10 words you will not understand if you are not from Krakow

Check what words are characteristic of our beloved city of Krakow.

If you are not from Krakow or have not lived here for at least a few years, your chances are slim that you will understand them. Read/see for yourself!

1. Szaflik = «a round vessel, usually wooden, with one or two handles, formerly used on a farm»
2. Szpeje = «lumber, stuff, trinkets»
3. Cwibak = «double-baked sponge cake, layered with dried fruit »
4. Sagan = «kettle or large iron or copper pot»
5. Jarzyna = either an «edible part of a vegetable plant» or «dish made from these plants»
6. Borówka = blueberries… «a plant with winter-hardy leaves and berry red fruits; also: the fruit of this plant »
7. Na pole = outside… just like the people of Warsaw say “na dwór“
8. Strugaczka =sharpner… «colloquially: a tool for sharpening pencils and crayons; sharpener, sharpener, sharpener, fingerboard, zastrugaczka, sharpener, planer »
9. Flizy = «tiles for wall and floor covering» 
10. Obwarzanek = «a round product made of dough which is parboiled before baking. NOT A PRETZEL! »

The article in Polish, in Gazeta Krakowska.

Yours truly,

The Twisted Red LadyBug