ESTONIAN CUISINE

Karin Vagula10a

Beetroot salad

from the heyday of the Republic of estonia in the 1930s until the late 1950s, no decent party in the country was held without beetroot salad.

This fashionable dish was gradually replaced by potato salad that is much easier to prepare.

Popular drinks

A traditionally popular drink called kali - similar to Russian kvass - is becoming more popular again.

locally brewed beer is the number one choice to accompany food, different juices or simply water being the main non-alcoholic choice.

Other dairy products besides milk include keefir and also hapupiim and pett, which are variations on the theme of buttermilk.

 Summer and spring

Traditionally in summer and spring, Estonians like to eat everything fresh - berries, herbs, vegetables and everything else that comes straight from the garden.

Hunting and fishing were common in the history. Nowadays, they have remained as popular pastimes. It is popular to barbecue in the summer.

Food related predictions and taboos

Food must not be dribbled on the table or your future spouse could take a drink. For the same reason, the slice of cake placed on the plate was not supposed to fall over. The latter could also indicate spinsterhood for the woman.

Wiping the table with your hand meant a row, whereas wiping it with paper or a woollen cloth predicted hunger and destitution.

Who eats bread with potatoes will be sent to Siberia. While kneading. The fingers had to be held tightly in

a fist, especially if it was a young girl- or she might be led into sin.

If you dropped a piece of bread, you had to kiss it. 

The New Year

therefore usually starts with a serious culinary hangover and deep regrets, sometimes followed by a few weeks of rigorous weight watching. During the subsequent eleven months, all that will be conveniently forgotten and everything is repeated again over the next christmas period.

Blood sausage

Dark rye bread

sauerkraut with meat

Kama

Used material

Book ,,Estonian cuisine`` http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_cuisine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye_bread http://

www.femme.ee/hoolitsetud/keha/5265 http://wouldueatit.tumblr.com http://

kitchenproject.com/history/sauerkraut.htm