A few words about food. There are a few staples here. Some may surprise you and others not.
The obvious is bread. It is cheap, and when fresh, it is amazing! In restaurants, they think it weird if you don't order bread with your meal.
The next is yogurt. The Bulgarians think they invented it and perhaps they did. They use it in cooking, they eat it, water it down and drink it.
Garlic! I like garlic and use it in cooking. I am accustomed to adding a few cloves. Bulgarians add a few heads of cloves.
There are mainly two types of cheese. The main one is like the Greek Feta cheese called Sirene. It can be made from cow, sheep or goat milk. It is used in salads but also in cooking with eggs, on pizza and in other dishes. The other is the yellow cheese or kashkaval. Less popular cheese but used mainly for pizza.
The obvious is bread. It is cheap, and when fresh, it is amazing! In restaurants, they think it weird if you don't order bread with your meal.
The next is yogurt. The Bulgarians think they invented it and perhaps they did. They use it in cooking, they eat it, water it down and drink it.
Garlic! I like garlic and use it in cooking. I am accustomed to adding a few cloves. Bulgarians add a few heads of cloves.
There are mainly two types of cheese. The main one is like the Greek Feta cheese called Sirene. It can be made from cow, sheep or goat milk. It is used in salads but also in cooking with eggs, on pizza and in other dishes. The other is the yellow cheese or kashkaval. Less popular cheese but used mainly for pizza.
I will write to you more on Bulgarian cuisine recipe in my coming post. Keep tune:)
they must have been yum!
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