For those of you that have asked about the food on this trip this post is for you. Since a picture says more than words it will consist mainly of photos that we have taken along the way.
Now just a few comments about the food in eastern europe. First pork is the king of foods and the food of kings. Every meal has some kind of pork product involved with it. Other than pork the other main food groups are potaoes, cabbage and peirogies, or PCP as we call them collectively. Pieogies are like ravioli or pot stickers, dumplings stuffed with pork and them covered with bacon and grease. After a delicious meal of pieogies, oh say 10-20, they bring out a delicious plate of desert pierogies filled with a single cherry, or a small piece of apple these are covered in sour cream instead of bacon. We have noticed that the farther north and east you go the pierogies get bigger, the amount of filling does not change just the size of the dough container. When you finally reach lithuania and latvia they are called zepplins and about the size of a large baked potato. Cabbage comes in pierogies, on pierogies, with pierogies fried, boiled or as sauerkraut. Or if you are lucky and order the combination meal (Polish happy meal) you get all of the combinations.
The appropriate drink for these foods would be a warm glass of water with about a half teaspoon of detergent dissolved to aid the cleaning of your system. If you can't drink that then vodka or beer is probably the best second choice. If you don't drink alcohol well.....
Probably if you want to feel your best from a digestive point of view it would be wise to concentrate on desert as your main dietary staple. The cakes, rolls and pastries are quite acceptable, but I would not reccomend dropping one on your foot as they could cause a severe injury. And remember like so many things in life they look better than they actually are. But never the less it is important to try everything and as I mentioned they are acceptable
There is also some American influence like McDonalds and Pizza Hut available, we espescially liked the bike up take out windows of the McD's in Vilnius. American ingenuity adapated to local requirements.
So just enjoy the photos and have a few vegetables or a salad for us!
Now just a few comments about the food in eastern europe. First pork is the king of foods and the food of kings. Every meal has some kind of pork product involved with it. Other than pork the other main food groups are potaoes, cabbage and peirogies, or PCP as we call them collectively. Pieogies are like ravioli or pot stickers, dumplings stuffed with pork and them covered with bacon and grease. After a delicious meal of pieogies, oh say 10-20, they bring out a delicious plate of desert pierogies filled with a single cherry, or a small piece of apple these are covered in sour cream instead of bacon. We have noticed that the farther north and east you go the pierogies get bigger, the amount of filling does not change just the size of the dough container. When you finally reach lithuania and latvia they are called zepplins and about the size of a large baked potato. Cabbage comes in pierogies, on pierogies, with pierogies fried, boiled or as sauerkraut. Or if you are lucky and order the combination meal (Polish happy meal) you get all of the combinations.
The appropriate drink for these foods would be a warm glass of water with about a half teaspoon of detergent dissolved to aid the cleaning of your system. If you can't drink that then vodka or beer is probably the best second choice. If you don't drink alcohol well.....
Probably if you want to feel your best from a digestive point of view it would be wise to concentrate on desert as your main dietary staple. The cakes, rolls and pastries are quite acceptable, but I would not reccomend dropping one on your foot as they could cause a severe injury. And remember like so many things in life they look better than they actually are. But never the less it is important to try everything and as I mentioned they are acceptable
There is also some American influence like McDonalds and Pizza Hut available, we espescially liked the bike up take out windows of the McD's in Vilnius. American ingenuity adapated to local requirements.
So just enjoy the photos and have a few vegetables or a salad for us!
1 comment:
mmmm.....polish happy meal.
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