Lithuanian Food Recipes

Lithuanian food recipes reflect this small country's quite turbulent history. It has been around for a 1000 years, for periods as an independent sovereign state and also as dominated and controlled by Russians, Germans and Swedes. Since 1990 Lithuania, after having been part of the USSR, is again an independent nation.

Lithuanian Cuisine
The base of the cuisine is pretty similar to those of many other countries in North Europe; Beef, pork, root vegetables (in particular potatoes) and dairy products are very common ingredients. Where perhaps they differentiate themselves the most in how much wild berries and mushrooms they eat. The Asian influence is also quite strong, this perhaps due to being part of USSR for almost 50 years and thus their migratory politics. They have a German beer drinking tradition, vodka is the preferred strong spirit. The last decade international fast food culture have established themselves.

Some Typical Foods And Dishes of Lithuania
Below you have some examples from the Lithuanian cuisine:

Rye bread This is the same type of bread that is so popular in all Nordic countries.
Brasciai Red beet soup. Very similar to the Russian 'borscht', when served cold it is called 'saltibarsciai'.
Saslykai Pieces of pork grilled over charcoal on skewers. Has its origin in the Middle Eastern 'shish kebab' (then the meat is of course lamb).
Sauerkraut soup Here comes the Germans! Cooked with vegetables and pork.
Blynai Pancakes in many different forms.
Cepelinai Translates to 'zeppelins'. Delicious boiled potato dumplings stuffed with meat and cheese.
Skilandis Pig stomach stuffed with meat and spiced with garlic that is smoked a long time.
Midus A kind of beverage that has a been around for thousands of years, a kind of mead flavoured with honey.

Submitted Lithuanian Food Recipes
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