Food-Cooking

Sweet Springtime

Lithuanian with Dana Siliūnas POPPY SEED POUNDCAKE Aguoninis pyragas ½ lb. (2 sticks) butter 1 cup poppy seeds 1 cup sour cream ½ cup confectioners’ sugar 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 2 cups flour 4 eggs, separated Whip butter until white and fluffy. Add poppy seeds and …

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Easter Holiday Customs and Traditions in Lithuania

BY ANGELĖ VYŠNIAUSKAITĖ FROM GOOD FRIDAY UNTIL THE RESURRECTION devotions, the Church’s bells during Masses are silent, replaced at the Consecration by the dry, solemn rattle of the wooden clappers. But on Easter morning, in joyous celebration of Christ’s Resurrection, all the bells inside the church and those in its …

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A few more favorites

Let’s Cook Lithuanian with Dana Siliūnas Many readers are familiar with some of the better-known Lithuanian delicacies, such as kugelis, cepelinai, and koldūnai. In Lithuania these dishes are also known by other names (bulvių plokštainis, didžkukuliai, and virtiniai.) But there are other favorite dishes, perhaps less known or popular, but …

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For your Kūčios table

Let’s Cook Lithuanian with Dana Siliūnas The following recipes could be used for the traditional Lithuanian Christmas-eve meal, which is eaten after sundown on Christmas Eve. The Lithuanian word for Christmas Eve is Kūčios (pronounced Koo-chios). At the end of the Kūčios meal, the family goes off to midnight mass …

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Autumn Delights

Let’s cook Lithuanian PLUM CAKE Slyvų pyragas 1 stick ( ½ cup), plus 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature ½ cup sugar 1 large egg 2 Tbsps. sour cream or yogurt (not non-fat) 2 tsps. vanilla 1 ¼ cups cake flour ½ tsp. each: baking powder, baking soda, salt 16 …

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Summer Harvest

BROCCOLI SALAD Brakoliu mišrainė 1 medium head broccoli 1 cup sunflower seeds 1 cup raisins 1 red onion, chopped ½ cup apple cider vinegar ½ cup sugar 2 Tbsps. mayonnaise Trim broccoli and remove tough ends; wash thoroughly. Chop into ½ – inch pieces and place in large bowl. Add …

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Say cheeeeeese!

POTATO CAKE WITH COTTAGE CHEESE Bulvių plokštainis su varške 2 lbs. potatoes 1½ cups dry cottage cheese 2 eggs, beaten 1 cup milk 2 oz. bacon, chopped 1 Tbsp. sour cream 6 Tbsps. butter 1 tsp. French tarragon 1 tsp. sugar Pinch of salt Grate potatoes and remove most of …

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For your Easter table

BAKED EASTER HAM Keptas Velykų kumpis 1  7–8 lb. fully cooked smoked ham shank 1 cup maple syrup 2 Tbsps. cider vinegar 1 Tbsp. prepared mustard Whole cloves Combine syrup, vinegar and mustard. Place ham, fat side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Pour about ½ cup mixture over …

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Hot drinks for those cold days

On these blustering winter days  (particularly in the northern sections of the country),  there is nothing better to warm you up than a steaming hot drink.  Most of the drinks on this page can be served either hot or cold. MULLED  WINE Vynas  su  prieskoniais 1 bottle sweet red wine …

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Holiday Goodies

CRESCENT CAKE WITH FRUIT Riestainis su vaisiais 4 cups flour ½ cup milk 1 oz. yeast 5 Tbsps. melted butter 4 eggs ½ cup sugar 1 cup dried currants 1 cup cut-up dried fruit 2 oz. butter for filling Mix ½ of the flour with warm milk and add yeast …

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