https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2017-11-21 17:04:27 UTC 2023-05-10 01:43:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Edita_ https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209185431 2017-11-21 17:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209185431 https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209858584 Potato salad - or as Lithuanians call it, "white salad", is a favorite in various celebrations, not only in Christmas season.

]]> 2017-11-24 09:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209858584 https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209859573 Not even kidding - you will find on average 3 types of dishes containing herring on a typical Lithuanian Christmas Eve table. Herring with beets, herring with carrots, herring with apples, herring with hot potatoes - you name it. I personally LOVE herring and Christmas Eve is a good occasion to get a year's fill of it.]]> 2017-11-24 09:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209859573 Edita_ https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209860106  Aspic - a savoury collagenous jelly made with meat and set in a mould. Served with mayo, horseradish or vinegar. ]]> 2017-11-24 09:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209860106 https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209860235 Another special for Christmas Eve, poppy seed milk is something like Lithuanian eggnog. It is often served alongside with Christmas Eve cookies - something like breakfast cereal, only for dinner.]]> 2017-11-24 09:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209860235 https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209860867 Catholicism is the dominant religion in Lithuania, and sharing community wafers during the Christmas Eve dinner is common. Usually a wafer is passed around the table, and each family member breaks and eats a piece, whishing the others a good year ahead. Thus it is not strictly a dish, but one of a better known traditions. One usually can buy wafers from their nearest church.
 ]]> 2017-11-24 09:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209860867 Edita_ https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209860959 Christmas Season is unarguably the biggest among all public holidays in Lithuania - much like in most Western countries. What may surprise you, however, that not Christmas itself, but rather Christmas Eve ("Kūčios") is more anticipated and has more traditions, both cultural and culinary, attached to it.]]> 2017-11-24 09:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209860959 https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209861451  Kissel is found in many Eastern European cuisines, and it is usually a berry or fruit flavoured thick starchy dessert. In Lithuania, however, kissel is thinned down to a consistency of a drink, and its cranberry variety is a favorite in winter and during Christmas season. ]]> 2017-11-24 09:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209861451 Edita_ https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209861943  Lithuanian šakotis or raguolis, Lithuanian traditional spit cake. It is a cake made of butter, egg whites and yolks, flour, sugar, and cream, cooked on a rotating spit in an oven or over an open fire.]]> 2017-11-24 09:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/Edita_/7vivzoxal6h/wish/209861943