A lot of Polish dishes use sour cream but do they have normal cream in Poland? I've heard that they don't.

Question

Sounds silly but I have had a couple of Polish people look at me like I'm stupid when I talk about cream being different to sour cream. They apparently only have one type of cream in Poland (besides whipped cream in an aerosol can) which I can only assume is sour cream from the recipies of Polish food that I've seen.

Answer 1

i live in a small country near poland...we have sour cream but i don;t get what "normal cream" is...

Answer 2

They have sour and sweet cream in Poland

Answer 3

wow I wish I could help...

I am in California..

BUT you know whipped cream is sweet..

BUT have you given any thought to the fact that sour cream is associated with yogurts, buttermilk  and cheese???

with Starbucks in most every city now... Sorry you must have met some very reclusive people

Edit later::

Cemistois  ?? after milking the animal and it sets, say over night, what is on top of the milk???

We call it cream (rich milk fat) It is made into butter..

Answer 4

If they have cows and milk, then they must have cream, but whether it is a product which they use much is a different matter.

Answer 5

POLAND EXPORTS DAIRY PRODUCTS NOT IMPORTS THEM ( IF FACT THEY HAVE TOO MANY DAIRY FARMS)

Babcock says that Poland's dairy sector could help itself by doing more to rationalize and consolidate: “Stated bluntly, Poland has far too many dairy farms and dairy processing plants.” There were 356 dairy plants in Poland at the start of 2005.

http://www.poland.ph/trade_nov23.html

Polish People love Sour Cream in their Foods.

Perogies, Dips etc.( in Some Soups)

Address: www.lactex.pl

HERE IS ONE COMPANY THAT EXPORTS THE CREAM IN QUESTIONS YOU ASKED OUT.. ( CREAMS)

Company: LACTEX

Information: We`re direct exporter of polish & east europen skimmed milkpowder, fullcream milkpowder, instant fullcream,  creme, unsalted frozen butter & other milkproducts.

Email Company: click here

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Office: Igor Chmielewski -GENERAL MANAGER

http://www.freetradefront.com/searcheu.h...

Tons of Desserts use Cream.. Try some Polish Cuisine.

Im glad you know that Poland/ has CREAM/

Its a Given However. POLES LOVE SOUR CREAM.

GOOD FOR YOUR FOODS AND GREAT FOR YOUR

LOOKS TOO

check RecipeBazaar etc and Polish Dishes with Cream and you will find tons.

Answer 6

The answer above says it all but kinda long...You make sour cream from fresh cream. Period. If they looked at you confused it is because they wanted to be polite and thought you knew where your sour cream came from...so they probably just didn't know what to say to a question that made no sense to them.

Answer 7

Hi, i lived in Poland for a year and love sweet cream for some recipes and on desserts but I did have a terrible time trying to get my hands on it in Poland. However there was a cream available which they use for coffee. It is about the same consistency as single cream but it comes in smallish packets. I remember I had to throw away a few mushroom sauces experimenting cooking with different creams and this coffee cream was the best.