DAIRY PRODUCTS Sour cream, pot cheese, sour milk, and buttermilk are used widely in many dishes, but milk is seldom used as a beverage. Frequently, hot milk is added to the breakfast coffee. Occasionally, bryndza, a sheep’s milk cheese, finds its way to the table, and some-times the Slovakian peasant ...
Czechoslovakian Food and Culture
Food and Culture of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia was born in October 1918, out of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I. It would simplify our under-standing of the people and the region if we could say that the mother was Czech and the father Slovakian. But as in ...
Bulgarian foods glossary and food terms
GLOSSARY OF FOODS AND FOOD TERMS Banitsa or Banitza: Bulgarian national dish made with phyllo pastry filled with cheese, spinach, pump-kin, meat or fish mixtures. May be shaped as square or round pies, or small twisted shapes. For New Year’s Day it contains small charms. Bulgur Pilaf: dish made from ...
Special Occasions and Foods Commonly Used in Bulgaria
SPECIAL OCCASIONS Although the more than 8 million Bulgarians include a variety of ethnic groups, almost 90 percent of them belong to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, a branch of the Eastern Orthodox Church; about 9 percent are of the Muslim faith, and these include the Turks and the Pomaks (the ...
Domestic Life, Meals and Customs in Bulgaria
DOMESTIC LIFE The traditional Bulgarian kitchen is bright with homespun and hand-embroidered table linens and curtains, hand-painted pottery dishes, and carved wooden mugs. Strings of peppers and mushrooms of many varieties add color and aroma as they hang drying from the rafters. In country or city, the eating area is ...
Bulgarian Foods
FOODS FROM BULGARIA DAIRY PRODUCTS Sheep’s and goat’s milk are made into many types of cheeses or used as sour cream, milk, or yogurt. Yogurt itself may be used as a cooling refreshment or as a drink either plain or diluted with cold water. It is also used in soups, ...
Bulgarian Foods and Culture
Foods and Culture of Bulgaria Famous for its exports of fine fruits and attar of roses (used in perfume blending), Bulgaria is probably most renowned for the legendary vigorous health and longevity of its inhabitants. The Bulgarians themselves modestly attribute their health and long life to the properties of yogurt, ...
Belgian Foods Glossary
GLOSSARY OF FOODS AND FOOD TERMS A la Flamande: “in the Flemish style,” i.e., rich with smooth egg and cream sauces. Amuse-geules: small cocktail tidbits. Biftek: used to describe any trimmed, boneless piece of meat whether beef, veal, pork, or horsemeat. Botermelk met Mavermout: buttermilk soup thickened with oatmeal, enjoyed ...
Meals and Customs in Belgium
MEALS AND CUSTOMS Belgians are noted for their politeness, which is evident in business and at home. No dinner guest would ever be late, nor would a guest arrive without a bouquet of flowers or a beautifully wrapped box of candies. A short aperitif hour is customary, followed by a ...
Belgian Domestic Life and Special Occasions
DOMESTIC LIFE Most Belgian kitchens, though tiny by western standards, are well equipped, people commonly own freezers and dishwashers. Because there is still a strong preference for the use of fresh, seasonal foods, large storage areas and complicated equipment are really not a necessity. Family meals are often eaten in ...