Learn About… SLOVAKIAN Food! :)

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I'm looking forward to hearing more about Slovakian food too , don't know much about it 😊

Irish food, we are big on our sausages , stew, potatoes, mostly what we are known for and our spice bags 🥰

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I wanna know more too! 🥰

@jesusredeemedme2425 awwww, you are so sweet 😭 I will spam this soon once I have a moment of peace ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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General Slovak food habits (not canon lol, just my observatios):

The mainstream meal schedule breakdown:

1. Breakfast - can be both warm or cold, depending on your times and preferences, but in general, breakfast should not take more than a few minutes to make.

Typical "cold" breakfast: a slice of bread with whatever we put on it per personal taste from butter to cheese, jam, salami, or even mustard ocassionally. I personally prefer to keep it as simple as possible, so just bread and cheese, bread-butter-jam, bread or salami, but I'm a bit special case because of my ED. In reality, a lot of people do bread-butter+ at least one or two things, with a side of fresh veggies. Typical veggie choices are cucumber, tomato, paprika as most common, but sometimes we do buy a mixed salad from the grocery store too that contains various salad leaves and a bit of carrot, but ofc, you can do any veggies you like, these are just the most popular and chosen ones.

You can also swap your bread for other things like bread rolls or other pastry (some even do croissants or sweet pastry, but it's not really an everyday thing for most, at least not around me)

Other options for "cold" breakfast include cereals, joghurts or various spreads (usually leftovers from previous dinner lol) and we also have treska (Basically a fish in mayonnaise) that is also very very beloved, but people who for example have to buy their breakfast on the go often buy other veggie salads in mayonnaise as well

Warm breakfast - usually done on a day when you aren't in a rush like the weekends, or made for you by someone else. We strongly believe in if you make food, you should be making enough for everyone, making some just for yourself is considered being an *** (unless you are the only one who likes that food or noone wanted when you asked, since when you are making something, it's basic to ask your entire family currently at home if they also want some). Here, we prefer savory breakfast like scrambled eggs, ham and eggs, sausages we call Párky

They are cooked in boiling water and then eaten with mustard or ketchup and bread. Some people also do these various fast porridges with oats, but there is also a traditional sweet warm breakfast that our parents grown up on - semolina pudding, often topped with cocoa. 

It's not as common anymore, but it's a very nostalgic food for many gen Xers.

2. desiata (aka 10am snack if we translate it literally, but it doesn't have to be at 10. It just means that it's a smaller meal you eat between breakfast and lunch) - usually a sandwich with something, just like breakfast, but its typically eaten at work or school.

3. lunch - our lunches are mostly warm, often times provided by school or workplace canteens. Some work on order system, some as cafeterias, some just have one option - take it or leave it. Children's lunch is pre-paid monthly by the parents, adults buy their lunch when they get it. If your workplace doesn't have a canteen or a food court, typically lunch is taken from home to save money on most of the days, but take out or occasional sandwiches for lunch are also acceptable. In general, we are not very take-out-y, especially not the older generations, because it's considered expensive and a bad financial choice, leaving it only as last or occasional resort,  although younger generations don't really share the sentiment of i will rather cook then order.

4. olovrant - basically an afternoon snack, meant to be eaten between lunch and dinner. Usually some fruit, cookies, sweet pastry, or yoghurt, but most of the times it's a smaller meal on the sweet side

5. dinner - a wild wild west where no rules apply lol. You can have anything you want. I would say our default is a sandwich, but you can eat a warm meal too if you have any.

Most families don't really eat together at least not around me, it's kind of a growing curve. The just married couples, families with young kids tend to eat together more, at least dinner or lunch on the weekends, but as the kids grow, the frequency of shared meals will decrease, simply over the completely mismatched schedules, lack of space and the kids slowly getting their independence, although some people still do shared weekend lunches. Also, some people tend to get back to eating together habits once they are empty nesters I feel. But that's just an observation I have.

- a typical and beloved weekend meal is consisting of meat broth (often chicken, but can be any meat you have), fried meat with rice or potatoes depending on family preferences and a sweet home baked dessert.

Which of our feeding habits surprised you the most and why?

Ooo, I have never heard of this cultures food before! This would be super fun to learn about 😊

@jesusredeemedme2425 i would love to try slovakian food someday!

Potato pancakes 

The national dish of Slovakia, bryndzové halušky, is potato-dough gnocchi smothered in salty sheep bryndza cheese, and topped with fried bits of smoked, fatty bacon along with some of the fat. The ingredients are staples of the Slovak cuisine, and the dish itself exemplifies its nature. In this historically agrarian, rural society, food provided high-energy, low-cost, and quick-prep sustenance to peasants, herders, and laborers.

https://www.willflyforfood.net/slovakia-bryndzove-halusky-a-staple-of-slovak-cuisine/

My mom’s family was Slovenian. We shared similar foods, kielbasa being a staple. Haluski as well, but ours was egg noodles, cabbage, and onion sautéed in butter. My great aunt and uncle used to come once a month to make “ schkonsas” not sure of spelling. I only remember buck wheat flour being the main ingredient and mixing it endlessly with a strong wooden spoon. I believe we ate it in a broth like dumplings. I’m not sure I’d even like it anymore but I remember this fondly and would love to have the recipe.