Lithuanian cuisine consists mostly of the traditional Lithuanian dishes . Because of a rather common climate and agriculture, many similar staples are grown and consumed in all Eastern Europe, thus Lithuanian cuisine belongs to a big family of Eastern European cuisines. Nevertheless, it has its own peculiarities, which were formed during the country's difficult history and by many different influences. Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ...

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Because of long common history with Poland, Lithuanians share many similar dishes and beverages. Thus they have their own versions of pierogi (koldūnai), pączki (spurgos), blini (blynai). German traditions also influenced Lithuanian cuisine during ages, while introducing a lot of pork and potato dishes, such as potato pudding kugelis, potato sausages vėdarai. The most exotic part of all the influences is Eastern (Karaite cuisine and other) influence, and such dishes as kibinai, čeburekai are popular in Lithuania. Asian cuisine is a term for the various cuisines of South, East and Southeast Asia and for fusion dishes based on combining them. ... ÊÂòàÈ€ū¹ ² ³ ÁHello ... Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of Spanish, French, African, Amerindian and Indian cuisine. ... South Asian cuisine includes the cuisines of the South Asia. ... See the individual entries for: Argentine cuisine Brazilian cuisine Mexican cuisine South American cuisine . ... The term Middle Eastern cuisine refers to the cuisines of the Middle East. ... North American cuisine is a term used for foods native to or popular in countries of North America. ... Cuisine of Africa reflects indigenous traditions, as well as influences from Arabs, Europeans, and Asians. ... This is a list of famous and notable chefs. ... A kitchen is a room used for food preparation. ... For the coarsely ground flour, see flour. ... Pierogi frying A plateful of Polish Pierogi Ruskie Pierogi are a kind of dumpling also known as perogi, perogy, piroghi, pirogi, or pyrohy. ... LUKASZ WOLOSYZN ... A blintz, blintze or blin (Russian: блин, блины; Ukrainian: блинці, blyntsi; plural: blintzes, blini, bliny) is a thin pancake. ... Kugelis is a baked potato pudding that is a Lithuanian national food. ...

Soviet occupation badly damaged Lithuanian cuisine because of the continual lack of products and the constraints of traditional culture. But after restoring its independence in 1990, traditional cuisine becomes one of the ways to recreate Lithuanian identity.

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Traditionaly, the main product of Lithuanian cusine is dark rye bread (duona) which is used substantially more often than light wheat bread. Rye has grown well on farms in the northerly climate of Lithuania. Bread is often eaten buttered. Binomial name Secale cereale M.Bieb. ... European sweetbread (strucla) Four loaves French bread has a somewhat rigid crust Breads and Bread Rolls at a bakery Continental Italian Bread Tin Vienna Bread Bread in a traditional oven, in Portugal, with hot coal in front Pre-sliced bread has become more common in many countries Bread rolls Pain... Species T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ... Butter is commonly sold in sticks (pictured) or small blocks, and often served using a butterknife. ...

The most used vegetable in Lithuanian recipes which often is a substitute for bread is the potato, most commonly boiled and sometimes garnished with dill. Potatoes also grow well in such northerly climates as Lithuania's. Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber. ... Binomial name Anethum graveolens L. Dried Dill-umbel Dill (Anethum graveolens) is a short-lived annual herb, native to southwest and central Asia. ...

Cucumbers and dill pickles are rather popular. Beets (burokai) are grown more commonly than other areas of the world and are often used for making borscht. Cabbage is used more commonly than in the Western world as a side vegetable, as a main ingredient in soup, or in making cabbage rolls called balandeliai. Binomial name Cucumis sativus L. The cucumber is the edible fruit of the cucumber plant Cucumis sativus, which belongs to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, as do melons and squash. ... Look up pickle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Binomial name Beta vulgaris L. The beet (Beta vulgaris) is a flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to the coasts of western and southern Europe, from southern Sweden and the British Isles south to the Mediterranean Sea. ... BORSCHT is an acronym for: Battery Overvoltage protection Ringing Signalling Coding Hybrid Testing The electronic functions collectively known as BORSCHT are used in Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) telephony signaling, line supervision and telephone terminal operation. ... Coronary artery bypass surgery is sometimes pronounced Cabbage(s). See also Cabbage car. ... Soup is a savoury liquid food that is made by combining ingredients, such as meat, vegetables and beans in stock or hot water, until the flavor is extracted, forming a broth. ...

