To have a proper Polish wedding, you need to buy an almost obscene amount of food. Below is a portion of the shopping list prepared by the cook we hired.
Item |
kg/liter |
lbs/gallon |
| Baking goods | ||
| Flour | 30 | 66 |
| Powered sugar | 15 | 33 |
| Raisins | 1 | 2.2 |
| Bitter chocolate | 1 | 2.2 |
| Vegetables | ||
| Onions | 15 | 33 |
| Carrots | 13 | 28.6 |
| Garlic | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| Tomatoes | 6 | 13.2 |
| Fruit | ||
| Lemon | 2 | 4.4 |
| Bananas | 10 | 22.2 |
| Plums | 5 | 11.1 |
| Grapes | 21 | 46.2 |
| Meat | ||
| Lard | 3 | 6.6 |
| Turkey breasts | 15 | 33 |
| Chicken breasts | 8 | 17.6 |
| Whole chickens | (5) | |
| Beef | 10 | 22.2 |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Eggs | (500) | |
| Cream | 2 | |
