This year, she decided, she would buy mince pies from the new delicatessen, the one that sold Polish sausage and French cheese, just to see if anybody noticed the difference.

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Prosecutors said the money had been used to buy, among other things, customised dog kennels, a Celine Dion CD, handmade alligator skin boots, several shotguns, a large Polish sausage and to upgrade his truck.

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

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