For the ones telling that those are not traditional Lithuanian dishes. Cold Borsch was originated in Lithuania. Golubtsi or cabbage rolls are a part of many cuisines, from Balkans to East Asia. Draniki or potato pancakes is also a dish included in almost every European cuisine, even though it is the "national dish" of Belarus. Cooking is a universal language, nothing is original. All the cuisines have similarities. Don't be jerks and enjoy the video.
George Pap I think I might have eaten something similar to golubtsi in some dim sum related Asian cuisine. The cold borsch looks like it's something I need to try before I die.
I do not think any food is strictly one country invention... They are made by people, who later other people adopt from then and so on. Humanity is great at cookin thats the truth. I enjoy all types of cabbage rolls from all Europeans.
@@shanda1219 Lithuania was once the biggest country in Europe and now its one of the smallest so it's possible that a lot of former lands of Lithuania can have same dishes....
Man this is awesome I am half lithuanian half ukrainian and proud to be born in Lithuania. And it's so cool to me that someone represents our cuisine. I wish all the best to that restaurant. Prosper brothers and sisters.
I knew a Renata when I was little, I guess I thought she was Italian.... but I'll bet she was Lith! I ended up married a part Lithuanian; hence the name.
Dated an American-Lithuanian years ago and really loved the background. If EVER in Chicago suburbs, check out Grand Duke's Lithuanian Restaurant. So amazing. Try the Zeppelin and Kugelis if you can.
During the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe, including the lands of present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia, extending from the Baltic to the Black seas. After the Baltic Picnic in June, a bunch of us would follow with dinner at Mama Papa. I can't believe they didn't make or show "cepelinai" which is Lithuania's national dish! Translates to "zeppelins" and they are similar to the pancake consistency, but potato and rice mixture is stuffed with ground meat, mushrooms, onions, etc. It is topped with a brown gravy or a zesty cheese cream sauce similar to Hollandaise. It's my favorite at this restaurant!
Yay Sheldon whose from Big Island, Hawaii covering Lithuanian food! I'm Native Hawaiian born and raised in Hilo but my hubby is part Lithuanian from Illinois 😍. I love this episode, Sheldon is so respectful and a great host!
Hell yeah I'm Latvian and this is almost the same food as in latvia, I was never about the cold soups, but I always loved boiled potatoes with goulash and meat patties, they usually have onion garlic and probably parsley salt and pepper, one thing I really loved, also thin pancakes filled with meat
ivy Strauss Thats Cool! Ivy, in my country a lot of Russian Restaurant. Whats the different between Russian and ex Uni Soviet Country food? 2nd Question. Can I have your country food in the Russia restaurant? Thanks!
We enjoy the food at Mama Papa Lithuania!.The decor is imported from their country, so you feel like you have time warped there for dinner. And we come here from Seattle to enjoy their home-cooked meals.
Loved the video! You should come visit our Lithuanian food truck in Cary, North Carolina! We are the first and only in the U.S. since 2018! Keep up the content and hope to meet you one day! :) - Baltic Bites
These are Samogitian potato pancakes (Samogitia is Northwest part of Lithuania AKA Žemaitija). Regular potato pancakes are without meat. It's a minor error only in name :) Stuffed cabbage rolls is National food in all East Europe and locally called "Pigeons" in every country. Everyone will claim it's their National food :) Cold borscht is most Lithuanian food - it originated Grand Duchy of Lithuania so it's popular in Belarus and Poland. Also use Kefir instead of Yogurt. I know... wtf is Kefir...
Žemaitija! Now I posted complaining we dont make Saltibarsciai with any milk. Sour cream yes. Butter milk makes it too thick. Sorrel soup and herring pancakes for the win.
Chicago has a lot of good Polish restaurants and Milwaukee has a few old ones too. Chicago has the largest Polish population of any city outside of Warsaw and Milwaukee was built up by German & Polish immigrants.
@@recoil53 yes, idk why, but lots of lithuanians and polish and other eastern European went to Chicago, so there are many restourants of those cousines
Max I've been living in Russia for four years and it's funny they put dill on everything, even where it doesn't belong. I'm pretty sick of it actually haha.
@@FireCandy_Lt I would say "cold beetroot soup" is more accurate and more popular. First, because it's self-explanatory and second, because "borscht" is just russian word which literally means "beetroot soup". So why use russian? I understand if you use "šaltibarščiai" and then translate it but russian word doesn't make any sense to me (?).
