Monday 24 December 2018

Kanapki

If someone in Poland offers you a sandwich, you might only receive one slice of bread.
'Kanapka' is the Polish word for most types of snacks that have a slice (or slices) of bread as a base. It refers to all types of sandwiches but...to Poles, it means the beloved open sandwich. 'Kanapka' is popular for breakfast, lunch and supper, the time does not really matter.




Kanapki (derived from the French word 'canapés') appeared in Poland at the end of the 19th century thanks to...French cuisine. The small open sandwiches, or 'canapés', were actually called 'tartinki'. The funny thing is that 'tartines' in France are large open sandwiches, 'canapés' are like one bite sized. So in Poland it is exactly opposite :)
At first, it was really something of the rich, but during the communist era they were an important part in daily diet of the average Pole. Large sandwiches only became popular in Poland later.


In the Netherlands I was only used to fold a slice of bread double, or to cut the slice in half and make a double sandwich. Most of the times we just use two slices of bread and fold them double. Here it is a bit different, in fact I never saw these double sandwiches here apart from places which serve foreign lunches.


Not the most amazing discovery, but it is a bit odd. PS: I still fold my sandwiches double :)










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