Food supply: Serbs eat burgers, not fat!
COMMENT, Serbia — Healthy and delicious serbian food! Serbians eat big meals. Huge meals in fact. Bigger than Americans often!
Yet Serbs are generally fit, healthy and not fat. No obesity problems.
And Serbians even eat Hamburgers, although with a lot less ‘bad stuff’ inside!
Serbians are mostly healthy as a result of the homecooked dishes they eat. With no additives and not from the supermarket. Although, this is changing.
Generally Serbians who live in Serbia do not have obesity problems despite the fact they eat large portions of meat. Serbians who live in America or Australia eat processed foods more, however.
Serbians eat as much food, or more than Americans, yet are not obese!
The secret:
Healthy and unprocessed food! No vegetable or added oils, no excess high fructose corn syrup. They use butter and olive oil, not margarine. They use less processed ingredients, and more natural ingredients.
Serbs eat planty of fresh dairy products based on raw or less processed milk and made by farmers using traditional, not machine, methods.
Like much of Eastern Europe, Serbia has not destroyed it’s food with lot’s of additives and processing.
Background to Serb Food
Serb food is similar to many slavic foods. And Czech, Polish and German. Serbian food was influenced by the Turkish and Austro-Hungarian empire as well.
There is a lot of variety in the Serb diet for both meat lovers and vegetarians.
And you will never be hungry! Unlike manufacture diet foods.
In Serbia any important occasion is accompanied with good roast pork or roast lamb.
Some Serb foods you’ll enjoy:
1. ?evap?i?i are small rolls of mixed minced meat.Locals eat them with plain onions and warm bread.
2. Pljeskavica is another and very popular and tasty dish. Actually it is the hamburger with minced meat sprinkled with spices and grilled like beef steak. But healthy!
3. Cabbage rolls or sarma as serbians call them. One of the most popular dishes in Serbia. It is minced beef and pork with rice wrapped in cabbage or vine leaves.
I have to say, it’s my favourite too.
4. Stuffed peppers (capsicums or bell peppers). These are another healthy food serbians do have and another favourite of mine. Meat, rice, spices, vegetables inside.
5. Roast meat in sauerkraut (podvarak). No explanation needed.
6. Musaka Minced pork or beef mixed with eggs and potatoes and then baked.
7. Ajvar, made from grilled red peppers (capsicums). Serbians eat them with their homemade smoked meat and you can find everywhere.
8. Serbian salad, a mixture of tomato, pepper, cucumber, onion and hot pepper. It is loved by everyone.
9. Bean soup, a mix of dried beans, onions, garlic, tomato paste, carrots cooked in olive oil and hot water.
10. Traditional Sweets such us strudels, pancakes and pastries.
Yes, even pancakes!!!!
11. Turkish-style Coffee is usually served black, or strong espresso.
Serbs are generous with food!
My advice is, if you are invited to a serbian lunch or dinner, do not refuse it!
In Serbia where the food is better, most Serbs eat well, yet are not over-weight.
If you ever go to Serbia you will be amazed at how fit looking the men and women are, yet healthy, not thin or too fat. Well, mostly. If you don’t eat too much cake!
In Serbia, or at Serbian friends, be prepared for lots and excellent food and fun which you will remember for a long time!
EVA SUDAR
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i will go there on holiday just to eat all your lovely food…yummmmmm
I don’t know what all the fuss is about.
My husband is Hungarian and has really made the Serbian sound SO wonderful.
Nothing special about the food honestly.
I have just been to a wedding where there were a lot of Serbian home made cakes and i can tell you, they were nice to eat but nothing special again.
Serbian food is blown up out of all proportion i can tell you.
Yes remove this post because i have not said how wonderful your food is.
I speak the truth.
Yep guessed it wouldnt get published LOL
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I am Serbian well my dad is and my mom is French Canaidian but we have all those foods all the time XD. They are really good. And yes it’s true we are healthy and not over weight. Mabey You people should try those recepies. YUMM!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
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