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UKRAINIAN FOOD
Ukrainian cuisine is rich and varied, and Ukrainians are famed for their hospitality. Since ancient times bread has held a special primary position in the cuisine of Ukrainian people. Sour rye bread and white bread are baked in Ukraine. For common people bread has always been an object of reverence. It is used to bring divine blessing to the commencement of every farm task, the marriage ceremony, the birth of a child, the move to a new home and as a sign of hospitality.Cooked cereal, whether wheat, barley, buckwheat, millet
or corn porridge, is an ancient Ukrainian food. The favourite dishes made of flour are dumplings and “varenyky” with various types of fillings – cheese, potato, cabbage, meat or with cherries as a sweet dish. The potato is the most widely used vegetable in Ukrainian cooking. It is the necessary ingredient in all soups. Boiled or baked potatoes are served with meat, fish, cheese, mushrooms.
In Ukraine a soup or borshch must be served for dinner. Various soups made with meat, fish, vegetables are popular but borshch remains the favourite. It is made of vegetables among which beets and cabbage are predominant. Foods prepared from milk, dairy products have long been a part of Ukrainian cooking. There are no holidays without pies or pyrohy and pancakes or mlyntsi. Every region of Ukraine has its own recipes and traditions.