Slovak cuisine

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Slovak cuisine varies slightly from region to region. It was influenced by the traditional cuisine of its neighbours and influenced these as well.

1 Dishes and Recipes
- 1.1 Common Slovak dishes
- 1.2 Slovak soup and sauce recipes
2 Meat
3 Drinks
4 Eating Habits
5 See also
6 Links

[edit] Dishes and Recipes

[edit] Common Slovak dishes

Halušky
- Bryndzové halušky (Potato dumplings with Bryndza - a sheep's-milk cheese) Slovak National Dish.
- Strapačky
Parené buchty
Široké rezance s tvarohom a slaninou: tagliatelle with liptov cheese and fried bacon
Zemiakové placky (potato "pancakes" fried in oil)

[edit] Slovak soup and sauce recipes

Beans soup
Kapustnica (soup made of sauerkraut)

[edit] Meat

Pork, beef and poultry are the main varieties of meat consumed in Slovakia, with pork being the most popular by a substantial margin. Among poultry, chicken is most common, although duck, goose, and turkey are also well established. Game meats, especially boar, rabbit, and venison are also widely available around the year. Lamb and goat are also available, but for the most part are not very popular. The consumption of horse meat is generally frowned upon.

[edit] Drinks

Wine is very common throughout all parts of Slovakia. Slovak wine comes predominantly from the southern areas along the Danube and its tributaries; the northern half of the country is too cold and mountainous to grow grapevines. Tokaj wine from the Tokaj region is among the best-known varieties. Traditionally, white wine was more popular than red or rosé (except in some regions), and sweet wine more popular than dry, but both these tastes seem to be changing.

Beer is also popular throughout the country. In most of the country, the Pils is predominant. There are many Slovak beer brands - for example Smädný mních (which means "thirsty monk") and Šariš. A number of regions have some special kind of local beer.

Two brands of soft drinks made in Slovakia stand out. Vinea is a unique grape soda made from grape juice with no aromatic and synthetic colouring additives, stabilised by pasteurisation. It has won several awards at Slovak and international food fairs. Kofola is a coke soft drink developed in former Czechoslovakia in 1960's. Both these drinks gained a huge nation-wide popularity partly because of good quality and partly because of the relative inaccessibility of the big brands. Nowadays you can buy them in supermarkets or order them in pubs either bottled or draught.

[edit] Eating Habits

Traditionally, the main meal of the day is lunch, eaten around noon. However, changing working habits have forced this to be changed in recent decades; today, it is not uncommon for many Slovaks to eat their main meal in the evening.