Pole-ish: Cold Medals

John and Peter take to the slopes – and the rinks – as we look at Poland’s record in the Winter Olympics. We take a deep dive into the frozen waters in profiling some of Poland’s winter sport heroes, including our Pole of the Week, Wojciech Fortuna – the man who’s ski jump caught everyone by surprise in 1972.

As well as running through some of the nation’s other success on ice and snow, John introduces us to his Food of the Week – a Silesian regional special – and Peter fulminates about the letter ‘zed’ (John would call it ‘zee’) in the Polish language.

We also touch on the frozen Baltic Sea, the interface between a Polish national delicacy and a world-famous rapper, how Britain collected words during its colonial years, and we only very slightly take the mickey out of the ridiculous sport of curling.

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Frozen Baltic Sea: https://tvpworld.com/91578140/-thickest-baltic-ice-in-15-years-amid-record-low-water-level

Moczka Recipe: https://www.slaskiesmaki.pl/dish/512141/moczka-potrawa-wigilijna

Poland vs. USSR 1976: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEIQOfrOHNs

Wojciech Fortuna – That Jump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRITSDhgUHs

Honolulu Social Cooperative, Katowice: http://drzwizwanekoniem.pl

Luft shop (where you can buy a Pieroguszka): https://luft-sklep.pl