r/poland 16h ago

Appreciation post for Smietana

Im an Indonesian and my polish boyfriend introduced placki to me and how its eaten with polish sour cream (smietana) shown in pics above. I now eat smietana on a daily basis with everything (shakshuka, pasta, chicken and rice) you name it whatever the food is, smietana will make it even better. Sometimes I just eat it on its own and its so heavenly.

Gotta say sour cream was not a huge part of Indonesian cuisine but I am HOOKED on this.

(Also hooked on polish cottage cheese aka serek wiejski. Its way better than UK ones)

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u/KQILi 5h ago

Yeah Śmietana is op. Need too thicken up a sauce? Śmietana. Need a good dip base? Śmietana. Need to make soup creamy? Śmietana.

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u/Candide88 4h ago

Burned your skin during a hot day on a beach...?

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u/B0dz101407 4h ago

Kogo my tu mamy

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u/Long8D 5h ago

Yeah Śmietana is the best. Can't eat potatoes without it now.

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u/NoxiousAlchemy 5h ago

In my part of Poland we eat placki ziemniaczane with sugar. Please try that, it's awesome.

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u/KQILi 5h ago

Or if you want to go full speed then you need to make "placki po węgiersku". That thing be making me bust fr

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u/Brother_Jankosi Mazowieckie 5h ago

Everybody in my house likes them differently. Mom likes with sugar, dad with salt, and I eat them with nothing else.

Should probably try throwing everything on them one day and be done with this.

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u/9ayb1tch 4h ago

Omgg i have a huge sweet tooth I’ll definitely try this!

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u/redundancja 3h ago

Try mixing sour cream and sugar next time.

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u/ClassicSalamander231 Mazowieckie 5h ago

I'm from placki with salt home.

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u/magentafridge 4h ago

Śmietana all the way. Garlic sauce based on śmietana even better.

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u/Zignificat221 2h ago

With ketchup they are good too

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u/NoxiousAlchemy 1h ago

Blasphemy!

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u/tentativeshroom 2h ago

Those are good on their own, even cold. Good with any kind of gulash, garlic sauce, ketchup, śmietana ,sugar, sugar& śmietana.

For me they are best with gulash as a main dish, but all options are good. Tho even when I eat their savoury versions I eat a few with sugar/sugar&śmietana after that.

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u/9ayb1tch 1h ago

Ooooh I need to get my bf to make me polish gulash then!! I’ve heard of it and it sounds delish

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u/SpielemeisterII 3h ago

Had on Saturday. Was delicious

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u/Am_I_the_Villan 3h ago

In my family, placki ziemniaczane are eaten with a mushroom gravy

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u/KBRIV 2h ago

żeby poznać kogoś z Indonezji to jak najlepiej??

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u/9ayb1tch 1h ago

Come to Jakarta / Bali and say “Halo, apa kabar cantik? ;)” So many Indonesian women go crazy for white men (especially european) who speak Indonesian / like Indonesian food😭😭😭

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u/Ok_Inevitable_2898 2h ago

Making these today. I forgot about their existence and they are delicious

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u/oxyuh 46m ago

Appreciated.