Ideas for a Polish Themed Party
Most celebrations in Poland are steeped in centuries of traditions, and many are connected to the catholic faith. Whatever the event, Polish hospitality almost always invovles food (and vodka!).
For informal gatherings, it's not unusual to serve a buffet style meal, with everything from soups and salads through to pastries and cakes all on the table at once, for guests to help themselves
to as they wish and see fit. I guess if the table's at one end of the room and the TV's at the other, this could work well enough for a football party, so we've included some suitable Polish buffet
dishes below, as well as one or two more "formal" main courses.
Polish Party Decorations
Decorate yourself and your room with Polish shirts, flags and scarves (see links, right,
or
search for Polish kit on Kitbag.comg(512634)a(1759159))
).
If you're serving food, search for red and white table covers, napkins, plates, cups and
cutlery on our general
Football Party Decorations Page
For bunting, flags, balloons and more
Polish Party Decorations Ideas,
visit our
European Football Party Decorations Page
As for colour schemes, in addition to the above ideas, anything else you can find in red and white will help create the right atmosphere.
Food for a Poland Themed Party
Traditional Polish cuisine evolved primarily around the ingredients that were most readily available. Vegetables that survived the cold winters (or could be stored or preserved),
freshwater fish and pork are therefore very much part of the everyday diet. Indeed the art of preserving food to ensure readily available supplies through harsh times led to the development
of such Polish staples as pickled cabbage and the many forms of pork salami-style sausage (
kielbasa).
A popular Polish delicacy are pierogies, which are a little like miniature pasties. They can be stuffed with meat, or sweet fillings, but the most popular and traditional is
cheese and potato. Pierogies travelled across the Atlantic with Polish ex-pats to the USA, where they have become extremely popular. We first came across a recipe for them when
the Pittsburgh Steelers were playing in the Super Bowl, and therefore incorrectly classified them as an American recipe!
Different sorts of bread form a very important part of the Polish diet, and many dishes include sour cream as a key ingredient. Popular, widely available vegetables include potatoes,
beetroot, cabbage and mushrooms. But the Poles also love their cakes and pastries, especially on special occasions, so as well as warming
soups and stews, there are plenty of sweet snacks to dish up when you are throwing a Polish football party:
Savoury Recipes
Pierogies
Polish Stuffed Cabbage Leaves - Golabki
Potatoes with Eggs & Sour Cream
Bigos - Traditional Polish Stew
Polish Wild Mushroom Soup
Sweet Recipes
Polish Plum Cake - Placek z Sliwkami
Drink for a Poland Themed Party
There area plenty of options drinks-wise when
throwing a Polish football party.
Poland is rightly famous for its
vodka
, but
is also gaining an increasingly good reputation for its beer (and rightly so, in our opinion). The two best known brands of Polish beer, both of which are available outside Poland
if you don't mind seeking them out, are
Tyskie and
Zywiec. It really isn't a
Polish football party without some, so get your order in quickly!
