the Polish believe in a good time because there were bottles of vodka and whiskey being passed around for shots before, during, and after dinner

I went to a swedish/Polish wedding once, there was a swedish and polish vodka on every table

I think all the Polish tables had that setup lol

(Italian tables got wine, I think)

also this picture was taken from a distance, the meat rack was at least six feet tall

I’m starting to question why my polish immigrant father in law did not insist on a meat rack at my my wedding. I feel I missed out.

I'm glad someone else is saying it 🙃

to be clear the wedding was a delight

every single one of them was a fun, happy, energetic drunk, it was kind of impressive

As a fellow Slav (and a teetotaller personally) you should get used to this with us

it's far superior to Irish drinking habits I gotta say

I'm very Used to It as a matter of historical memory... It's a touchy subject, you see. We are blamed for it, and it's not entirely baseless...

It's been like 140 years since we last plied you with government-mandated booze, though, I think at this point we can conclude that you like the stuff :)

My family had that history, and also a really absurd number of their descendants became booze distributors and speakeasy owners in Prohibition-era New Jersey.

Like, I was looking at some court records for one of them a few days ago, and noticed a familiar name on the next page -- someone else related to me, very distantly related to the first guy, also being charged with illegal distribution of alcohol.

Look up "propination" if you have no idea what I'm talking about

learned something new today!

Me too. Thank you pymund

MEAT RACK

really has some Jamie Wyeth, menacing energy

Now that’s a charcoochie board.