"Ryby i ciasteczka"

Translation: Fish and cookies

[Jedak]

That leaves an unfortunate taste in the mouth....

[araruney]

Is this a common combination in Poland :P ?

[Viersch]

No. :)

[richard.birks]

I was thinking this was fishy... but no, actually, it just takes the biscuit...

[GearGirlNani]

The snack that smiles back!

[GregNuttal]

Eww

[AstroVulpes]

Mmm, fish and cookies...

[Immolatrix]

Wait, is this actually fish and cookies, or is it like "fish and chips"?

[JesperBoock]

Good question

[ijbrito]

delicious

[Michael_Edwin]

Can "ciasteczka" be translated as "crackers"?

[atlas85]

I think so. I don't think we distinguish between cookies and crackers in Polish...

[Jellei]

It's very obvious to me that crackers=krakersy. Went to Google Graphics to see if they're not false friends, but everything's okay. Come on, they're salty, why would we not distinguish them?

[Weylin366674]

More importantly, are Jaffa cakes ciasteczka?

[Jellei]

Well, "ciasteczka" (or rather "ciastka") is an umbrella term, but then you have dozens of types.

I never heard the English term "Jaffa cakes", but googling it shows that these are what Polish people know as "delicje". (sg. "delicja").

The word "delicje" itself means something really tasty, delicacies.

[CatherineL930477]

Why is it not fishes and cookies?

[Jellei]

It's accepted, but most commonly the plural of "fish" is just "fish".