Lithuania Traditional cuisine

Traditional Lithuanian cuisine is now considered somewhat coarse and simple peasant food, formed under the influence of Slavic, German, Polish and Baltic culinary traditions.

In the Lithuanian national cuisine of a special place potatoes and other vegetables, and mushrooms. Can recommend potato sausage "vederay, boiled potatoes in Lithuanian, carrot casserole" Mork apkyapass, potato pancakes for Lithuanian and potato grandmother, potato sticks sauce shvilpikay, potato pudding, "plokshtaynis" stuffed cucumbers "indariti agurkay" , braised morels, Pate Mushroom, Tomato soup with rice, tomatoes sryuba, soup milk with potato dumplings, the famous potato dumplings "tseppelinay" (including with other fillings), stuffed mushrooms and onions and potatoes, etc. The important place as and all the Baltic peoples, took the fish - both marine and freshwater. The most popular is Herring - with onions, sour cream, vegetables, fried and smoked fish, salted and barely podvyalennaya.

Of the fish prepared a variety of hot and cold appetizers, a variety of cakes and pastry products, including the famous "virtinyay, various assorted fish and other dishes like smoked eel and salted pike and a variety of soups and jelly.

Of the most popular meat dishes, pork, boiled-smoked interesting pig ears "kyaules ausis, peas, sauerkraut and bacon, zrazy hunting" medzhetoyu vinetinyay "stuffed sausage, pate 'yaknine" soup with bacon or bacon, pig's stomach stuffed with potatoes , excellent sausage and ham, etc. Some of the guests at the table - Lithuanian dumplings, pancakes Samogitian "Zemaiciu blinyay, with cumin croutons and other dishes made of dough, as well as excellent local milk and milk products, including cheese Dainava" .

The country is set sufficiently strong and high quality wine and vodka products, from excellent local vodkas, liqueurs like to Zalgiris, or tincture of honey, as well as liqueurs, cordials, brandy, sparkling wine from Alytus and balms that are made only on the basis of natural ingredients. Also, beer is made of high quality (the most popular - "Shvyanturis", "Ragutis", "Utena" and "Tauras"), which many experts put on a par with Czech or German. Casual drinks - coffee, which is love and can cook almost anywhere.