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The carp from Bestwina: from 16th-century ponds to a medal in Berlin Dobre, bo śląskie
The carp from Bestwina: from 16th-century ponds to a medal in Berlin
The Bestwina royal carp was entered on the List of Traditional Products in 2014. Where the ponds came from, who Dubisch and Gasch were, what the sources really say about the medal from Berlin, and since when carp has been a Christmas Eve dish.
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The table of Cieszyn Silesia: smoked kita, beans and Cieszyn-style cabbage Dobre, bo śląskie
The table of Cieszyn Silesia: smoked kita, beans and Cieszyn-style cabbage
Smoked kita from the hind leg of a pig and the beans known as becok are two dishes of Cieszyn Silesia entered on the ministry's List of Traditional Products. The text describes how the product cards present them, how meat used to be smoked and when beans were eaten.
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Flavours of Cieszyn Silesia: Christmas Eve biscuits, chuda jewa, kwaki and rapeseed honey Dobre, bo śląskie
Flavours of Cieszyn Silesia: Christmas Eve biscuits, chuda jewa, kwaki and rapeseed honey
Four entries from the List of Traditional Products that make up a picture of the cuisine of Cieszyn Silesia: Christmas Eve biscuits, a soup made with soured milk, swede and rapeseed honey.
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Ciulim from Lelów: potatoes, ribs and the first Silesian product on the traditional list Dobre, bo śląskie
Ciulim from Lelów: potatoes, ribs and the first Silesian product on the traditional list
A bake of grated potatoes and roast ribs, eaten for breakfast at Christmas and Easter in Lelów. Where it came from, why the inhabitants were called ciulimiorzy and what an entry on the list of traditional products means.
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Silesian Highlanders of Istebna, Koniaków and Jaworzynka: Shepherding Huts and Costume Dobre, bo śląskie
Silesian Highlanders of Istebna, Koniaków and Jaworzynka: Shepherding Huts and Costume
The Silesian highlanders of the Beskidzka Trójwieś (the Beskid Three Villages) had their own pastoral culture, costume and customs. What shepherding in mountain huts looked like, when it ended and where to see a smoke cottage, kierpce shoes and shepherds' instruments today.
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The Cieszyn Dialect: the Narrow ę, vinšujym and the Po naszymu Mural Dobre, bo śląskie
The Cieszyn Dialect: the Narrow ę, vinšujym and the Po naszymu Mural
The Cieszyn dialect, known as po naszymu, sounds different from the Silesian of Katowice. The dispute over its origin, how to recognise it and what the mural in Cieszyn says.
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How to write Silesian: Steuer's alphabet, the ślabikŏrz and the dictation Dobre, bo śląskie
How to write Silesian: Steuer's alphabet, the ślabikŏrz and the dictation
Silesian can be written in several ways, from Steuer's alphabet of the 1930s to the ślabikŏrz alphabet of 2009 and classical spelling. The text describes these systems, their main letters and dates, from the szl code in 2007 to the primer of 2010.
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Sunday Dinner the Silesian Way: Roulade, Dumplings with a Dimple and Red Cabbage Dobre, bo śląskie
Sunday Dinner the Silesian Way: Roulade, Dumplings with a Dimple and Red Cabbage
Roulade, dumplings with a dimple and red cabbage make up a set regarded as the symbol of a Silesian Sunday. Where its parts came from, how white and black dumplings differ and what the legends say about them.
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Koniaków Lace: Crochet Without a Pattern Dobre, bo śląskie
Koniaków Lace: Crochet Without a Pattern
Koniaków lace is made with a crochet hook, without a template and without written patterns. Where it came from, what its entry on the national list of intangible heritage means, and what the sources do not confirm about it.
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The List of Traditional Products in the Silesian Voivodeship: What an Entry Means and What Is on It Dobre, bo śląskie
The List of Traditional Products in the Silesian Voivodeship: What an Entry Means and What Is on It
For the Silesian Voivodeship, the National List of Traditional Products runs from ciulim of Lelów to Racibórz beer. The text explains what a product must meet, how entries are organised and how many there were in September 2017.
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The Silesian Christmas Eve: Moczka, Siemieniotka and Carp Dobre, bo śląskie
The Silesian Christmas Eve: Moczka, Siemieniotka and Carp
The Christmas Eve table in Silesia includes dishes the rest of the country does not know: gingerbread moczka and hemp seed soup. Then there is carp, which here has its own variety from Bestwina, described in a ministry register.
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Beer from open vats: the Racibórz and Cieszyn breweries Dobre, bo śląskie
Beer from open vats: the Racibórz and Cieszyn breweries
The breweries in Racibórz and Cieszyn stand by former castles, and both list fermentation in open vats among their features. We check what the product cards and encyclopaedia entries say about it, and where the sources differ.
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