Polish Grandma Gets Me Into Troubles in Kraków ( Find Out How ) 🇵🇱

In todays video I set out on a early morning mission hunting for a bakery which was a tricky because there was so many traditional local bakeries to choose from. I decided to go for Obwarzanek krakowski (Obvařanek) which I was able to purchased from a friendly Ukrainian lady. What is Obwarzanek krakowski? It is a delicious pretzel street food snack that can be found in strategically places in little blue carts all over the city in Kraków, Poland. This traditional Krakowian bagel is not only historical and endemic to the city, but also bloody delicious! Baked fresh every day by early rising bakers, they are then distributed around Krakow to the iconic blue wagons from which gently smiling older ladies and gentlemen will sell them to hungry passers-by. Staying put until their cart is empty, 7 days a week. Try them topped with poppy seeds, sesame, linseed, cheese or salt. Today, an average of 150,000 are sold in Krakow every day while their ‘bagel’ bretheren have long been popular in America, emigrating with Krakow’s Jewish community to New York. Historically, obwarzanki can be traced all the way back to 1394 (predating the word bagel by 200+ years and its widespread presence in Ashkenazic Jewish communities in the 17th century) in the court of King Vladislaus II Jagiełło and Queen Hedwig, in which it was recorded that the Queen’s ‘circuli’ obwarzanki cost only 1 grosz. There are later records which pertain to strange restrictions around obwarzanki, such as laws regulating who was allowed to bake and sell them. At first, the King decreed that only specially trained obwarzanki makers from the Krakow Bakers Guild could produce them, and only during the period of Lent. In the 19th century, this law was reformed and taking its place was a new but equally obscure one: bakers had to take turns to have a single day baking obwarzanki, which was decided by the drawing of lots (aka pulling names out of a hat). In 1849 Krakow’s favourite bread snack was set free and the people were legally allowed to bake obwarzanki whenever they wanted. However, even today there are still strict laws in place about how they must be made.

What is Krakow Most Famous For?
Krakow Main Market Square.
Krakow's Old Town.
St. Mary's Basilica.
Oskar Schindler's Factory.
Wawel Royal Castle.
Wawel Dragon.
Wieliczka Salt Mine.

In this video I do a walking tour on the main square through the market and in the surrounding area searching for a delicious Polish meat spread called metka cebulowa which is so far the best spread on bread. I was able to get it in a village called Suszec, watch this video to find out the rest of the contexts as there is more surprises to come in the video.

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