Ukrainian cuisine is not just a collection of traditional recipes that Ukrainians cook on weekdays and holidays. It is a way of life, folk culture, and national art, treated with trepidation both within and abroad. Let's learn more about traditional Ukrainian cuisine. To understand it from the inside, it is worth starting with key peculiarities that distinguish Ukrainian recipes from the recipes of other countries. Peculiarities of the national cuisine of Ukrainians In general, most of the features of Ukrainian cuisine are determined by the lifestyle of the people....
Traditional Ukrainian cuisine. Food culture
Having in its arsenal thousands of recipes, Ukrainian cuisine is fairly considered to be the richest one among the cuisines of Slavic people. Secret methods of cooking The prominent feature of the national Ukrainian cuisine is the combined method for heat treatment of meat and vegetables with or without the use of sunflower oil. After, so called “Ukrainian frying” – boiling, stewing, and baking happens. The critical factor in preparing traditional food is the place where it is cooked. In Ukraine such a traditional place was a hearth. Nowadays...