Hello from the Netherlands!
My sweetie is from Lithuania originally, she’s been living here with me for nearly 27 years now. But why are Grandmothers wrong?
When my gal was young she hated (and still hates!) cooking, her Grandmother told her repeatedly that she would have trouble finding a husband if she never learned to cook!
Well here we are, 27 happy years together later …. and this weekend I made my girl Šaltibarščiai. And very tasty it was too 🙂
Now I’ll admit I made it with roasted beetroots instead of boiled or pickled (I prefer the flavor, sorry to the purists), and the potatoes I also made in my preferred style (skin in, parboiled and then roasted in the oven with olive oil) – so just a touch different to the way you folks have them …. but in any case she never did need to learn to cook 🙂
Our Dutch friends who were over for dinner also were very surprised by one of your favored dishes and wanted the recipe too 🙂
Have a great evening!
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Posted by Sam1967
8 Comments
Girl? Not wife? Case closed!
This is a correct way to prepare the taters precious. Not the only correct way but correct nonetheless.
Nice dude! Looks great! But please try pickled beets next, the acidity balances the creamines and sweetness really nice. You could also serve the potatoes with some pork/beef mince which was seared untill crispy (not really traditional per se but awesome as well).
Looks amazing, but why 2 forks ? 😅
Hagelslag for desert haha?
Eet smakelijk! I’m also a Lithuanian woman with a Dutch partner. Šaltibarščiai is probably his favourite traditional Lithuanian food:) Not sure if you knew this, but there is a Baltic store in Vlaardingen that sells jars of Lithuanian (and Latvian) pickled beetroots along with a bunch of other food and snacks from here. These are the ones me and my boyfriend always use haha
You can find nice, sour beetroots in AH (jars). But they are cut in circles, so just cut them in stripes.
So this confirms then that I need a husband who is a foreigner then. Thanks.