Rice was never used in cabbage rolls. It is a soviet invention, because people rarely could get enough meat from a shop. Pink soup is not made with yoghurt too. Totally different taste.
While I get that the presenters want to try to help out in the dishes, they should only do a few things and let the actual cooks do it if they're there to taste the restaurant's quality. Even if it's someone with a background in cooking, you're never gonna make it the same way the restaurant does having gotten there a few minutes before. It's not going to be fried the same way or salted the same way, or the correct amount of spice or whatever, and whatever tasting/correcting the chefs always make while doing their dishes. I know sometimes Sheldon wants to try to do one thing, but here he made them all almost entirely. It's never gonna be the same and kinda not fair on the restaurant not being able to put their best example on the table IMO.
lithuanian food looks simple and nice specially when it is hot but i can't try the ones with pork. other issue, lithuanians dishes are few? can't fill a full book I guess
Emre Cem Kaya I consider Lithuania to be more Central European (quite similar to Poland, eg Catholicism) in culture with some Eastern European (eg Russian) influences. The Prussians for instance were also culturally related to Germany. Estonia is more culturally Nordic, similar to Finland but with influences from Eastern Europe as well. Idk about Latvia tbh since it seems the most Russified out of the three Baltic states.
@@YummYakitori culturally, it is correct that there are many Russian/Eastern European influences in the Baltic States but they are still geographicly and historically a Northern Europe "baltic sea" country. The Eastern European influence is due to the recent century under Soviet rule in my opinion.
Emre Cem Kaya I think Northern Europe only geographically and culturally refers to the countries of Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark & Finland. Estonia is geographically and culturally the closest to Northern Europe amongst the three Baltic states due to its history, language and people (very similar to the Finns). The influence of Eastern European countries on the Baltic states is definitely not just due to Soviet times. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth has had a long history of contact with the Eastern European countries. Much of Belarus & Ukraine (jointly known as Ruthenia) were formerly under the rule of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, with its territory stretching south to the Black Sea coast and east towards Russia.
YummTakitori Lithuania is Northern European regardless of your opinion, it's an accepted fact by UN and EU. We're fine with being called central due to having the geographic center of Europe and the fact our culture is essentially Central European, but NEVER Eastern. Eastern Europe is catagorised by slavic cultures that predominately follow the Orthodox faith, none of which apply to the Baltics.
RᴀɪɴDᴇᴠᴏᴜʀ Well the Serbs, Macedonians and Bulgarians are also Slavic peoples who are adherents of Orthodox Christianity, but Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria are not considered part of Eastern Europe. As I’ve mentioned, I do not consider Lithuania to be part of Eastern Europe be it geographically or culturally but undeniably there is some Eastern European influence on Lithuania. Note the word INFLUENCE: much like how many countries in the Balkans such as Bosnia & Herzegovina or Albania have been heavily influenced by the culture of Ottoman Turkey.
For the ones telling that those are not traditional Lithuanian dishes. Cold Borsch was originated in Lithuania. Golubtsi or cabbage rolls are a part of many cuisines, from Balkans to East Asia. Draniki or potato pancakes is also a dish included in almost every European cuisine, even though it is the "national dish" of Belarus. Cooking is a universal language, nothing is original. All the cuisines have similarities. Don't be jerks and enjoy the video.
thank you George
George Pap I think I might have eaten something similar to golubtsi in some dim sum related Asian cuisine. The cold borsch looks like it's something I need to try before I die.
I do not think any food is strictly one country invention... They are made by people, who later other people adopt from then and so on. Humanity is great at cookin thats the truth. I enjoy all types of cabbage rolls from all Europeans.
@@shanda1219 Lithuania was once the biggest country in Europe and now its one of the smallest so it's possible that a lot of former lands of Lithuania can have same dishes....
@@auriaska99 So Lithuanians gave everyone their food! Just say thank you! Is that so hard! :D
Many respects for this Lithuanian restaurant. Food brings people together 😊
Man this is awesome I am half lithuanian half ukrainian and proud to be born in Lithuania. And it's so cool to me that someone represents our cuisine. I wish all the best to that restaurant. Prosper brothers and sisters.
my mom is lithuanian so im glad it’s getting represented but y’all really gotta try sakotis holy moly
lightzaber my mum is Lithuanian too
Heh, I'm Lithuanian 😎
@@RETRO-e1l as ir
Šakotis yra žiauriai skanus
FrixyFN šakotis is where it’s at!
Respect, Lithuania. I use to have a great friend from Lithuania, Renata. One of the most beautiful people i had the pleasure to know.
my mum has that name 😂
I knew a Renata when I was little, I guess I thought she was Italian.... but I'll bet she was Lith! I ended up married a part Lithuanian; hence the name.
