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ookamisuuhaisha in #hive-140515 • 7 days ago

Zapiekanka / PL

Totally approved by another native! :D Yup, the one on the last photo looks very close. I'd even risk saying, it looks a bit TOO good :D it looks better/tastier than many I often see/eat in little pass-by snack-shops.

Here's a typical one - I had to look for some photo online - because I don't have any (why would I have a photo of somethig so mundane) - this below comes from https://www.tasteatlas.com/zapiekanka/recipe - and apparently from shutterstock

The thing usually is a bit "flatter" thank yours and definitely doesn't have that much meat - they are just made cheap. On the photo you can even see a typical double-paper-french-fries-tray that you get to hold those. Terrible thing to be honest. Now some snackshops use "modern" paper trays bent in a U- or C- shape instead of those old flat ones. Better, but still hard to not make mess with ketchup/breadcrumbs/oil/etc.

Now I want to eat one, eh! :)

7 days ago in #hive-140515 by ookamisuuhaisha

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macchiata 7 days ago

(why would I have a photo of somethig so mundane

hahaha I can see that. For us, that isn't mundane at all 😄 I actually had them a couple of times here in Indonesia 🇮🇩 but nothing beats that one since it was apparently made from a specialized Zapiekanka baker.

How much do they typically cost over there? I reckon it's like burger or hotdog?

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ookamisuuhaisha 5 days ago

We've had an awful inflation run over last few years, and everything went up dramatically. I remember them buying them in street-food-stalls for 5-6 PLN decades ago, ~10-15 PLN a bit before covid and inflation. Now to be honest, I haven't bought any for 3 or 4 years? I checked some online menus it's hard to find a reasonable one under 20 PLN (delivery not included), that's about 4.80$, and typical fancy/prestige/vege/eco/etc start at 30 PLN, woowz..

But let's do a classic McDonald benchmark - 1 cheaper Zapiekanka for ~20 PLN - that's about the same as 1x BigMac (22pln)! What a surprise - for all the time I remember, they were considered 'quick cheap snack' and they used to cost closer to a half of that mac-burger. Or maybe 2x-3x of a "pączek" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%85czki ). Now it seems it's more like 4x-5x? I'll have to check the prices once I'm near some snack bar area, because I find those prices from internet menus hard to believe (oO)

Anyways, happy to hear they are noticed and available and also well-made outside Poland!

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