Meaning of zapiekanka | Babel Free

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A Polish fast food consisting of a baguette with mushrooms, cheese, and ketchup; may also contain vegetables and meat.

countable, uncountable

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“Family-owned pushcarts now sell the ever-popular zapiekanki (hot dogs) in a major meat-producing country where city dwellers have to line up for hours for their ration of meat from half-empty state-owned food markets.”

“Sometimes half the Poles walking toward you down any sidewalk in Warsaw or Krakow will be eating some treat or another from their hands: Sausages in buns … Zapiekanki, which are shortbreads sliced submarine style and spread with cheese and tomato sauce and heated …”

“Aside from traditional make-up ingredients, one could also request the following toppings on a zapiekanka: fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, scallions, corn, mayonnaise and ketchup, and others. […] “There’s not enough access to zapiekanki in the United States,” said Pilega, who had never had one outside of Poland until that day.”

“When I first moved to Warsaw to work as a journalist, in the autumn of 1988, a zapiekanka was the most common form of street food.”

“Even fast foods have experienced a transformation, with the old zapiekankas (grilled baguettes with cheese, mushrooms and lots of ketchup) superseded by oriental kebabs, falafels and wonderful Italian pizzas, often prepared by immigrant Italian chefs.”

“Poland’s favourite street snack, the zapiekanka, is a halved baguette covered in meat, cheese and vegetables, then toasted. Zapiekankas are sold from fast-food kiosks all over Poland.”

“Put zapiekankas in the stove and bake until the cheese is melted (about 10 minutes).”

“Brad, our drummer who never says a word, Ben our aspiring constitutional scholar, and Bernie our bassist who has a deep crush on Mrs. Palmer, all nod with mouths full of zapiekanka.”

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