Food&Cafe Culture of Lithuania - UPDATED

We thought we could wet your appetite of all things Lithuanian by starting a post on some of the traditional Lithuanian foods we had for lunch. Afterwards we returned home for a quick coffee before heading out to explore more of Lithuania's capital. Lithuania is big on potatoes, dumplings, roasted meats and dairy. For lunch we had two different types of potatoe dumpling filled with meat. You could dunk them in crackle. Crackle is a pork and soup based dip. Or a combo of crackle and sour cream. We also had a traditional soup from lithuania which is a cold beat root soup. Typically containing sour cream, beats, dill, and boiled egg in the summer. In the winter they make a hot beet soup with a tomatoe base with potatoes. To top it all off we had a traditional sweet tea (buckthorn tea) and local brewed lager beer. Thus the need for coffee on our return. We thought this coffee maker was so neat we had to take a short video. There are so many traditional dishes of lithuania here, as well as Romanian Georgian and other eastern European countries there will be more food posts to come.Read more