Poles eat soup first, including sweet potato soup (barszcz), cold egg soup (chtodnik), cabbage soup (kapusniak) and barley soup (krupnik). Some barley soups also include eggs and sausages (zurek). There are many kinds of main meals, the common ones are: gotabki, which contains rice and meat; Kotlet schabowy; Pancakes and soft cheese (Nalesniki); And all kinds of foreign dumplings (pierogi), such as meat, potatoes, cheese or blueberries.

Poles love drinking, especially beer, vodka and special spirits. Zywiec is the most popular kind of liquor (12%), and EB is also very good, a little milder. There is also an EB Czerwone, which is darker in color and heavier in taste. There are various kinds of beer circulating in the market, among which Okocim and Piast are famous. There are many kinds of vodka, from wheat to potato, among which Wyborowa, Zytnia and Polonez are the most famous, all with specially designed bottles. Kosher vodka is said to be the highest grade, but the origin of the name Kosher is unknown. There is a kind of Zubrowka vodka made of herbs, which will be accompanied by a handful of grass from the bison habitat, often mixed with apple juice and named z sokem jabtkowym. Miod and Krupnik are the favorites of the upper class. Some Polish grandmothers brew vodka privately, which is also well received.