THE CULINARY TRADITIONS OF
BULGARIANS IN
LITERATURE,MOVIES,ART.
Prezentation by Dora Koprivchina
Welcome to Bulgaria
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There is a magic place on the Balkan Peninsula which has has been accumulating history and
culture for over 1300 years.
A piece of heaven , gifted with clean rivers , beautiful forests and mountains , unforgettable
caves and deep valleys.
Some people call it a cultural treasure which has contributed to the unique diversity of the
human race.
Welcome to Bulgaria! It is famous for its beautiful nature , hospitable people and delicious
food.
Food in my country is very important to people . It is a kind of reflection of our way of living ,
customs, traditions and believes . All of them had been set hundreds of years ago by our
ancestors . What has preserved them for ages are books and paintings.
So, It will be interesting to see how Food has taken a look in the mirror if Art and Literature.
If you happen to open the golden chest of Bulgarian Literature you will meet plain , poor and
suffering people . So is their food.
Bread used to be a main part of the Bulgarian repast . It was handmade . It was also baked
in special pottery ovens and taken out when ready with long shovels.
There is a round kind of bread called “pitka” .It is prepared on special occasions.
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There is a figure in Bulgarian history, which we consider to
be a link between food and Bulgarian literature, Petko Rachov
Slaveykov.He writes the first Bulgarian cookbook with 250
recipes titled "Cooking book or instruction for all dishes
according to how they do in Constantinople, and
miscellaneous household reference ".
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"-Day by day his table got richer: fried chicken,
eggs, butter, rice milk, pie, often even wild ducks
and hares , various wines appeared on his table."
- ‘On a small Gabrovo`s repast some beans with
red peppers, sauerkraut and bread" (Polite
acquaintance)
- ".. A stew, baked eggplant with red, smelly
parsley and chili peppers" - Ivan Vazov "SilistraYolu”
Kiril Hristov "Children of the mountain"
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"Countless appetizers: sausages, pastarma ,
lukanka,tongues,chiken livers and other animal`s sub
products peppers stuffed with vegetables sorts of things", red
cabbage, green tomatoes whole, hot peppers, small mellons,
cauliflower, big okra '', full round and elongated bowls"reveals the abundance of numerous appetizers.
Selected recipes
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Appetizer for rakia "green pickles, sliced, lawn with oil and sprinkled
generously with paprika." Ivan Vazov
"Cabbage as amber / in olive oil (supposedly just like to cure, / and swim!)
And paprika not apprentice / experienced by men and sprinkled: heroic /
sealant to drink!“ Kiril Hristov
As cream / caviar Pike: giritki again with olive oil / lemon juice with plenty
bathed / it two or three forks as strong / long and is tossed, until hairs, /
foam is thick and pour / nipple milk "Kiril Hristov
“Roasted pumpkin” Elin Pelin
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"In fact, if there's anything more than to love the world, it is baked pumpkin! Eat it like a pig
.. Once you go to village only pumpkins to eat "said Dusko Dobrodushkov, and his
imagination began to put to him only pumpkins, sweet, nice and fragrant.”
“His eyes involuntarily flitted a piece of candied pumpkin and tempting red with burnt skin
in his throat gathered saliva. He dared to swallow for fear understand his weakness.”
“Delicious piece of pumpkin again flashed before his eyes - a nice, warm, sweet, and above
it is tempting you thin vapor.”
“Wheat Bun”- Angel Karaliichev
"Granny,give it to us,please!-stood up infront of her
his little sister.’’
Cottage zone- the feast
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“I might be wrong but I don`t approve meatballs
without grinned onion.’’
Zlatyu Boyadjiev
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This is a painting by the famous
Bulgarian artist Zlatyu Boyadjiev.It
displays a typical renaissance
Bulgarian family. The family is
big,united and strong. Each member
of it has a certain place which never
changes.The central position is for
the eldest man of the family and his
wife. They sit together around a low
wooden table,called “Sinia”. There
are no chairs.They sit on the wooden
floor close to the ground,which gives
them food.A position which shows
their love and respect to the ground.
A member of the family says a pray
and they all thank good for the food
on the table,while the oldest woman
breaks the wheat bun and
distributes the food in pottery bowls