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 |