Lithuania's Strangest Foods? Are You Brave Enough To Try?

Today's video looks at some of Lithuania's more obscure or strange cuisine. Some might be grossed out or disgusted by some of them...

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[pro_grapist]

Pig tongue is amazing! IMO eating it with rye bread and mayo (instead of horseradish) is the best way. It doesn't look gross at all when it's boiled and sliced up.

[manometras]

I love šaltibarščiai (well made at home) in summertime.
I also love many versions of fresh glaistytas sūrelis. It’s like a candy for me.
Cooked Cow tongue — I used to love it.
Šaltiena — I like it, but less in winter, more in summer, because it’s a cold dish.
Šakotis is ok when it’s fresh enough. Knowing how many eggs are used for making it, I only eat a little bit of it.
Gira is delicious, if it’s well made at home. The ones you buy in supermarkets are lame, full of sugar and taste similar to coca cola.
Kefir is not Lithuanian at all, but I liked it a lot and used to drink it every evening in my Soviet childhood.
Rūgpienis / sour milk is Lithuanian. I prefer rūgpienis or yogurt, or riaženka now, and make šaltibarščiai with rūgpienis as well.
I find Vytautas and Birutė mineral water useful and am used to their taste. I prefer Birutė because there’s a still version, which is my choice.
Cepelinai, vėdarai, kugelis — a way to torture potatoes, their makers and the stomacks of their eaters. But poor peasants needed to eat such dishes becasue potatoes were all they had and they let them feel not hungry for longer than any other food they could afford.

[reaplikacija]

tongue is the best, though I hate peeling it

[DavidBale-vnop]

I'm Lithuanian Canadian remembering watching Estonian man eating tounge with mustard when I was six. My grandparents were into the headcheese. Herring.

[fidenemini]

What you are showing is not a real gira. Homemade one is a real deal, especially when made not with yeast but with sourdough. This one is harder to make but it tastes way better.

[Xenu]

She should be a regular guest! That was amazing. Thanks!

[FanTaz]

i personally love beef tongue more then pig ones, but pig are ok too

[Erik_Emer]

I find it funny and interesting that the linguistic diminutive of varškės sūris that's featured in this video is varškės sūrelis, but it's its own thing as a separate entity. I'd like to try them both; my supermarket also sells "cheesecake bars, " but it's probably a different experience from varškės sūrelis.

[siuksliukaralius]

Tongue delicious. It is very far from disgusting.

[mariusakelis]

i dont think that kefyr is Lithuanian, i believe you can find Kefyr-like drink all around mediterranian region, especialy Turkyje and Greece.

[neon_genesis_hobbit]

It's a cool thing that most of them also present in the Belarusian culture. When i visited Lithuania for the first time, the most surprining thing for me was soared milk.

[Mendogology]

Pig's tongue, it's a delicatessen. I always eat it with mayo.

[wgkarolisc]

Kefir and soda?!?!?!?! Sounds so bad but i guess could be a banger :D

[EeeEee-bmgx]

Gira in supermarkets is made from carbonated water, sugar, citric acid and food colouring.
Fermented bread hasn't been near it. Real gira or stick to cola

[gintaras]

I grew on all these foods in village in Lithuania. Love it all. You did not show smocked pork trotters! That is another weird food🙂

[LV-...]

I find none of them disgusting and tried all of them except that mineral water at the end. But I grew up in Romania though.

[tdb]

In all honesty, the idea of mixing that dairy drink with carbonated soda sounds worse than anything she mentioned, haha. I just cannot imagine anything creamy and bubbly. I have next week off work for the Christmas break, so I may attempt to make Zeplins again because the last time I attempted I really messed them up :D Hello from Australia again mate.

[avigdonable]

French made Baumkuchen is called Le Gateau A La Broche. Exactly the same as Lithuanian.

[Fikcija]

Pig tongue? I'm a 36 year old Lithuanian and I've literally NEVER heard of anyone eating boiled pig tongue. Cow tongue - yes, it's a delicacy, but definitely not pig tongue.

[ZorroComputers]

Kas čia per nesąmonės? O kur vėdarai, o kur skilandžiai, o kur rūkytos dešros?