Talk:Cuisine of Belarus
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[edit] Kalduny
would it be possible for someone to find a picture of kalduny for the article? I've searched and can't find one. Thanks for any help. Nashville Monkey 14:56, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a Belarusian living in UK and can help with this page if you are interested. Although, I agree with many things in the article, the general idea that Belarusians have lost the identity or quisine is completely odd. Have you ever been in Belarusian villages in Slutsk region, Western Belarus or Palesse? The spirit of real Belarus is there and it is stronger than, say, similar spirit in Ukraine or Russia. You should agree that the richness of the folklore culture is related to cuisine. There are more authentic songs have been collected in 60-90th in Belarus than in Russia. The simplest was to understand the richness of cuisine is just to visit Caravay bread shop on Victory square in Minsk. Last time, I counted 32 kinds of VERY good quality rye bread and 28 kinds of wheat bread there. This is aginst 5 kinds of all breads in Kiev or 10 kinds in Moscow. The variety of dry sousages is huge. I counted about 500 kinds in Komarovka bazar visiting it this winter. Belarus controls 60% of all the fish preserve market in the Eastern Europe (Belryba, Santa Bremor ect). I will continue at some point...
Regards
Yan Parsiukevich