Dated an American-Lithuanian years ago and really loved the background. If EVER in Chicago suburbs, check out Grand Duke's Lithuanian Restaurant. So amazing. Try the Zeppelin and Kugelis if you can.
Truly humble host and restaurant owner. Love this episode.
During the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe, including the lands of present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia, extending from the Baltic to the Black seas. After the Baltic Picnic in June, a bunch of us would follow with dinner at Mama Papa. I can't believe they didn't make or show "cepelinai" which is Lithuania's national dish! Translates to "zeppelins" and they are similar to the pancake consistency, but potato and rice mixture is stuffed with ground meat, mushrooms, onions, etc. It is topped with a brown gravy or a zesty cheese cream sauce similar to Hollandaise. It's my favorite at this restaurant!
My Dad was Lithuanian. This brings me back to my childhood. 🥰
Yay Sheldon whose from Big Island, Hawaii covering Lithuanian food! I'm Native Hawaiian born and raised in Hilo but my hubby is part Lithuanian from Illinois 😍. I love this episode, Sheldon is so respectful and a great host!
That’s crazy!! My mom is from Lithuania and my dad is native Hawaiian!
@@kanani7410 beautiful mix!
So hungry now. Miss Latvian and Lithuanian food so much.
me too!
All the Lithuanians probably just search up ,,Lithuania" just to see what comes up :D
Yes. We do. :)
Yep
Yeah we do but not only Lithuanians everybody probably does that
OMG its so true
I did that exactly
Hell yeah I'm Latvian and this is almost the same food as in latvia, I was never about the cold soups, but I always loved boiled potatoes with goulash and meat patties, they usually have onion garlic and probably parsley salt and pepper, one thing I really loved, also thin pancakes filled with meat
ivy Strauss Thats Cool! Ivy, in my country a lot of Russian Restaurant. Whats the different between Russian and ex Uni Soviet Country food? 2nd Question. Can I have your country food in the Russia restaurant? Thanks!
Broliukas ;)
i mean we are very similar countries and if im not wrong, very similar people that split into different countries later in the 18-19th century?
I tried some Lithuanian food and I love it..
We enjoy the food at Mama Papa Lithuania!.The decor is imported from their country, so you feel like you have time warped there for dinner. And we come here from Seattle to enjoy their home-cooked meals.
i'm lithuanian - and the beet dish we call vinegrettas make it a little differently so its nice to see it the way you make it.
Boston has a cool Lithuanian club/restaurant too. We spent St. Patrick’s there! 🇱🇹
I am half Lithuanian from my dad’s side. Thank you for this video!
Very appetizing food,I look forward tasting the meal when I visit Lithuania
Omg! Those food looks unique, simple and delicious. How did I never got this cuisine in my recommendation.
Great video, cheers from Vilnius, Lithuanian capital!
Cheers from saulia to you (I can never spell it 🤦♂️😂)
Those cabbage rolls look mighty tasty
Oh they are😏😏
Try polish with tomato sauce
Nasty
It's delicious
Yeah im lithuanian its a popuoar dish in lithuanian you should try it
Wow looks good. Sadly there are no restaurants in my area that have these items so... I’m living vicariously through these videos
Eater is killin' it with these uploads
Everything looks YUMMY! and comforting.
Great show, great host, great content. They could really stretch these out and run ads, so it's great to see concise quality content.
I loved this there is always a central focus in the same cuisines, it's refreshing to learn about new ones.
MB Korean and Filipino right!???
Loved the video! You should come visit our Lithuanian food truck in Cary, North Carolina! We are the first and only in the U.S. since 2018!
Keep up the content and hope to meet you one day! :) - Baltic Bites
Great food truck! We are so lucky to have it in Cary! Reminds me of my grandmother's cooking!
My country! Nice We make Lithuanian food too!
Thank you Eater For uploading this video i am a true Lithuanian and im very happy to see a video about lithuanian food
Looks great I would love to try it.
Great video! I'm from kleipeda to chicago and now Boston and cheers to the owner (we need some restaurants over here)
Any one from LT?
Im from Lithuania
Labas!!
@@saimahesh9115 Labas!!!!!!
Aš
It all looks so good!
