Trybiks' Dive

Pea Soup

17 Aug 2011

I'm not really a fan of pea soup, but once a year, when you have some meat that's just right...

Lofoten 2011

11 Jun 2011

We wanted to go scuba diving to Norway last year, but that didn't work out. This year we told ourselves that we had to do it... and we did! And, having a car that does almost 80 mpg, we decided to drive there (from the UK).

Two weeks of diving, fantastic surroundings, parties through the whole night, fishing at the sea, large cods throwing themselves onto our fishing hooks, a rediscovered wreck... Can't get much better!

Portland 2011

16 Apr 2011

Portland this time - a dive and a trip around the peninsula. Er..., sorry, isle.

West Bay 2011

9 Apr 2011

Another trip to West Bay (Dorset); this time a single dive near the port at a place called High Ground Reef.

Lemon and Honey Salad Dressing

25 Feb 2011

A very tasty lemon-honey salad dressing - shown here after Agnieszka Maciag from the book "Taste of Life".
I used another sauce, mustard-honey, in French salad with goat cheese.

Dahab 2010

30 Dec 2010

A week long diving trip with Underwater.pl to Egypt, Dahab;
with an underwater New Year's champagne!

Pork Knuckle Old Polish Style

11 Nov 2010

For a very long time I thought that I wouldn't be able to make a good pork knuckle.
But my Mom gave me a simple recipe for a very tasty meal.

Scrambled Eggs Country Style

26 Oct 2010

A quick recipe for a tasty dish of scrambled eggs.
It comes from my family, though my father adds much less flour. :)
Serve as is, without any bread.
The dish is quite filling, even when using only a few eggs.

French Salad with Goat Cheese

24 Oct 2010

How travelling educates! :-)
In France, I had numerous occasions to try delicious salads. Here, I present an interesting way of enriching a standard salad - with warm goat cheese!
The delicious mustard-honey salad dressing is taken from Agnieszka Maciag's book "Smak zycia" (The Taste of Life).

Gozo 2010

21 Sep 2010

A week long diving trip with Underwater.pl to Gozo (the one near Malta).

Swanage 2010

12 Sep 2010

Our second "dive" with the Newbury club (Newbury Sub-Aqua Club) - under the Swanage peer.

Proporzeba pozarskliwa

12 Sep 2010

Avebury 2010

12 Sep 2010

Avebury is about 20-25 miles West of Newbury (along the A4). It's full of interesting sites, such as the Long Barrow, Silbury Hill, Avebury itself with it's stone circle(s), Windmill Hill, and West Kennett Avenue.

Crispy Croissants

12 Sep 2010

Similar to yeast croissants, except that they don't need any... yeast. :-)
Original dry cookies; and not that hard to prepare - you just need some experience in modeling...
The recipe is an old one in my family - even my great-grandmother used to make these...

Baltic 2010

3 Jul 2010

My second and Marcia's first diving trip to the Baltic wrecks - right after our diving visit to the Galadus lake.

Galadus 2010

29 Jun 2010

A one day diving trip to the Galadus lake.

Home-made Cheeseburgers

15 Jun 2010

Yeah, yeah, we all know that hamburgers / cheeseburgers aren't healthy. But since we like them anyway, let's make smoe at home. :-) Delicious! And you know, what you're eating.

West Bay 2010

12 Jun 2010

Our first dives in the UK, with a diving club from Newbury (Newbury Sub-Aqua Club).
We went for a day to West Bay (Dorset); that's a 2+ hour drive from Newbury; we did two dives:

Baygitano Wreck - down to about 20 meters
East Tenants Reef - about 24 meters deep

Palau and Yap 2010

30 May 2010

Our second serious diving trip, after Maldives - to Palau and Yap!

Palau is an archipelago some 800 km East of the Philippines. Yap (Wa'ab) is about 500 km further East-North-East (about 1/3 of the way from Palau to Guam).

Unfortunately, it's really far away from Poland. To get there, first you need to fly to some larger European city (we went through London), then to a hub in the Middle East (Doha, Qatar, for instance), then to Manila in the Philippines. Then to Palau. And then another flight to Yap. So, all in all, a lot of the time is spent on the journeys there, between the islands, and back (and that's assuming that there are no serious problems with flights, but that's another story)...

The dives were just great, especially those with sharks. :-) We also saw manta rays, turtles, and all kinds of fish; we also saw dolphins (when coming back from a dive). We had some interesting dives between rocks and in caves. But I must say that the coral reef was much prettier and interesting on the Maldives (especially on Yap these can be greatly destroyed). But the visibility was phenomenal - in some places, especially on Yap, it could be greater than 30-40 meters! And the currents - there were places where we were hooked to the reef and the current was strong enough to tear our masks off of our faces!

