve) dinner table differs considerably from what Poles used to prepare well over a century ago 

"Wigilia in Syberia" by Jacek Malczewski. Painting from 1892

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Presented by Sławek Szefs with Agnieszka Bielawska 

Our inspiration in this Christmas culinary journey into the past have been books by Lucyna Ćwierczakiewiczowa "365 obiadów za pięć złotych" published in 1858, Maria Gruszecka "Ilustrowany kucharz krakowski" from 1892, and Maria Marciszewska "Kucharka szlachecka" 1893 edition.