10. Polish folk dances• Krakowiak
- Lively Polish folk dance from near Krakow, belongs to the Polish
national dances in 2/4 time signature and distinctive, syncopated
rhythm. The name of the dance comes from eighteenth century and
referred to the group dances with their own local names: passing and,
toddle, chased, skalmierzak, mileage.
Polonaise
- [fr. Polonaise - Polish] It is a Polish court dance , although its roots
are in folk music. Features: Dignified, rather slow, the accent at a time,
3/4 time. the rate of moderate and uniform
Mazur
-Comes of this region. Features: fast pace, accented jumps, alive,
"racy". 3/4 or 3/8 time signatures, rhythms lot of scoring, accents often
on the weak parts of beats.
Oberek
- Called also Obertas, the fastest national dances. Features: Very
fast, in small rhythmic values, cheerful, lively, 3/8 time signature.
Accents similar to mazurka.
Kujawiak
-Comes of Kujawy region. Features: Slow 3/4 time. The slowest of
national dances. Leaning. The melody is kept mostly in a minor key
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12. Polish Desserts
• In Poland we have got a lot of delicious cakes. These are the most popular
and traditional ones:
• Cheesecake is very delicious 1000g twarogu Cheesecake is very delicious
and it's components: 1000g cottage cheese fat or semi-skimmed, milled at
least twice with 200 g of butter 250 g caster sugar for baking (or less) 4 large
eggs (or 5 small ones), separate whites and yolks 50g semolina or 2
tablespoons potato flour vanilla or rum, 1 teaspoon baking powder / can
skip / dried fruit: raisins or candied orange peel, according to taste
• Mocowiec is also very famous Polish cake
3 cups flour
180ml milk
150g and the cooled melted butter or margarine
6 egg yolks
45g of fresh yeast (or 21g dry)
6 tablespoons sugar
1.5 tablespoons oil
half a teaspoon of salt
1.5 tablespoons of alcohol (or rum or vodka)
1 large package vanilla sugar (= 16g)
Mass:
6 proteins
500g poppy
250g sugar
100g raisins
50g chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon honey
almond oil to taste
pinch of cinnamon
1 tablespoon soft margarine
or candied orange peel