Talk:Krówki

Krówka "a brand name"???

I don't think krówka is a Brand - at least not in the sense that it's a registered trademark. The candy is manafactured by a number of different companies. Unless there's something in the concept I don't understand...? Don't want to edit anything as I'm not really sure. --MrOzik (talk) 11:25, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

I am pretty sure it's not; it is a generic name for this type of a candy (in Poland). Like fudge, or donut, or toffee... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 21:02, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

It would be great to have a picture of the wrapper as well as it is distinctive...I cant find on google. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.175.180.89 (talk) 20:41, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Krówki recipe

(from www.chocoladka.com/product_info.php?products_id=287 [[1]])

Krowkas are all made using the same basic traditional recipe. Only natural ingredients (Sugar, Milk, Butter and Vanilla) are used to get the appropriate consistency. Because no chemicals are used, Krowkis only have a 2-3 month expiration date which is relatively short compared to other sweets.

The cooking process is what makes Krowkis special: there are several grueling steps:

All ingredients are mixed and cooked for 2.5 hours in a 116 degree oven. The mixture is then laid out on a table measuring 2 meters by 1 meter and cooled with water. The cooling process is the most important part of the cooking process. Before being packed, the Krowka has to cool for at least 2 days. This is when the krowka gets its hard shell and soft interior. Most companies then hand wrap the Krowka, to insure optimal packaging and a perfectly centered logo, a feat impossible to do with a machine.

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(from: www.recipecottage.com/polish/krowki01.html www.recipecottage.com/polish/krowki01.html )

Krówki (Little Cows)

1 1/4 cups plus 1 teaspoon milk

4 cups sugar

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) butter

6 tablespoons powdered milk

Cook the milk, sugar and condensed milk over very low heat for 1 hour. Remove from heat. Add the butter and powdered milk and mix well. Lay out on a cooking sheet at a thickess of 1/2 inch. Cut into squares, let cool and harden and roll into papers, if you want.

Note: Krowki is similar to a soft praline, use directions for pralines to get to the right cooking stage.

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(from [[2]] http://www.recipecottage.com/polish/krowki02.html )

Krówki Wyborowe

487g can condensed milk (14 oz)

379g sugar (13.25 oz / 1 1/2 cups)

184g glucose syrup (6 oz / 6 tablespoons)

44g butter (1.5 oz / 3 tablespoons)

4g vanilla (1 ml / 1 teaspoon)

Mix sugar and glucose syrup and heat mixture to boiling (105C). Add milk and butter. Mix well and heat to 116C. Mixture will be brown and dense.

Add vanilla, cook one minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and pour out on to a cold flat surface. Let cool and cut into small pieces.

Mixture will crystallize on surface and after about 2 weeks will be crystal all through.

Notes: You must use enzymatic glucose syrup - not acid, and the best condensed milk with minimal acidity, because milk proteins may denaturate and damage look and taste of milk creams. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilikedshrek (talk • contribs) 17:06, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Image citation?

Um, why is there a {{fact}} tag on the image caption? The caption is correct.... --Mûĸĸâĸûĸâĸû 12:17, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Maybe the image submitter wasn't sure if it were krowka. Tag removed.--Azarien (talk) 11:43, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Flavors

When I studied in Krakow four years ago, I went to a festival and saw a stand with at least a dozen different flavors of krówki, and yet the article only makes mention of coffee and chocolate. I know for a fact that ZPC Milanówek manufactures sesame flavored ones (I'm eating one right now.) I also distinctly remember a whole lot of fruit flavored ones. Does anyone have some references/sources/information about additional flavors? --Mûĸĸâĸûĸâĸû (blah?) 23:58, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Also, this image on Flickr looks like it's appropriately licensed. And it has coconut, sunflower seed, and an unknown-flavor of krówki. --Mûĸĸâĸûĸâĸû (blah?) 00:02, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Quite interesting. I am Polish and I know chocolate flavored krówki, but the other ones I see for the first time in your photo, so I think that they aren't popular. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.74.142.188 (talk) 22:37, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

That "unknown flavor" is just standard milk - it says "pomadka mleczna" (milk candy). --Dos~plwiki (talk) 20:46, 16 December 2015 (UTC)

Hey! This is not just Polish, is it? Korovki is very well known in ex-USSR, too. So be fair, alright? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.205.220.166 (talk) 00:38, 6 February 2011 (UTC)