These are Samogitian potato pancakes (Samogitia is Northwest part of Lithuania AKA Žemaitija). Regular potato pancakes are without meat. It's a minor error only in name :)
Stuffed cabbage rolls is National food in all East Europe and locally called "Pigeons" in every country. Everyone will claim it's their National food :)
Cold borscht is most Lithuanian food - it originated Grand Duchy of Lithuania so it's popular in Belarus and Poland. Also use Kefir instead of Yogurt. I know... wtf is Kefir...
kefir is fermented milk drink. you can even drink kefir alone or with boiled potatoe.
@@Arturas1244 I want to try it again but my childhood dislike for it is telling me not to.
Žemaitija! Now I posted complaining we dont make Saltibarsciai with any milk. Sour cream yes. Butter milk makes it too thick. Sorrel soup and herring pancakes for the win.
People are saying it's not our traditional food, but then why is it called Samogitian pancakes?
Kefir its a butter milk
Cooking In America, Dining On A Dime, Halo-Halo are the only reasons Im subscribed in this channel
This makes me wana try this, such interesting food
This guy seems so nice for some reason.
This very cute well done chief your a dad great am happy for all 3 of you and your family
Damn, now I want to visit Detroit ! Cheers and love from Switzerland :)
Looking forward to finding out more about my Lithuanian heritage
I dont like beets but that soup looks amazing
He missed out on the fried rye bread...
Sebastian Alfonso with garlic...
Ghat snack IS HECKING
DIPING YO MAMA BE TRIPPIN PICKIN DELICIOUS!!!
great food :) best wishes from Lithuania !
Thank you for embracing my culture and food.
such a cool guy! that food looked nice!
PLEASE come to Michigan!
The best Eastern European food in America is in the Midwest, especially in Cleveland!
Chicago has a lot of good Polish restaurants and Milwaukee has a few old ones too. Chicago has the largest Polish population of any city outside of Warsaw and Milwaukee was built up by German & Polish immigrants.
@@recoil53 yes, idk why, but lots of lithuanians and polish and other eastern European went to Chicago, so there are many restourants of those cousines
Potato pancakes and cabbage rolls yum!
What? Aren't there any Lithuanians in Texas? I can't find one Lithuanian Restaurant anywhere. Food looks yummy!!!!
You can see how it's a sort of mixture of nordic and russian/slavic cuisine. Dill is such an amazing herb. For any season!
Max I've been living in Russia for four years and it's funny they put dill on everything, even where it doesn't belong. I'm pretty sick of it actually haha.
Baltic culture is essentially a mixture of germanic/slavic cultures, no surprise there.
Nordic? what's nordic about this? Nothing.
doesnt matter how much dill you put, your cuisine is still gutter scum.
As a lithuanian - NO
I am Lithuanoan and eating that styled food.
I am surprised there is no kugelis!
omg yess
kugelis SHOULD be #1. YES.
Same but I love cepeninas
Cepelinas*
Cold Borsch is called saltibarsciai with boiled potatoe in lithuania its more like hot summer food :)
I live in Lithuania that pink soup name is šadibaršciai potato cake is bulviniai blinai
If you have good dumplings, I'm there.
Yeah we do have those 😎🤙
cold borsch we use in south india as well with rice . its very tasty.
Mmmm... Lithuania food looks like tasty, ow wait, im from Lithuania already to
Cold Borscht? I think he meant šaltibarščiai...
cia angliskas pavadinimas nes saltibarscius isskleidus gauni saltus barscius, aka saltus burokelius ir del to cold borscht soup
Alexandre Izokaitis yea I call it šaltibarščiai as well and I was a little confused😂
@@FireCandy_Lt I would say "cold beetroot soup" is more accurate and more popular. First, because it's self-explanatory and second, because "borscht" is just russian word which literally means "beetroot soup". So why use russian? I understand if you use "šaltibarščiai" and then translate it but russian word doesn't make any sense to me (?).
Mostly people around the world actually call it "Pink soup"
WE NEED YOU IN MICHIGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man those potato pancakes... I'm missing out!
Yeah you really are missing out.
Please do Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, and Scottish food next!
Fantastic video!
Nice nice :D But where is our cepelinai? Its our the main one food man!!
shouldn't you be using kefir for cold borscht?
Kopustai, and beets, and meat pancakes,plus cream,they got lithuanian cuisine on point, expect for making zepelinai
" holy shu shus " why come that made me chuckle so hard lol
I'm from Lithuania lol🇱🇹
You can find Borsch and other (here not mentioned) dishes in Jewish cousine as well. Common history
From Hayward and Lithuanian Irish and Mexican with children who are more Mexican. We def going here!
So cool!
