zapiekanka

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

Noun

zapiekanka (countable and uncountable, plural zapiekanki or zapiekankas)

A Polish fast food consisting of a baguette with mushrooms, cheese, and ketchup; may also contain vegetables and meat.
- 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.1988 September 13, John D. Harbron, “World Affairs: Capitalism still lives”, in Standard-Freeholder, Cornwall, Ont.: Thomson Newspapers Company Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Editorials – Opinions –...
- 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 …1990 August 9, Al Stark, “Ice cream makes Poland easier to swallow”, in Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg, Miss.: Gannett, →OCLC, page 8B, columns 2–3

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.2013 January 8, Anne Applebaum, “Revolutionary eating in Poland”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company...
Poland’s favourite street snack, the zapiekanka, is a halved baguette covered in meat, cheese and vegetables, then toasted.2015, Teresa Czerniewicz-Umer, Małgorzata Omilanowska, Jerzy S. Majewski, “Where to Eat and Drink”, in Poland (Eyewitness Travel), London...
Put zapiekankas in the stove and bake until the cheese is melted (about 10 minutes).2022, Karolina Klesta, Patryk Klesta, “Zapiekanka: Polish Sandwich”, in Polish Foodies: Traditional Recipes, →ISBN, “Snacks” section, page...
Palmer, all nod with mouths full of zapiekanka.2023, Pari Forood, “Zakopane/Zurich”, in The Goodwill Mission, New York, N.Y.: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN, part II (Poland):

From Polish zapiekanka.

What does zapiekanka mean?: Zapiekanka means a Polish fast food consisting of a baguette with mushrooms, cheese, and ketchup; may also contain vegetables and meat.
How do you use zapiekanka in a sentence?: 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.
What part of speech is zapiekanka?: Zapiekanka is a noun.
What is the plural of zapiekanka?: The plural of zapiekanka is zapiekanki.

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