Anyway, a super interesting trip with very good dives. :-)

Tortilla Wraps

29 May 2010

An interesting appetizer; but in it's larger and richer version can also be served as a main dish. You can use almost anything here - in the recipe, I give 3 suggestions for the filling.

Low-salt Pickles

16 May 2010

Delicious pickled (but only for a short while) cucumbers, ideal for sandwiches, meats, salads.
A must have at the beginning of summer when we can find lots of small cucumbers.
Easy to make, but so tasty...

Spinach Roll

2 May 2010

An interesting appetizer, tasty and light. And what a visual effect!

Pluszne 2010

24 Mar 2010

A winter trip to lake Pluszne - to do some ice diving! Two days, three dives (and the PADI course), two really great parties - heaps of fun!

Snowdrops 2010

26 Feb 2010

Near the end of February we visited Welford Park (Berkshire) - from the local press we found out that this is a good time to see some snowdrops. Although there wasn't any snow, the number of flowers left us speechless. You can wonder that these flowers are under protection in some places... :-)

Christmas Chicken

14 Feb 2010

Exceptional taste of the chicken and the time it takes to prepare it define its classification -> Christmas.

Creme Brulee

9 Feb 2010

A fantastic dessert, not really hard to prepare (at least it seems so). But it didn't come out right on my first try... Below you'll find the recipe - I already tried it three times - it works!
And the first time I ate it was in France, during one of our caving excursions.
From the remaining egg whites, you can prepare a meringue roll or meringue cookies.

Light Salad with Grapefruit

4 Feb 2010

A great idea for a salad. Several versions are described at the end.
It's also fine as a stand-alone dish or desert.

Sharks

31 Jan 2010

Sharks!

Actually, while swimming with other dives and under supervision from our dive masters, I didn't feel any stress at all. Most of these sharks aren't that big, and they're usually shy and timid. And, of course, we tried not to provoke them - we didn't swim too close to them nor did we feed them.

Rays

31 Jan 2010

Beautiful and calm (the smaller ones) and majestic (the larger ones) creatures!

Moray Eels

31 Jan 2010

One of the most interesting, though very secretive, fish. Their body is nearly all muscle and they are extremely strong. During the day, they usually hide in holes and crevices, and go out hunting during the night. Large individuals are up to several meters long.

Despite the scary appearance (open mouth), they are usually quite timid. They lack an operculum (gill cover), thus they need to open and close their mouths for respiration (to force water through the gills). They open their mouth more of the need to filter water through the gills. Very often, in their mouths or near the fish, cleaner wrasses may be seen.

Often hand-fed by divers; however, may be responsible for accidental injuries to humans (that can even lead to hospitalization). Moray eels have a very well-developed sense of smell, less that of sight. So, if they had been fed with fish, the smell remains in the water and on divers' hands. The moray cannot tell the difference then and may attack.

Crab Summer Salad

12 Jan 2010

A light, crab summer salad.
Recently I prepared it more as a sauce, by adding more yogurt. Then it can be used as a sauce for cold meats.

New Zealand 2009

22 Nov 2009

Caves visited during our trip to New Zealand.

New Zealand 2009

22 Nov 2009

Our biggest journey to date - almost 8200 km. done over 4 weeks around New Zealand.

The trip page was divided into 4 parts due to the number of photos taken:

Our first stage took us through the Western parts of the North Island, Southwards, from Auckland to Wellington.
After a ferry to the South Island, we changed sides to the Eastern Shore, going from Picton to the Southern end of the island, to Waikawa.
That's when we had to start thinking about getting back; we changed the direction first to a Western one, then Northwards. Having Fiordland on our left hand side, we drove mainly on the island's Western shore from Invercargill, through Milford Sound and Queenstown, to Motueka.
The final stage went along the Eastern coast of the North Island, to its Northern tip. There we turned back for the final leg to our starting point - Auckland.

Maldives 2009

1 Nov 2009

Hancza (3) 2009

17 Oct 2009

End of the season - parties in Glazowisko and dives in the Hancza lake.

Baltic 2009

10 Oct 2009

Parc de Buttes-Chaumont

27 Sep 2009

Paris 2009

27 Sep 2009

Attersee 2009

13 Sep 2009

Salmopolska Cave

15 Aug 2009

Galadus once more plus diving (Hancza and Powidzkie lakes)

12 Aug 2009

Several new pages in travel / photography

24 Jun 2009

Sposob Madrobitewnego

20 Jun 2009

Wielkie Lanie Kobienstwa

21 May 2009

Plock

7 Mar 2009

Miritiony harmodezwania

6 Mar 2009

Lots of new recipes!

