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[[File:{{#setmainimage:Bona.jpg}}|thumb|Queen Bona and her ladies-in-waiting with some Medi veggies<br>{{small|By Maja Berezowska (1970)}}]]

~~18 April 1518 marks an important turning point in the history~~ of ~~Polish cuisine – as it is traditionally told~~. ~~It was on that~~ day ~~that Bona Sforza,~~ the ~~second wife of King Sigismund~~ the ~~Old~~, ~~was crowned Queen~~ of ~~Poland. And, as every Polish schoolkid knows, Bona took the occasion to bring previously unknown~~ vegetables ~~from her native Italy to her new homeland – which is why to this day the typical Polish set of soup greens (~~carrot, parsley root, celeriac and leek) are known ~~in Polish~~ as ''``włoszczyzna"'', or ``Italian stuff". Did she bring just a single bundle of these veggies or several cartloads? That we don’t know. What matters is that she forever revolutionized the local foodways in a country, where, prior to her arrival, vegetables must have been completely unknown.

Polish people are a nation of great soup lovers. The principal meal of the day traditionally consists of two courses: a soup and the ``the other dish". The soup is typically based on a stock made by boiling meat together with some bay leaves, allspice grains and a bunch of vegetables: carrot, parsley root, celeriac and leek. All groceries in Polans sell ready-made bundles of these soup greens, which are collectively known as ''``włoszczyzna"'', or literally, ``Italian stuff". The reason for this name, as every Polish schoolkid will tell you, is that it was an Italian priness, Bona Sforza, who in 1518 married King Sigismund the Old of Poland and brought previously unknown vegetables from her native peninsula to her new homeland. Did she bring just a single bundle of these veggies or several cartloads? That we don’t know. What matters is that she forever revolutionized the local foodways in a country, where, prior to her arrival, vegetables must have been completely unknown.

Is it true, though -- or rather one of Poland's most enduring culinary-historical myths?

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-April 1518 marks an important turning point in the history of Polish cuisine – as it is traditionally told. It was on that day that Bona Sforza, the second wife of King Sigismund the Old, was crowned Queen of Poland. And, as every Polish schoolkid knows, Bona took the occasion to bring previously unknown vegetables from her native Italy to her new homeland – which is why to this day the typical Polish set of soup greens (carrot, parsley root, celeriac and leek) are known in Polish as ''``włoszczyzna"'', or ``Italian stuff". Did she bring just a single bundle of these veggies or several cartloads? That we don’t know. What matters is that she forever revolutionized the local foodways in a country, where, prior to her arrival, vegetables must have been completely unknown.
+Polish people are a nation of great soup lovers. The principal meal of the day traditionally consists of two courses: a soup and the ``the other dish". The soup is typically based on a stock made by boiling meat together with some bay leaves, allspice grains and a bunch of vegetables: carrot, parsley root, celeriac and leek. All groceries in Polans sell ready-made bundles of these soup greens, which are collectively known as ''``włoszczyzna"'', or literally, ``Italian stuff". The reason for this name, as every Polish schoolkid will tell you, is that it was an Italian priness, Bona Sforza, who in 1518 married King Sigismund the Old of Poland and brought previously unknown vegetables from her native peninsula to her new homeland. Did she bring just a single bundle of these veggies or several cartloads? That we don’t know. What matters is that she forever revolutionized the local foodways in a country, where, prior to her arrival, vegetables must have been completely unknown.
 Is it true, though -- or rather one of Poland's most enduring culinary-historical myths?