Many Lithuanian foods tend to be relatively blander than spicy foods in other parts of the world. Dill (krapai) is a rather commonly grown herb for flavoring as a spice, and Caraway seed (kmynai) is used more commonly as a flavoring additive than in the West. A herb (see also pronunciation differences) is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... Binomial name Carum carvi L. Caraway or Persian cumin (Carum carvi) is a biennial plant that belongs to the Apiaceae, or parsley, family. ...

One of the characteristics of Lithuanian cuisine is quite wide use of wild berries and mushrooms. Traditionally, certain edible mushrooms such as Boletus (baravykas) have grown and been picked and used for food in Lithuania. Various wild berries such as cranberries (spanguolės), bilberries (mėlynės), red bilberries (bruknės), greet bilberries (vaivorai), wild strawberries (žemuogės) etc. are gathered in the forest, eaten or made into jams, thus compensating the lack of vitamins in the cold season. Species Vaccinium macrocarpon Vaccinium microcarpum Vaccinium oxycoccus The cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs in the genus Vaccinium subgenus Oxycoccus, or in some treatments, in the distinct genus Oxycoccus. ... Binomial name Vaccinium myrtillus L. Bilberry is a name given to several species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae) that bear tasty fruits. ... Jam from berries Jam is a type of fruit preserve made by boiling fruit with sugar to make an unfiltered jelly. ...

Apples, plums, and pears, which grow in the local climate, are commonly used fruits. <-- Because of the cold climate, tropical fruits such as citrus fruits, bananas, and pineapples don't grow outside and were traditionally used less often. --> Fruit compote is sometimes made. Gooseberries (agrastai) and currants (serbentai) are cultivated and eaten more commonly than in the U. S. Binomial name Malus domestica Borkh. ... Species See text. ... Species About 30 species, including: Pyrus amygdaliformis Pyrus austriaca Pyrus balansae Pyrus betulifolia Pyrus bourgaeana Pyrus bretschneideri Pyrus calleryana Pyrus caucasica Pyrus communis Pyrus cordata Pyrus cossonii Pyrus elaeagrifolia Pyrus fauriei Pyrus kawakamii Pyrus korshinskyi Pyrus lindleyi Pyrus nivalis Pyrus pashia Pyrus persica Pyrus phaeocarpa Pyrus pyraster Pyrus pyrifolia Pyrus... A compote is a sweet cooked preparation of whole or cut fruit (such as apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, plums) and sugar, usually more liquid in consistency than jams, jellies or preserves. ... Species Ribes grossularia L. Ribes hirtellum Ribes echinellum The gooseberry is a well-known fruit-bush. ... Species Syme whitecurrant L. redcurrant L. blackcurrant L. Eurasian gooseberry North American gooseberry Flowering currant Northern red currant Miccosukee Gooseberry and about 150 others The genus Ribes of flowering plants is the only one placed in the family Grossulariaceae. ...

The most used meat is pork, which can be fried, brined, smoked and jerked. There are plenty kinds of smoked pork products such as Ham and a certain kind of softer sausage with a larger-grained fill are common, often as main courses rather than thin-sliced for sandwiches. Pig's feet have traditionally been chopped up and jellied as košelena, sometimes with horseradish as a condiment. Fish obtained from local areas, such as pike or perch, is often prepared with the rib bones still in the fish, and must be removed by the eater. Another important part in the Lithuanian cuisine is the cottage cheeses, of which many sorts are made: sour, sweet, filled with caraway, hard and soft. Two halves of a pig being delivered Pork is the meat taken from pigs. ... Template:Other uses Ham with cloves Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ... Sausage making Russia A sausage consists of ground meat, herbs and spices, and possibly other ingredients, generally packed in a casing (traditionally the intestines of the animal, though now often synthetic), and preserved in some way, often by curing or smoking. ... Binomial name Armoracia rusticana P.G. Gaertn. ... Arbys sauce Bold textExamples of condiments include: Arbys sauce Belacan Brown sauce Chili oil Chutneys Cocktail sauce Fish sauce Fry sauce Horseradish sauce Hot sauces based on chili, including Tabasco sauce Ketchup Lettuce Mixed pickle MSG Mustard Pepper Raita Red pepper flakes Relish Remoulade Salsa Salt Sauerkraut (sometimes... Orders See text. ... caught by an angler in the river Dráva, Hungary. ... Species P. flavescens (Yellow perch) P. fluviatilis (European perch) P. schrenkii (Balkhash perch) Perca is the genus of fish referred to as perch or yellow perch, a group of freshwater fish belonging to the family Percidae. ... A tub of cottage cheese Cottage cheese is a cheese curd product with a mild flavor. ...

