| Romanians are people, who relish their food. Especially | | | | vanilla are the specialties. The baking is done in an |
| on an occasion, you will find a Romanian piling up his | | | | oven with a wood stove. There is also the traditional |
| table with all sorts of delicacies. Food habits are a hot | | | | home baked bread, which is made in a typical earthen |
| topic these days, with specialists in medicine and | | | | oven. |
| nutrition advising us to eat healthy food like fruits and | | | | The homemade bread is a big, spongy affair and is still |
| raw vegetables, which are seasonal, locally grown and | | | | made with traditional ingredients without any artificial |
| fresh, meaning that we should not go after too many | | | | additives. It contains potatoes and wheat flour as in the |
| exotic foods. | | | | past. It remains one of the famous traditional |
| The people of Romania are perfectly aware of what | | | | preparations, because it is delicious, with a crunchy |
| healthy food means. However, they have not | | | | outer crust and soft inside. |
| abandoned their traditionally fine cooking completely in | | | | As you can see, the sheer range of Romanian culinary |
| order to subscribe to the health food fad. In every | | | | delights is huge, whether the cuisine originated in the |
| corner of Romania there are regional culinary | | | | country or was borrowed from other cultures. Also, |
| specialties. | | | | the preparations are all exquisitely delicious, giving |
| Take the cuisine of Transylvania, for example. The | | | | Romanian cuisine a name in the culinary world. |
| traditional Sunday meal of Transylvania must have a | | | | This is an age of packaging, and many people around |
| noodle soup with chicken that is raised at the | | | | the world are influenced by the wrapping or the colors |
| household poultry. The noodles used in the soup | | | | of the food they buy. There are young people, who |
| cannot be just any noodles however. It has to be | | | | have never known the taste of a tomato fresh from |
| prepared at home. This noodle soup is on any list of | | | | the kitchen garden, or for that matter, a chicken fed |
| famous Romanian recipes that you can find. | | | | with corn. |
| Some traditional Romanian delicacies have been | | | | But Romanians can still afford to be traditional in their |
| borrowed from other cultures. The schnitzel with fried | | | | cooking habits. This does not mean, however, that all |
| potatoes is essentially an Austrian preparation, which is | | | | Romanians cook at home and eat only traditional |
| cooked on Sundays after coming back from the | | | | delicacies. Many Romanians have got used to dining on |
| church. Romanians, like many other nations, have a | | | | processed food of the heat and serve variety, |
| strong church going tradition, and the schnitzel ritual is | | | | especially those, who have got to cope with a hectic |
| kept alive as a symbol of that tradition throughout | | | | schedule. |
| Transylvania. It is washed down with fine wines and | | | | But the wonderful traditional cuisine of Romania is in a |
| palinca, a strong brew which is made from grapes or | | | | class of its own and should be tried by everyone. It is |
| prunes. | | | | just not possible to avoid falling in love with mouth |
| Dessert too is usually an elaborate affair. Different | | | | watering Romanian delicacies, like the delectable |
| kinds of cookies and pies are baked by the women | | | | "sarmale" (cabbage rolls) or the soups and "ciorba" |
| folk of Romania. Pies and cookies with nuts, cream or | | | | (broth). |