As the proud daughter of a Polish immigrant, I'd grown up on placki (potato pancakes) and kabanos (dried sausage).

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Sausage, fried eggs, bacon, black pudding, toast and potato scones, ketchup, peanut butter, marmalade enough finally to lure the boys into the kitchen on smell alone.

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Each dish includes a pork, beef or vegetarian sausage, a warm homemade bread bun and simple but well-executed sides including coleslaw, potato tots or sweet potato fries.

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