Wafer from Kalisz
Produced for over 200 years andrut kaliski was registered on the list of protected products and was placed on page 952 of the catalogue of food products recommended in EU countries. It is now officially recognized as one of 850 regional products with ProtMoney for Tokarnia
The Kielecki Village Museum will receive 2 mln zloty from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for the development of the Ethnography Park at Tokarnia.
“Kulanie jajec” (“egg rolling”) is a game played by men and boys. The first time this once popular game was mentioned was in 1454. On Easter Monday the men would pour water on women, and they in return would give them dyed eggs.
In the Kujawy region no one makes the usual ornamental Easter eggs – instead, eggs are uniformly dyed with one single colour.
By picking and boring into a piece of wood the so-called “łyżkarze" (from “łyżka", meaning “spoon") have been manufacturing beautiful wooden spoons, containers, troughs up to the present. Those serve us today in the kitchen on a daily ba
Starching was used by our great-grandmothers for stiffening fabrics. Female folklore manufacturers advise to give up on chemical preparations. They will not add any charm to the fabric, because they will not stiffen it as starching would.
Many products which come with label “100% flax” do not have anything to do with flax. In fact, it’s cotton, viscose or polyester.
A well starched and ironed makatka (a cloth decorated with patterns made from a different material) will look elegant on our wall only when it is not marked by any creases.
The tatting is aristocrat among all laces. Not everyone is able to make it. The Polish Association of Folk Artists has registered only 10 people who actually possess the ability to make tatting.
Tatting lace is braided very tightly, which makes it rigid and it does not require starching. It is easy to maintain. It can be washed like any cotton lace.
