Smak Ukrainski

No, that title isn’t a further command from the Fuhrer in the Kremlin. Smak Ukrainski happens to be something you really should do the next time you happen to be in Krakow in Poland.

Whilst many fabulous Polish restaurants were tried and loved, I simply couldn’t resist an opportunity of my first Ukraine culinary experience.

We seem to be struggling and stumbling to fully support their fight for survival against a vicious aggressor. Yet, it turns out they are supporting us in quite delicious ways. The following is just a selection from the full menu…

Plums with Bacon turns out to be something of a sweet and sour taste explosion that leaves your pigs in blankets thrashing about in the proverbial…

Then there is the option of Potato Cakes & Goulash with a side of Young Fried Cabbage. Meat and two veg will never be the same.

But, if Ukraine cuisine came as a pleasant surprise, that was nothing compared to the first discovery of Ukrainian red wine.

After perusing five pages of Georgian wines I was already in liquid heaven. Then the final page delivered up the beautiful surprise.

The dry Merlot instantly opened my eyes to a hitherto unexpected source of the desired nectar. It’s smooth and bold enough to open up peace negotiations with anyone. Well, probably not with intransigent psychopathic Russians.

Until we speak again, it seems Ukraine has a high class offer for us. It’s about time we reciprocated with more than the current warm words and promises.

Putin’s poodle

We can’t say we weren’t warned by the first moronic incoherent instalment. The pathetic images of an American President fawning almost on his knees before a grinning psychopath who knows he only has to spin a few congratulatory lies to a fellow thin-skinned narcissist to get what he wants.

Where were you, America, when the free world needed you to justify your self-congratulatory position as its lead? I know the alternative choice was very underwhelming back in November 2024, but don’t say you didn’t see what was coming… for you as much as the rest of us. Did you really think a convicted felon serial liar and attempted overthrower of your own electoral system was a good bet?

I see Psychopath 1 has changed from grinning to smiling… ventriloquism has a lot to answer for! Having his arm up the rear end of an orange poodle is an image I’ll leave you to conjure for yourselves. By all means, fill the following space with your own image, and try not to blame me if it continues to torment you…

Until we speak again, we’ll need to be sad witnesses to the unpalatable retreat of America into the lies and disinformation that the MAGA movement of Dumbfuckistan thrives on to ingratiate themselves with their new Russian overlords. Putin feeds his poodle the Kremlin lies machine, and his new American poodle buys and trumpets it without question. The Mega Arsehole Gobshite Alert is also a serious wake-up call to Europe to get its act together.