Lithuanian style cakes are often baked in a rectangular pan and sometimes have apple or plum slices baked in, or use apricot or other filling, and use icing less often than typical round cakes in the West. These cakes are cut into squares for serving. Poppy seed is sometimes used as a swirl filling in dessert bread and as a flavoring in other pastries. In the past, pies were not common in Lithuania. Traditional Lithuanian candy was more a chocolate bar or box of chocolates style, sometimes with fruit or berry flavors, than a Western candy bar type with caramel, fudge, or nougat. A birthday cake decorated with fruit, shaved chocolate, and candles. ... Binomial name Prunus armeniaca L. The Apricot (Prunus armeniaca, syn. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Papaveraceae. ... A slice of strawberry-rhubarb pie à la mode A pie is a baked dish, with a baked shell usually made of pastry that covers or completely contains a filling of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, cheeses, creams, chocolate, custards, nuts, or other sweet or savoury ingredients. ... Jellied candies Candy is often used as a synonym for the more traditional term confectionery in North America, whereas the word has become archaic in most parts of the United Kingdom and survives today almost exclusively in the term candy floss. In some areas, notably Scotland, candy is generally taken... A type of chocolate sold by the Cadbury brand in the form of frogs. ...

There also are many specific dishes for traditional festivals. For example, Lithuanians have their own version of the 12-dishes Christmas Eve Supper called Kučios. The traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland consists of twelve dishes representing the twelve months of the year. ...

Soups

• Barščiai - hot borscht (the beetroot soup); can be served uncreamed or blended with some sour cream; sometimes chopped Boletus mushroom is added
• Šaltibarščiai (it means "cold borscht") - cold soup of impresive pink color with various other chopped vegetables; usually blended with sour cream and often served with hard-boiled egg or a boiled potato on the side.
• Chopped cabbage soup flavored with carrot extract.
• Juka - blood soup from the southern region of Lithuania.

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Meals

• Didžkukuliai or Cepelinai (zeppelins) - potatoes dumplings stuffed with meat, mushrooms or cheese, sometimes garnished with cracklings (spirgučiai - fried bacon bits, sometimes with fried minced onion or cream)
• Skilandis or Kindziukas - meat pudding
• Kugelis - potato pudding
• Vėdarai - potato sausages
• Koldūnai, Virtiniai, Auselės - various kinds of dumplings, filled with minced meet, sausage, cottage cheese or mushrooms, usually garnished with fried bacon (spirgučiai). A Lithuanian type of pierogi.
• Švilpikai
• Kastinys - sour cream butter
• Blynai - Although blynai is often translated as pancakes, they are somewhat more similar to crepes, although usually thicker and/or smaller. They are more solidly-filled than the spongy pancakes usually eaten in North America. They are made from fried batter, often filled with grated apple or potato.

• Žemaičių blynai - potato pancakes

• Nalesnikai - larger, often square-shaped blintzes made from thin crepes and filled with minced meat or sometimes minced mushroom
• Čeburekai
• Kibinai - pastry with mutton and onions, a karaite dish
• Šaltiena
• Balandeliai - cabbage rolls
• Kotletai - thick, soft, ground meat patties

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Cakes and sweets

• Šakotis or raguotis - a Lithuanian variant of German baumkuchen, distinctive by its shape.
• Žagarėliai or Krustai (Chrustai) - lightweight pastry like crullers
• Spurgos - a Lithuanian variant of doughnuts

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Beverages

• Midus - It is said that the most ancient Lithuanian alcoholic beverage was a mead, but now it is not very popular in Lithuania. Only some companies produce it.
• Beer (Alus) - extremely popular in all the country, especially after regaining of independence. Lithuanians have several famous beer brands, which often win international awards, as well as plenty of kinds of local beer.
• Degtinė - Lithuanian version of vodka.
• Samanė (also naminukė, ruginukė and many other names) - traditional specific Lithuanian rye vodka, which is produced domesticaly and still not legalised in the country.
• Trauktinė - there are many kinds of these strong herbal vodkas, used also as traditional medicine, and Trejos devynerios (the famous "999") made of 27 different herbs is one of the most known.
• Starka, as well as Krupnikas are traditional drinks from the times of Lithuanian-Polish Republic (16-18 centuries)
• Gira - Lithuanian version of Russian kvass. Especially those from rye bread and from caraway seed are popular.

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