Europe on the plate 2012

The inspiration for the fourth edition of “Europe on a plate” under the auspices of Robert Makłowicz and Piotr Bikont are the European Championship in football – on Wroclaw’s Market Square we will be able to try food from countries participating in Euro 2012.

On Saturday, June 2 the food market will start, and on Sunday, June 3, the organizers will invite for feasting together. The feast will be accompanied by Zbigniew Czwojdy Big Band featuring Justyna Steczkowska.

It will be accompanied by IV Tournament “Wroclaw Nalewki” and II skirmish fruit distillates and workshop-meeting information on the production of distillates in Austria, fair cookbooks and culinary special meeting of the”Gadki-szmatki Literatki”.

The following dishes will be tasted on the Wroclaw Market Square, June 3:

 Croatia

Riblja Juha – fish soup,
Cream of patlidzana – cream of eggplant,
Pileći bataci s prsutom and kaduljom – chicken legs with prosciutto and sage.

Czech Republic

Smazeny syr s tatarskou omackou – fried cheese with tartar sauce,
Bramborove knedliky s moravskym zelim a slaninou – potato dumplings with cabbage and Moravian bacon .

Denmark

Fiskefilet med remoulade – fish fillet with remoulade sauce, served with a piece of wholemeal bread,
Frikadeller – meatballs with minced meat, served with sweet and sour salad with a piece of wholemeal bread,
Hanekamme – combs with dough stuffed with apple marmalade and ground nuts, plenty of iced.

England

Baked beans with potato – baked beans in tomato sauce served with baked potato,
Clark’s pie – rolls stuffed with beef in vegetable sauce,
Fish and chips – fried fish fillets served with potatoes and mayonnaise, in accordance with the English tradition, served with lemon on a piece of paper and gray paper.

France
Bouillabaisse – Marseilles fish soup served with a piece of baguette,
Ratatouille – Provencal vegetable stew served with baguette.

Germany

Allerlei Leipzig – Leipzig variety – stew with mushrooms and vegetables cooked in beef broth served with white cream sauce,
Bratwürste mit Sauerkraut – grilled sausage on sauerkraut on rye rogalu given Kornspitz,
Quark-Streuselkuchen – German classic cheesecake with streusel.

Greece
Psito Arni – lamb cooked in yogurt sauce,
Kalamaria – salad with squid.

Ireland

Dublin Coddle, among others – Irish stew with sausage, potatoes and apples,
Irish Stew – Irish Stew dish of pork and vegetables,
Baileys chocolate cheesecake – chocolate cheesecake with Baileys liqueur with the addition of creme fraiche.

Italy

Tripp Minestra di alla Piemontese – Tripe piemoncku with pieces of savoy cabbage, garnished with parmesan cheese served with a piece of baguette,
Panna cotta – cooked cream dessert .

The Netherlands

Sub gum – made from rice and poultry meat,
Kaasaardappelen – scalloped potatoes and gouda cheese,
Poffert – cake with raisins and candied fruit,
Spekpannenkoek – pancakes with bacon.

Poland

Dumplings from the oven from the east – cottage cheese, potatoes, cottage cheese and onion,
Krasne – with pork and sauerkraut,
One large pie from the oven with dill salad,
The pig roast – stuffed with buckwheat and offal
Roast duck – apples and beets, served with cranberry-horseradish mousse,
Zurek soup – with egg and sausage,
Bigos.

Portugal

Sopa da Pedra (stone soup) – soup with pieces of sausage and brown beans, and fresh coriander served with a slice of rye bread,
Tomatoes recheados – baked tomatoes stuffed with meat with brown rice.

Russia

Szczi – Russian soup of leafy vegetables cooked in fish broth,
Blini – Russian traditional yeast pancakes served with sour cream and salmon.

Spain

Gazpacho Andaluz – traditional Andalusian gazpacho,
Pollo a la chilindron – chicken stew,
Crema Catalana – traditional Catalan cream.

Sweden

LAKS Norsk – Norwegian salmon served with mashed potatoes with vegetables on baked potatoes,
Ostkaka – traditional Scandinavian cheesecake.

Ukraine

Fish in the cabbage-krymsky fish on cabbage marinated in mustard, buckwheat honey and cumin,
Gałuszki – potato-meat patties,
Hhryczanniki – pancakes with buckwheat and meat,
Czanachy – thick soup with meat,
Slips of grybnym sojsom potatoes – potato pancakes with mushroom sauce, so called. Muscovites.

Europe on the plate 2011

Source: Gazeta Wyborcza Wrocław

Euro 2012 – map for football fans and tourists

The city hall has prepared the special map for football fans and tourists that includes all the most important information such as Fan Embassies, Fan Zone, Police Station, Health Care etc. You can find it here.

Thanks Jimi Festival 2012

The 10^th time in the center of the city one thousand guitarists will play together, “Hey Joe” by Jimi Hendrix and will try to beat the Guinness World Record. Last year the musicians did not succeed. How will it this time?
– It seems to me that in 2012 we have a good chance of beating our record – said Leszek Cichoński, organizer of the Guinness World Record Guitar. – This is the tenth edition, we invite a lot of great guitarists. Above all, it’s a tradition that you have to be with your a guitar in Wroclaw 1 May.

The beatings of the record will be supported by  a whole group of famous musicians, not just guitar virtuosos. On 1 May at noon there will appear Europe band, Marcus Miller, Leon Hendrix – Jimi Hendrix’s brother, Stan Skibby and the Whitesnake guitarist – Bernie Mardsen. The Guinness World Record Guitar beatings will also have Polish accent. On stage there will appear Muniek Staszczyk, Tomek “Lipa” Lipnicki, Leszek Mozdzer and Michal Urbaniak. Traditionally, the record-breaking will be “motivated” by Leszek Cichoński. He celebrates his 30th anniversary on stage as a guitarist.

You too can help to break the record. Just come with your guitar or other plucked instrument on the market square 1 May, and know how to play five simple chords of the song “Hey Joe”. Instructions are here.

In addition, the guitarists will play together the songs: “Like A Rolling Stone”, “Voodoo Child”, “Smoke on the Water”, “Little Wing,”, “Wild Thing,” “Red House Blues”, “Thanks Jimi” and “When I was a little boy.”

On the same day at 5 p.m. there will be a concert on Slodowa Island . T.Love  will play first, then Europe will enter the stage famous for the hit “The Final Countdown.” Tickets cost 85 zł and 100 zł. Guitar players taking part in beating the Guinness world record can buy them for 30 zł.

On 2 May in the Thanks Jimi Festival on Slodowa Island there will play a guitar virtuoso Marcus Miller. Tickets cost 70 zł, , and the pass on the day of the concert 80 zł. Discounts for the concert are offered to the participants of the Guinness Record Guitar, who will pay 30 zł for the pass.

Tickets

Source: MMWroclaw