Looks delicious
Those cabbage rolls look great
Me too, half Lithuanian but get so little info on this part of my heritage
cool my Polish grandmother made the same dishes just slightly different
Why was there no reaction to this potato pancakes under the pillow story?!! I have so many questions!
My grandmother's born in Lithuania
We call cabbage rolls "pigeons" lmao
My mom is Lithuanian and Irish 🤗😍
where is the kuge?
In Vietnam we have some dishes similar to the cabbage roll
Proud to be Filipino!!
I’d like to see Sheldon x The Union Kitchen in MN!
Rice was never used in cabbage rolls. It is a soviet invention, because people rarely could get enough meat from a shop. Pink soup is not made with yoghurt too. Totally different taste.
Cool, but Geographically, Lithuania is a Northern European country, like other Baltic countries together with Scandinavia !🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸🇫🇮🇩🇰 😊
Great video. The food looks delicious! Only one problem. I'm old fashioned. Take the hat off at the table!
It may be that he is self conscious about his look, which is ridiculous to those that think Sheldon is great, but his preference should be respected.
Very similar dishes to some Russian dishes but it all looks delicious!
Btw what a beautiful reason this man has go Lithuania xxx
Koldunai + sour cream /Potatoe pancakes + sour cream
I tried making lithanuia food but I failed so I just made scrambled egg
First dish is what Barbie eats for breakfast lunch dinner
While I get that the presenters want to try to help out in the dishes, they should only do a few things and let the actual cooks do it if they're there to taste the restaurant's quality. Even if it's someone with a background in cooking, you're never gonna make it the same way the restaurant does having gotten there a few minutes before. It's not going to be fried the same way or salted the same way, or the correct amount of spice or whatever, and whatever tasting/correcting the chefs always make while doing their dishes. I know sometimes Sheldon wants to try to do one thing, but here he made them all almost entirely. It's never gonna be the same and kinda not fair on the restaurant not being able to put their best example on the table IMO.
Try cleveland for a Lithuanian club /restaurant!!!! 😊
Koseliena Saltiena ! And Kugelis of course...
Lithuanian food gets through harsh Baltic winters
I looked Lithuanian Batonas recipe on search ha ha
lithuanian food looks simple and nice specially when it is hot but i can't try the ones with pork. other issue, lithuanians dishes are few? can't fill a full book I guess
Nice video! But Baltic States aren't Eastern Europe, it is considered Northern Europe.
Emre Cem Kaya
I consider Lithuania to be more Central European (quite similar to Poland, eg Catholicism) in culture with some Eastern European (eg Russian) influences. The Prussians for instance were also culturally related to Germany. Estonia is more culturally Nordic, similar to Finland but with influences from Eastern Europe as well. Idk about Latvia tbh since it seems the most Russified out of the three Baltic states.
@@YummYakitori culturally, it is correct that there are many Russian/Eastern European influences in the Baltic States but they are still geographicly and historically a Northern Europe "baltic sea" country. The Eastern European influence is due to the recent century under Soviet rule in my opinion.
Emre Cem Kaya
I think Northern Europe only geographically and culturally refers to the countries of Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark & Finland. Estonia is geographically and culturally the closest to Northern Europe amongst the three Baltic states due to its history, language and people (very similar to the Finns). The influence of Eastern European countries on the Baltic states is definitely not just due to Soviet times. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth has had a long history of contact with the Eastern European countries. Much of Belarus & Ukraine (jointly known as Ruthenia) were formerly under the rule of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, with its territory stretching south to the Black Sea coast and east towards Russia.
YummTakitori Lithuania is Northern European regardless of your opinion, it's an accepted fact by UN and EU. We're fine with being called central due to having the geographic center of Europe and the fact our culture is essentially Central European, but NEVER Eastern. Eastern Europe is catagorised by slavic cultures that predominately follow the Orthodox faith, none of which apply to the Baltics.
RᴀɪɴDᴇᴠᴏᴜʀ
Well the Serbs, Macedonians and Bulgarians are also Slavic peoples who are adherents of Orthodox Christianity, but Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria are not considered part of Eastern Europe. As I’ve mentioned, I do not consider Lithuania to be part of Eastern Europe be it geographically or culturally but undeniably there is some Eastern European influence on Lithuania. Note the word INFLUENCE: much like how many countries in the Balkans such as Bosnia & Herzegovina or Albania have been heavily influenced by the culture of Ottoman Turkey.
i think i will love Lithuanian dishes, because i love dillll
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT POTATO GRINDING MACHINE?? Speaking as a polish person, I need it!
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