Polish Festival

A few weeks back when Grandma Margaret was in town she noticed the Houston Polish Festival listed in the church events in the paper and mentioned wanted to come into town for that. The first thing I remember thinking was that I would be sure and give her good directions to find her way down there ;)

Polish Festival

Well, it was this past weekend and she and Poppy both came down and the weather was beautiful so we loaded everyone in the car and all of us went down there and I'm glad we did, as they put on a pretty good festival. It was much bigger than I imagined, and it offered plenty of activities for the kids to do and some intriguing exposure to Polish culture for me.

First thing we did was trade some cash in for, not standard festival tickets, but shiny gold Pope John Paul tokens. I wasn't quite ready to commit to the Polish plate for lunch, opting instead for some pretty good BBQ, but I did try some off of Lindsay's plate and it was better than I thought. The dishes were very unique, but from similar culinary origins as German food that I'm pretty familiar and comfortable. The main item was golabki which was suprisingly tasty even though the aroma from the cooked cabbage was not all that appealing.