2. Czech cousine is very fatty. It is typical for
the Czech people if you visit your friends to
go home surfeited.
Especially old people think the full stomach
means you are satisfied.
In the past people
were often poor
and hungry. If you
were fat, you had
a lot of food and
were rich.
3. Typical drinks...
Czech beer is
very bitter and
very very
caloric. It is
made from
hop plant and
malt.
Typical Czech
mineral water –
MATTONI,
PODĚBRADKA,
ONDRÁŠOVKA
BECHEROVKA –
Spirit made from
Medicinal herb.
Typical souvenir
for tourists.
4. Typical (fatty) main
course...
Coated Carp in
flour, than in eggs
and finally in
breadsrumbs with
potatoes salad –
typical meal for
Christmas Eve
KNEDLO
VEPŘO ZELO –
Czech
dumplings with
sauerkraut and
meet (almost
pork,
sometimes
duck)
SVÍČKOVÁ –
sirlion cream
sauce made
from carrot,
root parsley
and celery
with
dumplings
5. Typical cakes and
buscuits...
BUCHTY - This
leavened cake is
made from flour,
yeast and eggs. It is
mostly filled with
sweet cottage
cheese, poppy or
plum butter.
TRDELNÍK –
cake made
from puff
pastry and
sprinkled
with
cinnamon.
GINGERBREAD
S – home made
biscuits
especially for
Christmas or
Easter
6. Czech speciality...
JITRNICE – white
pudding, speciality
made mostly in
winter. It is from
pork with spices.
BRAMBORÁ
K– potato
pancake
made from
potatoes,
garlic and
flour.
SYREČKY –
cheese with very
very strong
aroma
(sometimes
teribble aroma)
but with delicious
taste.
