The Krakow bagel was honored with a postage stamp
On July 27, 2022, a new post stamp from the "Polish Regional Products" series debuted. This time, the post office honored the well -known bagel, produced in Krakow and around the capital of Lesser Poland.
This year's stamp is a continuation of the "Polish regional products" initiated almost a decade ago. In the following years, the post office presented various products and products (confectionery, meat, fruit) from various parts of our country. The broadcast is the promotion of Poland and certified Polish regional products, registered and protected by the European Commission, inscribed on the list of products "Protected geographical designation" run by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. A characteristic feature of the series is printing stamps using a dry pressing technique, thanks to which the product placed on the stamp gives the impression of "three -dimensional". In addition, an indispensable element of the project is the "Protected geographical designation" certificate logo. This distinction emphasizes the relationship between a specific geographical region and the product name, but especially - the quality of the product, its reputation or other unique feature related to the place of origin.
- The series of stamps with regional products started in 2013 was to distribute knowledge about fantastic Polish products. He fulfills its task perfectly, because each of the stamps of this series is expected with great impatience. The Kraków bagel, available on the postage stamp, will now popularize the uniqueness and at the same time the culinary diversity of Polish regions. As before, the Kashubian strawberry, Łąckie apple, Koriciński cheese, Kurpiowski Honey, Świętomarciński Rogal and Galician garlic do on the stamps - says Wiesław Włodek vice president of Poczta Polska.
The Kraków bagel is a baking -like ring, oval, less often taking the form of a regular circle, formed from a weave of a cake with a hole in the middle. Each such baking has a different shape due to the manual processing and forming of the dough. The Krakow bagels have been known since the fourteenth century and are currently baked every day. The recipes were passed on oral form from generation to generation through bakers from Krakow and its surroundings. The name of the baking is derived from the way it is produced - lighting, i.e. cooking the dough and the tradition of baking and consuming bagels during the Lent of the Lent cultivated in this area. The Kraków bagel is, next to Lajkonik, Trębacz and the bugle call from the St. Mary's Tower, Wawel Dragon, one of the most important recognizable signs of Krakow.
About the stamp:
Project author: Agnieszka Sancewicz
Number of stamps: 1
Value: 8 PLN
Edition: 144,000
Print technique: offset + dry pressing
stamp format: 43 x 31.25 mm
Paper: fluorescent
sales sheet: 9 stamps
Date of introduction into circulation: 27 July 2022.