Proziaki Proziaki Proziaki, soda bread - flour-based rolls with added sodium bicarbonate ("proza") originating from Subcarpathia in south-eastern Poland, also common in other parts of the country. Proziaki are produced by the use of wheat flour or wheat-secale flour, eggs, sour smietana (sour cream), water, salt and a maximum of one table spoon of sodium bicarbonate, baked on traditional tile-based cookers, heated by firewood. Proziaki can be circular shaped (diameter of 6-10 cm, thickness of around 1.5 cm) or quadrilateral. Presently, most proziaki are baked on an oven pan with a small amount of fat or lard ("smalec"). Sweet variants can
Buttermilk Buttermilk Buttermilk is a dairy drink. Originally, buttermilk was the liquid left behind after churning butter out of cultured cream. This type of buttermilk is now specifically referred to as traditional buttermilk and the fermented dairy product is known as cultured buttermilk. Cultured buttermilk is common in warm climates (e.g., Afghanistan, the Balkans, India, the Middle East, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and the Southern United States) where unrefrigerated fresh milk sours quickly, as well as in colder climates, such as Scandinavia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and the Czech Republic. This fermented dairy product, known