A delicious vegetable mix, very popular in East Europe. Zakuski, as called in Russian, or Zacusca, as the Romanians call it, is a way of mixing vegetables for the long and heavy winters that cross East Europe, when the procuration of fresh legumes was once a problem. Zacusca is a vegetable paste that is generously spread on bread and eaten as an appetizer or as light dinner. If the bread is a toast, is even better. The ingredients bellow are for at least ten jars of Zacuski. If you only want to taste, diminish the quantities.

Ingredients:

* 6 kg eggplants

Easy to cook, easy to eat

Ingredients:

* a few turnips
* butter
* milk
* flour
* salt, pepper
* lemon juice
* sour cream
* parsely
* grated cheese

Preparation:

Very, very delicious!

Ingredients:

* 500 g cheese
* 100 g butter
* 1 spoon minced dill or parsely
* couple of tomatoes
* salt

Preparation:

Drain the cheese well and mix with the butter and salt. Choose firm and round tomatoes, cut a slice on top and scoope them from all the seeds. Fill with the cheese mixture, then spread a little dill or parsely on top. Refrigerate.

(The Romanian name of the dish: Rosii umplute cu branza)

A very, very tasty and refreshing dip. The Greeks call it "tzatziki" and the Turks "Dgiadgeek". In Lebanon you find it as "Khyar w laban", meaning cucumber with youghurt. Also in Lebanon the "Tarator" is another type of dip made out of Tahina (sesame puree, the same used to make the hommos), water, lemon juice and salt. The Lebanese Tarator is used to dip fried fish, fried cauliflower, shawarma, falafel.

Th Greek, Turkish and Romanian tarator can be used even as a refreshing dish during summer.

Ingredients:

* 500 g sheep youghurt
* 1 spoon olive oil

A delicious recipe for home made smoked sausages

Ingredients:

* 1 kg pork meat
* 1/2 kg bacon (lard)
* garlic
* salt, pepper, nutmeg
* intestines

Preparation:

Made out of potatoes, instead of the regular meat, this is a tasty dish for vegetarians as well

Ingredients:

* 500 gr potatoes
* 200 gr sweet cheese
* oil
* dill (or parsli, green onion, green garlic etc)
* 2 eggs
* 150 gr flour
* salt to taste

Preparation:

A very simple and tasty appetizer.

Ingredients:

* 6 eggs
* 2 spoons of milk
* 1 spoon butter
* 300 gr potatoes
* 2 spoons oil

Preparation:

Peel the potatoes and fry them in the butter mixed with the oil. When they are ready, add the mixed eggs with milk, salt, pepper.

(Romanian name of the dish: Omleta cu cartofi prajiti)

A bit heavy, but is worth it!

Ingredients:

* 6 eggs
* 1 tablespoon butter
* 1 tablespoon sour cream
* salt, pepper,
* mayonnaise
* pickled peppers (olives)
* lettuce

Preparation: