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Got a question? Just ask!Q: Is chruciki better made with bleached or unbleached flour? Stella, CTA: Follow-up reply: I never use bleached flower for anything unless a recipe specifically calls for it. That being said,chruciki is plural, therefore, it should read Are chruciki Sorry, not being snarky, but as an editor I have to comment. Krysia, NY. My late wife Majka was the chruciki expert. During our two years in Bay City, MI, she and a lady friend from Poland set up a little local chruciki business. Once a week they would supply a dozen groceries and one ice-cream parlor with those pastries, and locals said they were the best they had ever tasted. That was probably because they were fried in pork lard. One week the two ladies couldnt get Michigans Robin Hood brand of enriched flour, so they used Gold Medal instead. The chruciki came out tough and brittle and customers complained. That is not to suggest that Gold Medal is bad, only that they had adjusted their recipe and procedures to a familiar brand. Robert Strybel, Warsaw Q: An Israeli Army spokesperson I understand has Polish heritage, is that correct? I heard him speak to a news anchor and he mentioned it. Frank, NY A: Good catch, Frank. Yes, Jonathan Conricus was a former Lieutenant Colonel with the Israeli Defense Forces and now serves as one of their spokespersons. His father is Swedish but his mother is Polish-Jewish. Q: I agree with your views about the ideological problem in the Middle East, but for the sake of life, Israel should stop and negotiate for the lives of the hostages. Life is supposed to be our main focus after all. Donna, NY A: Respectfully, Donna, I disagree. I do agree with life being the main focus, but where is the rationale in negotiating with a group of people who commit atrocious massacre, then strip a girl naked and parade her through the streets in the back of a pickup truck while apparently Gazans, including kids as seen in the video released by Hamas, spit at her, culminating in her being beheaded? Its interesting however, we see some networks magnifying coverage of the moans and groans and tears of the Gazans who have lost children and loved ones in the battle. Perhaps there is a silver lining to this tragedy of reportedly 10,000 civilians killed, in that hopefully now given all these Gazan deaths, life will mean something and cause Gazans to rise up and evict any group among them who does not value human life. Q: How do you tell the expiration date on a can of Polish beer? Mickey, NJ A: Thanks for your question Mickey. This dilemma has arisen in the past, especially during summer when ice cold Polish piwo hits the spot. It has become a bit difficult, especially attempting to decode a series of letters and numbers on the bottom of a can of beer. Unfortunately the internet does not always provide adequate instruction for foreign beers. I will reach out to my colleague Robert Strybel in Warsaw to see if he can contact a Polish brewery to get the definitive method. Q: I know you live in New York City and was wondering your take on the Thanksgiving Day Parades latest decision to represent transgender people which has caused an outcry with some traditionalists. How will this affect the Pulaski Day Parade too? Dorothy, NJA: The way things are trending Dorothy, the future may never see such parades any longer, or at least in their original form. I brought up a similar issue about the Fourth of July fireworks show, when it seemed like the fireworks took a back seat to the promotion of the latest craze in hip-hop and rap music. Whats happening here? Is it that our cultural infrastructure is being usurped by every kind of trendy movement? And if organizers dont yield to the trendies, they get sued for discrimination? In my view, every kind of stance and position, including transgender, hip-hop artists, etc., save for supremacy, vulgarity, and nudity, should be allowed to be represented at parades and shows, with the understanding that no group should dominate or be focused on more than any other. Unfortunately, too many of these groups want themselves in the spotlight which can cause parades to take on a whole new meaning. Q: My son is into chess and subscribed to a magazine which had a story about Grzegorz Gajewski. Any news about this sport would be a good booster for him. Thank you! Hank, NY A: Queen to D4, Bishop to C3? Great to hear, Hank. How many kids these days are into chess? The once heralded Gajewski, now at 38 years of age, may be fading into the sunset however. It looks like the new kid on the block is 25-year-old Jan-Krzysztof Duda, pictured. Ill yield to the sports desk for a possible future full story, but suffice it to say this youngster, who is Polands number one chess player, has been on fire for the last two years, either winning or finishing high in multiple global events. The Polish government even awarded him the Golden Cross of Merit. And get this, unlike most people his age, in his spare time this kid listens to Beethoven and Mozart.

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