Vegetarian friends it’s time for you to surf another part of the web for a few moments because this post is all about meat. Not just meat – it’s about a Polish skewered meat dish called patychky which we grew up calling simply “meat sticks”. 
My mom would use a combination of pork, beef and veal for hers, and I started out doing it the same way. One year though, I just used pork and they were so good I never looked back. My marinade is considerably different than my mom’s preparation as well, but the results are very similar. There is a lot of leeway in preparing this dish, but if you follow the basic idea – marinate, skewer, dip in egg, roll in spiced breadcrumbs, fry then bake – it’s hard to go wrong. 
You need a sturdy skewer for meat sticks. Not to worry. You can get them at Starsky’s. They have them in two lengths – in baskets at the meat counter at the back. Just remember the golden rule for shopping at Starsky’s – go directly to the deli counter and get your number (that’s where you stock up on kielbasa), then continue shopping, returning to the deli just before your number comes up.
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Hey! I was just googling a recipe for patychky because my family makes it all the time and was just curious about what is out there for recipes as I am a third generation Russian/Candian. I also own a Newfounland (she’s all black with a white patch on her chest) so I thought that was pretty neat 🙂
Thank you for your comment, Meghan.
I think I still have your recipe bookmarked, and one day I will make these. I used to love the ones that my Polish mother-in-law made and yours look very faithful to hers. Of course I would need to come to TO first to buy the proper skewers.
I could tell you that I could simply mail you a lifetime supply of skewers, but I’d love it if you visited Toronto.
Back in 2010 I posted detailed instructions on how to make these delights… https://27thstreet.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/how-to-make-patychky/
Love this!