Charming Ukrainian Cuisine - Top 6 Traditional Ukrainian Dishes You Will Love!
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Every country has its special cuisine that has been forming as a tradition for centuries, and represents a part of the national culture. Ukrainians are truly proud of their traditional Ukrainian food, and you may also enjoy many interesting dishes that you will never try anywhere else. Check our list of the most appealing Ukrainian dishes and make sure that you taste each of them during your travel to Ukraine - otherwise, you can never say that you have been to Ukraine!
1. The most famous Ukrainian food is borshch - a tomato soup with meat, potato, cabbage, and vegetables, commonly eaten with sour cream. There are numerous proverbs and sayings about it, so it is definitely an integral part of Ukrainian culture. In old times, a young woman was judged according to her ability to make borshch, which determined whether she will be a good housewife and wife. All beautiful Ukrainian women know how to cook borshch, so you may taste it to know how good a wife she will be for you!
2. If you are a fan of soups, you should also try solyanka; it is also a tomato soup, and its distinguishing traits are a thick, spicy texture and addition of several kinds of meat or fish. The most common way of serving solyanka is with a slice of lemon and pickles, which give it a unique taste and look.
3. Visiting Ukraine and not tasting salo may be your biggest mistake! It is at the heart of many Ukrainian customs and traditions, so do not be afraid to taste it - the cured fatback, sometimes salted and spiced, may be a sophisticated appetizer.
4. For fans of vegetables, Ukrainians have an interesting salad to offer - vinigret. It is a combination of many different kinds of boiled vegetables including potatoes, pickles, sour cabbage, carrots and onions. The salad is finished with boiled beans, sunflower oil, and salt.
5. Another trademark salad of the Ukrainian cuisine is Olivier - but it is mostly a legacy of the Soviet past of the country, when shortages of products were pronounced and housewives tried to invest some elegant dishes out of few products. It commonly includes boiled eggs, cucumbers, potatoes, and some meat (the cheapest variant is to use sausages, while some families add cooked chicken or ham to the salad). All products are chopped and mixed with mayonnaise or lighter sour cream.
6. Ukrainian cuisine includes not only food but also drinks; the most famous non-alcoholic drink produced by Ukrainians is kompot. It is a sweet cold drink prepared by means of boiling fresh fruit and berries with sugar in water.
These are only a few indisputable hits of the Ukrainian national cuisine; by the way, it is very close to Russian traditions of cooking. So do not refuse from the rare treat of trying famous Ukrainian dishes, and choose the ones you like most - you will always have a chance to ask your Ukrainian wife to cook some of them for you, which will be a pleasure for you both.
1. The most famous Ukrainian food is borshch - a tomato soup with meat, potato, cabbage, and vegetables, commonly eaten with sour cream. There are numerous proverbs and sayings about it, so it is definitely an integral part of Ukrainian culture. In old times, a young woman was judged according to her ability to make borshch, which determined whether she will be a good housewife and wife. All beautiful Ukrainian women know how to cook borshch, so you may taste it to know how good a wife she will be for you!
2. If you are a fan of soups, you should also try solyanka; it is also a tomato soup, and its distinguishing traits are a thick, spicy texture and addition of several kinds of meat or fish. The most common way of serving solyanka is with a slice of lemon and pickles, which give it a unique taste and look.
3. Visiting Ukraine and not tasting salo may be your biggest mistake! It is at the heart of many Ukrainian customs and traditions, so do not be afraid to taste it - the cured fatback, sometimes salted and spiced, may be a sophisticated appetizer.
4. For fans of vegetables, Ukrainians have an interesting salad to offer - vinigret. It is a combination of many different kinds of boiled vegetables including potatoes, pickles, sour cabbage, carrots and onions. The salad is finished with boiled beans, sunflower oil, and salt.
5. Another trademark salad of the Ukrainian cuisine is Olivier - but it is mostly a legacy of the Soviet past of the country, when shortages of products were pronounced and housewives tried to invest some elegant dishes out of few products. It commonly includes boiled eggs, cucumbers, potatoes, and some meat (the cheapest variant is to use sausages, while some families add cooked chicken or ham to the salad). All products are chopped and mixed with mayonnaise or lighter sour cream.
6. Ukrainian cuisine includes not only food but also drinks; the most famous non-alcoholic drink produced by Ukrainians is kompot. It is a sweet cold drink prepared by means of boiling fresh fruit and berries with sugar in water.
These are only a few indisputable hits of the Ukrainian national cuisine; by the way, it is very close to Russian traditions of cooking. So do not refuse from the rare treat of trying famous Ukrainian dishes, and choose the ones you like most - you will always have a chance to ask your Ukrainian wife to cook some of them for you, which will be a pleasure for you both.