YEEEHHAAAA!!! I found a Polish restaurant in Tucson -- the Polish Cottage -- and they serve...

[MiddleFingerMom]

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... Bigos, pierogi and Jaegerschnitzel. It's been a LONG time since I've traveled far
afield for a restaurant, but I think it's high time for a road trip (by bus, of course).
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Their menu and a recipe for Bigos (Polish Hunter's Stew) follow:
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http://www.polishcottageaz.com/menu.html
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Unfortunately, they don't have Gulasch.
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For the Bigos, I added 3 or 4 coarsely-diced apples to this, (used all pork --
4 different kinds), bacon instead of salt pork, white mushrooms, and 3
different types of sausage (kielbasa, Andouille, and a chicken/apple sausage)
and Libby's canned sauerkraut (it's made with caraway seeds, which ups the
flavor value considerably. If I make it again, I will probably include some beef.
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Bigos is PERFECT for a cold, blustery winter's day, served simply with a
baguette. I made a huge stockpot's worth (increasing the amounts in the
recipe) for a bunch of friends in college. I had hoped for muy leftovers for
the following days, but alas... the stockpot was licked clean.
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http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/twarda/recipes/Bigos.html
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When I did a Google Image Search (GIS) for "Frugal Gourmet Bigos", I found
a picture of me in a Santa hat among the offerings.
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[rdharma]

1. Err merr gerrd I loves me some Bigos Polski!

świetny przepis - http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/twarda/recipes/Bigos.html

[rdharma]

2. Bigos Polski

[Kali]

3. better hurry

what with the three blustery cold days of winter that Tucson ever sees.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. I'll just eat it at 3 AM in January or February.

[GoCubsGo]

5. I'm jealous!

The closest we get to Polish food around here is Mrs. T's in the frozen food section of the grocery store. That's unless I make my own...

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. I just found out there are TWO in Tucosn (we have a pretty good selection of...

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I don't remember the name, but I'll be Googling to see if THEY have Gulasch.
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I'm not Polish -- I just love their food. My buddy's mom used to make a green
bean soup (with LOTS of vinegar and kielbasa) that was out of this world. I
screwed up by not getting her recipe while I could.
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Vinegar is BIG in their culture (they would do shots of it for health reasons).
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[GoCubsGo]

7. There's at least one Polish restaurant in Phoenix, too.

Also a good Polish butcher, who makes the best garlicky kielbasa. The butcher is from Chicago, originally. Chicago had (and may still have) the biggest population of Poles outside of Warsaw. I haven't been to the restaurant, but my sisters say it's pretty good.

[Jenoch]

10. Will you provide a name and location?

My dad is in Mesa for the winter and finding good sausage is a chore. Hell, I could not even find decent hotdogs when I have been down there.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Here you go...

Stanley's makes excellent Polish sausages, and carries a number of other Polish foods. They are near the airport. I haven't been there in a while, but they used to carry a bigger selection of products than what's indicated on their web page.

http://www.stanleys-sausage.com/contact.asp

This one also good, but a longer trip away from Mesa:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/best-of-europe-meats-and-deli-phoenix#query olish%20Restaurants

As for hot dogs, Portillo's has opened a couple of shops in the Valley. You can get the addresses from their web page. He might even find an independent shop or two that carries Vienna Beef dogs if he looks out for them. I suspect he'll probably need to get away from Mesa to find them, however.

[Jenoch]

12. Thanks. My dad would drive

that far to a good east European meat market, most of it will be on 202 anyway.

The Phoenix metro area has some of the most competitive grocery stores I have seen and I could not find a skin on hotdog in the regular grocery stores. Since that time when I have visited we went to a place called The Pork Shop in Queen Creek.

[msanthrope]

8. I wish you well, Jim. I think this was the last thread you started in here. nt

[Lucinda]

9. I just saw Kali's post in the Lounge.

You'll be missed MFM. ♥