What foods are common in Lithuania?
Kugelis (kugeliai) - represents a pudding made from potatoes*The most important product in Lithuania is the bread made from Rye It replaces the Wheat bread and it is known to be healthier.*Potatoes, cabage, beets, and cucumbers are known in the dishes- cabage being most common in soups.*The potatoes are boiled, mostly and decorated with dill.*balandeliai is common, and contains dill.* The dishes made in Lithuania are rarely spicy.*Dill and Caraway seeds are the most frequently used ingredients for seasoning the foods.*The wild berries and the mushrooms are popular ingredients-The most used mushroom type is Boletus, while the wild berries vary from cranberries to bilberries and wild strawberries.*The fruits that are used for desserts or for beverages are: pears, apples and plums and are the most used fruits in Lithuania.*Cottage cheeses have a very important role in the cuisine of Lithuania. The types of cheese that result are diverse, and range from sour or sweet to harder or softer varieties.*Most Lithuanian dishes don't require you to purchase any special tools.*having a coffee grinder helps with roasting and grinding spices and maximizes their volatile oils, which, in turn, provides your food with more flavor.*One of the most important and representative traditions for the Lithuanians is named Twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper-the local name for the event is Kūčios.All your average European food can be found there. Some of it even of better quality. There are only a few unique dishes, on of which is "cepelinai" - a sort of grated potato bun with a meat filling (boiled of course, not baked)* cebulienėLocal favorites include: cold beetroot soup (you'll recognize it by bright magenta color), large potato dumplings with meet (zeppelin-shaped), and pizza.zeppelin lithuanian dish: big dumpings made of potato dough and minced meat.