25 Feb 2009

Beben Czymagi

23 Feb 2009

Tyrol 2009

24 Jan 2009

Watpierdy

7 Jan 2009

Pasta with Tuna

23 Dec 2008

A very quick and a tasty dish. I got the recipe from Magda a while ago.

Permittendencja cyfrania

22 Dec 2008

Pasta with Tuna 2

19 Dec 2008

A fast and a tasty dish. We got the recipe from Maciek, Magda's brother, who likes good food. Also, visit this page with descriptions of the various types of pasta.

Torzeszperfekcyjna bezuszka

17 Dec 2008

Filozostryllium

11 Dec 2008

Classic Shortcake

8 Dec 2008

A classic shortcake recipe from my home; ideal for apple-pies, muffins, Easter shortcakes.

Naslala w trwacpala

19 Nov 2008

Classic Sponge Cake

27 Oct 2008

A classic sponge cake recipe from my Mother. The ingredients below are right for a mid-sized springform pan.

Cybracybelkach

27 Oct 2008

Wr. Rozumnator

21 Oct 2008

IPSOS Honey-Cakes

16 Oct 2008

Very tasty honey-cakes - the original recipe is from Ipsos Poland. One year, before Christmas, the company sent this recipe to their clients along with Holiday Cards. Thanks! You should make these cookies a bit earlier, about 2 weeks before serving, and keep them in a box to let them mature.

Nieublahale 190 burz

12 Oct 2008

Rekal Skonczysty WKMosci

22 Sep 2008

Bububudowod

7 Sep 2008

Krol Chytrazach

24 Aug 2008

Elekonsultanacy

17 Aug 2008

Papagator

16 Aug 2008

Icing for Cakes and Cookies

10 Aug 2008

Not that hard, but at least you know what's it made of (and no artificial stuff)!

Prawomyslenie

8 Aug 2008

Masuria 2008

1 Aug 2008

Storms 2008

13 Jul 2008

Grunwald 2008

12 Jul 2008

Galadus 2008

1 Jul 2008

Some pictures from the Galadus lake and its vicinity.

Great Britain 2008

5 May 2008

South Wales

29 Apr 2008

Pound Cake

5 Mar 2008

A light, delicious cake; this recipe is my father's. When he makes it, it's just super!

Tiramisu

3 Mar 2008

A very tasty desert, easy to make. Using the ingredients below, you will get a lot of portions.

Sponge Cake Roll

27 Feb 2008

A delicious, quite light and effective cake. You need to learn how to make a roll, but it's not that hard. :)

Quince Vodka

26 Feb 2008

My favorite vodka. The longer it steeps, the better it tastes, gets more... "noble". It's really worth waiting. I had a chance to drink a 2-year one. Quite thick, deep amber color, a bit sweet, but a bit sour at the same time. Beautiful! There are two types of the fruit: from a shrub and from a tree. The shrub version is a bit smaller, but a bit more aromatic. The fruit from the tree is bigger, in shape somewhat similar to pears.

Honey Vodka

25 Feb 2008

A classic vodka, with a deep color and aroma. Easily warms people up. A family recipe. Several days are enough for it to be ready.

Lemon Vodka

21 Feb 2008

One of the classic vodkas having a very nice color. A family recipe. Ready for consumption after a couple of days.

Cheese Roll

20 Feb 2008

A nice looking starter, delicious at the same time. All kinds of variations are allowed. For instance, instead of ham you can add mushrooms or pepper, green parsley, herbs - anything.

Cocoa Vodka

19 Feb 2008

Alcohol for women, very tasty. But not to weak. Tastes a bit like Baileys, but is a lot cheaper. :) Quick in preparation and instantly ready for consumption! We got this recipe from Kate, our high school friend, at the time of the wild 18th parties.

Chodynowka

18 Feb 2008

The recipe for this vodka is handed down in my family from generation to generation (but, what's interesting, is that each time it tastes a bit differently). It has a rich taste, a beautiful color, but at the same time is quite strong. :) Not only for women.

Cuisine - the beginnings

11 Feb 2008

Martha's recipes collected among our family and during our various trips.

Caribbean 2008

27 Jan 2008

Kreta, Zarska, and Bez Nazwy

3 Nov 2007

Galadus 2007

11 Aug 2007