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Warm ice cream ( pl, ciepłe lody) is a Polish
dessert
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made of
egg white
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-based
mousse
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topped by
syrup
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,
chocolate
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, or other topping, and presented in a
waffle
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cup, resembling
soft serve ice cream, and as such giving name to the dessert. Relatively cheap, it is also high in calories.
The Polish weekly ''
Wprost
''Wprost'' (, meaning "Directly") is a Polish-language weekly news magazine published in Poznań, Poland. '' writes that warm ice creams were an invention of nutritionists of the
Polish People's Republic
The Polish People's Republic ( pl, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million nea ...
, one of
ersatz foods, along with
Polo-Cockta
Polo-Cockta (sometimes written as 'Polo Cockta' or 'Polo-Cocta') is a Polish Coca-Cola-like drink introduced in the 1970s. Polo-Cockta was introduced as a substitute for the original Coca-Cola, which was unavailable in Polish shops due to limited ...
. Its production was renewed in modern Poland as part of
PRL nostalgia
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As with other manifestations of Communist nostalgia, for people who lived in the times of t ...
.
Similar
chocolate-coated marshmallow treats
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, including
German
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* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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**Ger ...
''Schokoküsse'',
Danish
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People
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''Flødeboller'', and the
Israel
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i ''
Krembo
Krembo, Crembo, Creambo ( he, קרמבו, a contraction meaning literally "Cream-in-it") is the name of a chocolate-coated marshmallow treat that is popular in Israel. "Krembo whipped snack" consists of a round biscuit base (17% of total wei ...
'' were also called "warm ice cream" in Poland.
In Hungary a similar dessert is called ''télifagyi'' ("winter ice cream"). It was invented and reached the height of its popularity during Soviet times, but is still widely available.
Télifagyi
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See also
* List of Polish dishes
This is a list of dishes found in Polish cuisine.
Soups
* ''Barszcz'' - its strictly vegetarian version is the first course during the Christmas Eve feast, served with ''uszka'' (tiny ear-shaped dumplings) with mushroom filling (sauerkraut c ...
References
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Polish desserts
Polish People's Republic
PRL nostalgia