Bakery wank, anyone?
Okay, this is small, but full of delicious WTF. It's also entirely in Polish - luckily for you all, it's my native language, and thus I can offer you a full translation!

A bit of background: I'm moving to Scotland this summer, my fiance will be attending the University of Dundee, so we're hoping to get a small place together. Last time I was in Scotland for longer than a month, I started really missing Polish-style bread, so I'm wondering if there's anywhere I could get that while I'm in Dundee without having to resort to my family mailing me some.

A quick Google search brings me to Emito.net, a community website for Polish immigrants in the UK. From there, a search for "dundee bakery" finds me this discussion thread.

All smallcaps and giant leaps of logic were faithfully preserved from the original.


o o: looking for confectionery or bakery in dundee

as above,is there a polish bakery in dundee?

cropa: no. Dundee is a town in Scotland as is nowhere as close to Kalisz as you might think. they have a shitload of scottish bakeries and confectioneries, but no polish ones - sorry

o o: thanks,scottish cakes don't taste half as good as polish

cropa: okay.

I don't want to argue, because if someone never leaves tesco and has no friends in Dundee they can't know where to go on sunday for a good cake or ice-cream. But, ah well. If someone assumes scotsmen are dumb and can't do anything right, then... there's no point. The fact is, I know good bakeries in poznan, but I also know lousy ones. The same goes over here. I think you should look for some friends who have a similar worldview.

gabrino ...: @cropa - What are you so offended about? OP never said scotsmen were dumb or couldn't do anything right, Just wanted to know if there was a polish bakery in dundee ( there might be, right? ) and he has the right to have his own opinion when he says he prefers polish cakes. I prefer polish bread but I don't think scotsmen can't produce anything good. On the contrary I think their sweets are very good

Just a small note

cropa: I never said OP said scotsmen are dumb.

gabrino ...: OK, you're riht . I expressed it badly . but you implied he thinks that when you wrote : quote "But, ah well. If someone assumes scotsmen are dumb and can't do anything right, then...

cropa: exactly - i stated my opinion. i think if they open polish bakeries etc. here there won't be any point in promoting poland as a tourist destination. dunno - maybe i'm wrong.

gabrino ...: then maybe you should start a new thread on emito titled: polish bakeries in dundee vs. promotion of polish touristry in poland .. And vent your frustration that way. In general I find your comment to be very rude
Because this thread seems to be about whether ther eis or isn't a polish bakery in dundee. Because OP likes polish cakes. I don't think there's any more to it than that.

cropa: I think otherwise and a difference in opinion is cause for a discussion.

gabrino ...: but o o didn't express any opinion. He just said he likes polish cakes. That id not an opinion ,that is a matter of what he likes or not. i don't think you should discuss that. like you don't discuss tastes. You like it or not, that's it. I'm not going to try to convince anyone how awesome chocolote icecraem is , if someone likes say berry. And it's also not a reason for some political discussion.

cropa: scottish cakes don't taste half as good as polish

this isn't an opinion?

sorry, it doesn't add up

gabrino ...: all right, I won't drag out this discussion any more, it leads nowhere But I'm sure you'll agree that your comment wasn't the nicest in the world. And generally that's my main beef. Even if you want to state your opinion, it would be cool if you could do it in a nice way. And if you think the answer you wrote is perfectly ok, then think of how other people talk to you. if this is normal for you

cropa: i'll agree it wasn't the nicest - but i don't think everything has to always be written nicely


And so, that baffling aside done, the rest of the thread proceeds on the original topic, someone recommends a Polish baker who does cakes on demand, and I find out that apparently Polish bread can be found in most large supermarkets in Dundee. Score!