Латышская национальная кухня

Latvian traditional food.

Our country style of eating is derived from what the sea, rivers,

forests, and gardens provide. Good lamprey or eel, all the tasty seafood

items are Latvian delicacies. Just imagine classic pickled herring with

potatoes, cottage cheese and pickles served together with curdled milk or a

beer. A farmer doesn’t think about any eating theories – he simply eats

whatever the season provides, whatever has been harvested, the meat from

whatever animal has been slaughtered. It’s a natural way of life. On the

other hand, the farmers eat too much bacon and potatoes and therefore they

get fat and dumb.

Simple families from Riga eat whatever they can buy in the shops. Many

families can’t allow delicacies like salmon or caviar, so their usual meals

are meat, pasta, potatoes, rise or other porgies. Latvian people like

vegetables very much: cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes, eggplants, beets,

carrots. Many people like to add fennel, bazilik or other spices.