Lituanie

Cepelinai

Zeppelin-shaped potato dumplings stuffed with meat, under bacon and sour cream.

Šaltibarščiai

Cold beetroot and kefir soup, bright pink, served with hot potatoes alongside.

Kugelis

Grated potato baked with bacon and egg into a dense loaf, eaten with cream.

Kibinai

Crimped pastries of mutton and onion, brought by the Karaim to Trakai.

Vėdarai

Potato mash packed into intestine casings and roasted with bacon fat.

Balandėliai

Cabbage leaves rolled around mince and rice, baked in a sour cream sauce.

Žemaičių blynai

Potato pancakes shaped around a meat filling and fried flat.

Skilandis

Coarse smoked sausage cured in a pig's stomach, sliced very thin.

Kastinys

Sour cream churned with salt and caraway into a spread for hot potatoes.

Juoda duona

Dark rye, sometimes fried with garlic and served as a beer snack.

Šakotis

Batter poured onto a turning spit to build a spiked tree, cut at weddings.

Šaltnosiukai

Small dumplings filled with lingonberry or blueberry, served with sweet cream.

Midus

Mead made from honey, water and herbs, revived from a medieval trade.

Gira

Bread kvass poured from barrels at summer markets, sour and cloudy.