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== Hunter’s Bigos ==
== Hunter’s Bigos ==
The Polish word ''bigos'' is often rendered into English as “hunter’s stew”, but in fact, hunter’s bigos, or ''bigos myśliwski'' (pronounced: {{pron|bee|gawss}} {{pron|mish|leef|skee}}), is just one of its many varieties. Whether it’s a&nbsp;kind of bigos made from game meats or simply bigos eaten by hunters, but made from any kind of meat, is open to debate. As for me, I’ve never really understood why anyone would enjoy shooting terrified animals, but if Poland’s national bard himself (even if he admitted to be “a wretched marksman”<ref>Mickiewicz, ''op. cit.'', Book IV, verse 43</ref>) wrote so much about hunting in his epic, then let’s at least quote a&nbsp;short excerpt, which is still quite up-to-date and may not be appreciated by the pro-hunting lobby in Poland.
The Polish word ''bigos'' is often rendered into English as “hunter’s stew”, but in fact, hunter’s bigos, or ''bigos myśliwski''{{czyt|bigos myśliwski}}, is just one of its many varieties. Whether it’s a&nbsp;kind of bigos made from game meats or simply bigos eaten by hunters, but made from any kind of meat, is open to debate. As for me, I’ve never really understood why anyone would enjoy shooting terrified animals, but if Poland’s national bard himself (even if he admitted to be “a wretched marksman”<ref>Mickiewicz, ''op. cit.'', Book IV, verse 43</ref>) wrote so much about hunting in his epic, then let’s at least quote a&nbsp;short excerpt, which is still quite up-to-date and may not be appreciated by the pro-hunting lobby in Poland.


[[File:Koncert Wojskiego.jpg|thumb|The [[Epic Cooking: The Perfect Cook#“Hreczecha is My Name”|Tribune]] playing a&nbsp;horn, a&nbsp;hunting scene from ''Pan Tadeusz'' illustrated by Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1881)]]
[[File:Koncert Wojskiego.jpg|thumb|The [[Epic Cooking: The Perfect Cook#“Hreczecha is My Name”|Tribune]] playing a&nbsp;horn, a&nbsp;hunting scene from ''Pan Tadeusz'' illustrated by Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1881)]]
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It was called ''bigos hultajski'' (pronounced: {{pron|bee|gawss}} {{pron|Hool|tie|skee}}), or “poor man’s bigos”. Back then, the Polish word ''“hultaj”'' ({{pron|Hool|tie}}) referred to an itinerant peasant who travelled from village to village or from town to town looking for various short-term jobs.<ref>{{Cyt  
It was called ''bigos hultajski''{{czyt|bigos hultajski}}, or “poor man’s bigos”. Back then, the Polish word ''“hultaj”''{{czyt|hultaj}} referred to an itinerant peasant who travelled from village to village or from town to town looking for various short-term jobs.<ref>{{Cyt  
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The other day, Paul with bigos broke fast
The other day, Paul with bigos broke fast
To start his day, but – on vodka he passed.
To start his day, but – on vodka he passed.
His stomach it gave such terrible pain,
It gave his stomach such terrible pain,
That they let him drink chamomile tisane!</poem>
That they let him drink chamomile tisane!</poem>
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== Three-Cheer Bigos ==
== Three-Cheer Bigos ==
And now it’s time for a&nbsp;little curiosity. Have you ever heard of ''bigos z wiwatem'' (pronounced: {{pron|bee|gawss}} {{pron|zvee|vah|tem}}), or “bigos with a&nbsp;cheer”?
And now it’s time for a&nbsp;little curiosity. Have you ever heard of ''bigos z wiwatem''{{czyt|bigos z wiwatem}}, or “bigos with a&nbsp;cheer”?


[[File:Bigośnica z Ćmielowa.jpg|thumb|A faience bigos pot made at Ćmielów ca. 1860–1880]]
[[File:Bigośnica z Ćmielowa.jpg|thumb|A faience bigos pot made at Ćmielów ca. 1860–1880]]
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