bigos
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- noun A Polish stew made with meat and cabbage, traditionally simmered for several days before serving.
Examples
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In Polish, "bigos" means confusion, or a big mess.
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When the bigos was gone, guests scraped their plates, proving once again, as Nela said, there is "nothing better than a big pot of savory bigos."
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Because it is similar to Alsace's legendary and sauerkrauty choucroute garnie, bigos is often referred to by French cooks as "choucroute a la polonaise" despite the Poles proclaiming their version superior in every way.
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It is a combination of kielbasa, meat and kapusta sauerkraut that is bigos, the national dish of Poland.
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The French and Germans aren't the only ones with a penchant for dishes made from this vegetable, the Poles have also come up with a national dish, bigos, that differs mostly in the way the meats are all chopped small, rather than left whole and the finished dish is more like a stew.
Note
The word 'bigos' comes from Polish.
