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"— How are you, old rogue? Why twist your nose as if you had found some unvirtuous odor? — In the whole camp of Sapieha it smells of bigos! — Why bigos? Tell me! — Beacuse the Swedes have cut up a great many cabbage heads!"
BigosOn a general note, Ive got to tell you that this sloppy language makes — Bigos
"On a general note, Ive got to tell you that this sloppy language makes our constitution something akin to paltry bigos made from rotten ham, half-rotten fatback and half-cured sauerkraut; so that each paragraph and article may and should be read completely on its own, without linking it with any other article. Naturally, the rotten ham is for Mr. President, the half-rotten fatback is for the cabinet, and the members of parliament are left with the half-cured sauerkraut. As you can see, theres nothing their stomachs can do and what comes out is stench, so that all of Wiejska Street [where the Polish parliament is located] reeks. And the only way out of this chaos is to rewrite the constitution in a decent way. Whats more, nobody has the right to interpret the constitution. Interpretation is forbidden – so the state is left with nothing but bigos."
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Bigos, or hunter's stew, is a Polish dish of chopped meat of various kinds stewed with sauerkraut, shredded fresh cabbage and spices. It is served hot and can be enriched with additional vegetables and wine. Originally from Poland, the dish also became traditional in the areas of the vast Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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"There used to be three phases of arriving at a political decision in the Polish diet. The first phase was that of presenting views. Everyone could present any opinion they wanted. Then came the grinding phase. ... Grinding as in a great mortar, where you grind until you produce a uniform mass. Opinions were ground through a long-term discussion. But if this didnt help and if at least one person remained unconvinced or opposed, then he could take the floor of the Polish parliament, shout liberum veto and scurry away – thus dissolving the diet. So the Polish nobility came up with a third phase: it was the phase of making bigos. ... Bigos is a peculiar dish: shredded cabbage and chopped meat stewed for a long time. So the third phase – that of making bigos – meant that the rash nobles would grab their sabres and hack him to pieces, the one who upset the government, who upset the law, before he could get away."
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"Turkey in sauce, steak and bigos The lords of yore did munch; But nowadays, its worms and snails On which, like storks, they lunch."
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