Sprats

A drink made with Żubrówka, a vodka-like drink distilled from bison grass, with apple juice and a slice of lemon.

Beef tartar. This is made from very finely chopped raw fillet of beef mixed with onion, gherkins (US: dill pickles) and capers and formed into the shape of a steak. A depression is made in the top into which a raw egg is broken. It is eaten raw. The meat really should not be minced (US: ground). It is thought to have originated with the fierce Tartars of the Baltic region of Russia who shredded the meat with a knife and ate it raw. Also known as befsztyk po tatarsku.

A type of soup better known as czernina.

Transhumance. The seasonal movement of animals, accompanied by people, to find better grazing. This is most commonly to higher alpine pastures in summer and the movement back again in winter.

Mead made with honey and water in the ratio 1:2