Flashcards: Lithuanian cuisine

Skilandis or Kindziukas is a Lithuanian sausage.

Potato babka is a savoury dish, popular especially in Poland, where it is known as babka ziemniaczana, and Belarus.

Bublik (also booblik or bublyk; plural bubliki; Belarusian: абаранак, abaranak, Russian and Ukrainian: бублик, Polish: obwarzanek, Lithuanian: riestainis) is a traditional Central and Eastern European bread roll.

Zrazy (Polish: zrazy, Lith.: zrazai or mušti suktinukai) is a meat roulade dish popular in Eastern Europe, especially Poland (Silesian rouladen), Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Goulash (Hungarian: gulyás [ˈɡujaːʃ]) is a soup or stew of meat and vegetables, seasoned with paprika and other spices.

Angel wings are a traditional sweet crisp pastry made out of dough that has been shaped into thin twisted ribbons, deep-fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

("Borsch", "Borshch", and "Borsht" redirect here. For other uses, see Borsch (disambiguation).) Borscht is a sour soup popular in several Eastern European cuisines, including Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, Romanian, and Ashkenazi Jewish cuisines.

Kopytka, kapytki (literally "little hooves") are a kind of potato dumpling originating from Poland.

Curd snack (Estonian: kohuke, Latvian: biezpiena sieriņš, Lithuanian: varškės sūrelis) is a type of sweet snack made from curd cheese (quark), popular in the countries of the former Soviet Union.

A pickled cucumber (commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada or generically as gherkins in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment for a period of time, by either immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation.

Potato pancakes are shallow-fried pancakes of grated or ground potato, flour and egg, often flavored with grated garlic or onion and seasoning.

Krupnik (Polish), Krupnik (Belarusian) or Krupnikas (Lithuanian), is a traditional sweet alcoholic drink similar to a liqueur, based on grain spirit (usually vodka) and honey, popular in Poland and Lithuania.

Lithuanian šakotis, Polish sękacz ("tree cake"; literally "branchy") is a Polish-Lithuanian traditional spit cake.

A blini (sometimes spelled bliny) or, rarely, blin is a light, thin pancake, traditionally made from buckwheat flour and served with sour cream, butter, caviar, and other garnishes.

Aspic is a dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatin made from a meat stock or consommé.

Kissel or kisel (Estonian: kissell, Finnish: kiisseli, Latgalian: keiseļs, Latvian: ķīselis, Lithuanian: kisielius, Polish: kisiel, Russian: кисель, kisél’, Ukrainian: кисiль) is a viscous fruit dish, popular as a dessert and as a drink.

Kugelis (also bulvių plokštainis, literally "flat potato dish" or banda - a dialecticism frequent especially in Dzūkija region) is a baked potato pudding.

Cepelinai or didžkukuliai (singular: cepelinas) is a popular dish in Lithuania, very similar to the Swedish Kroppkaka.

Kalduny or kolduny (Belarusian: калдуны́, Polish: kołduny, Lithuanian: koldūnai, used in plural only) are stuffed dumplings made of unleavened dough in Belarusian, Lithuanian, and Polish cuisines, akin to the Russian pelmeni and the Ukrainian vareniki.

Kūčiukai (also šližikai) is a traditional Lithuanian dish served on Kūčios, the traditional Christmas Eve dinner in Lithuania.

Bigos (Polish pronunciation: [ˈbʲiɡɔs]; Belarusian: бігас, bigas, or бігус, bigus), also known in English as hunter's stew, is a Polish dish of finely chopped meat of various kinds stewed with sauerkraut and shredded fresh cabbage.

Babka, also known as Kulich (Cyrillic: Кулич), is a sweet yeast cake.

Christmas wafer (Polish: opłatek, plural opłatki; Lithuanian: kalėdaitis, plural kalėdaičiai) is a central European Christian Christmas tradition celebrated in Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia during Wigilia, or the Christmas Eve Vigil.

An open sandwich, also known as an open face/faced sandwich, bread baser, or tartine consists of a single slice of bread with one or more food items on top.

Juka is a blood soup from the Dzūkija region of southern Lithuania.

Pierogi (pronounced /pɪˈroʊgi/ pi-ROH-ghee), also known as varenyky, are filled dumplings of East European origin.

Gołąbki [ɡɔˈwɔmpki] is a cabbage roll common in Polish cuisine made from lightly soft-boiled cabbage leaves wrapped around minced pork or beef, chopped onions, and rice or barley, which are baked in a casserole dish and are usually served with a creamy tomato sauce.

Tinginys is a popular dessert in Lithuania.