The “My Czech Republic” website did a poll on people’s favorite Czech meal and here are the results:
1. Beef goulash with dumplings (Hovezí guláš s knedlíkem) – 18% [27 people ]
2. Beef sirloin with dumplings and vegetable cream sauce (Svícková na smetane, knedlík) – 21% [ 32]
3. The winner: Roast pork, dumplings and sauerkraut (“vepro-knedlo-zelo”) – 28% [42 ]
4. Roasted duck with sauerkraut and dumplings (Pe?ená kachna se zelím a knedlíkem) 14% – [ 21 ]
5. Pork schnitzel with mashed potatoes (Smažený veprový rízek s bramborovou kaší) 10% – [ 15 ]
6. Other – 8% [ 13 ]
(Total Votes : 150)
I personally voted for Svickova, simply because it is the best meal on this planet. It really should be added to the McDonnald’s menu (especially since the founder of McDonnald’s – Ray Kroc – was Czech!) so that I could just do the “drive-through” when I feel like eating Svickova for lunch.
The people who voted for “other” (13 of them) specified their folowing favorite meals as followed:
1. Fried cheese with tomatoes (What the heck is that???)
2. Fried cheese with ketchup (???)
3. Fruit dumplings (yeah!!)
4. Sunkafleky (Ham-n-noodles; not one of my favorites – it reminds me the school cafeteria times)
How about one of my “Jenny Craig” favorites – slice of bread spread with lard and sprinkled with salt??? Hmmmmm…….
What’s your favorite Czech meal??
http://www.myczechrepublic.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=1131
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Smazeny syr s bramborem je klasika. A kdyz se prolozi jeste sunkou tak nema chybu. Samozrejme, clovek musi zapomenout na jakykoliv kalorie. Protoze by se asi zblaznil. A kdyz si vzpomenu ze byvaly casy kdy nam mamka polevala ty brambory vysmazenym omastkem po tom smazaku tak se mi z toho trochu zveda zaludek. Na ten chleba se sadlem si dodneska rada vzpominam a i cas od casu si ho dam. I kdyz sadlo uz neni takove jake byvalo. Prasata jsou vykrmeny moc narychlo a pak to sadlo nevydzi tuhy jako to byvalo. Chlepa se skvarkama taky neni spatny. Coz je vlastne sadlo a zbytek skvarku nebo masa napletym do toho sadla. Jedl nekdo chleba s maslem, nakrajenyma redkvickama a posolit. Mnam.
Ja do dnesk rada vzpominam na vsechna jidla co varila babicka. Byli s dedou ze Slovenska. Jidla chudych. Jedna perlicka… Stouchany brambory se zelim a skvarkama. Samozrejme vsechno vypestovane ci vychovane doma. I kdyz dneska si do toho radeji dam libove uzene. Ale sadlem mastene to musi byt. Nebo ryzova kase. Ryze, hrach a fazole. Poradne promastene maslem. Kdybych nebyla na diete, asi bych sla varit
Ahoj lenko,
predstav si, ze jsem ten redkvickovy chleba mela! Se soli! Myslim, ze to bylo u kamaradky nebo nekde na tabore….neco takoveho…bylo to vyborne!!
Jo, s tim sadlem, my jsme vzycky vytirali pomastenou panev chlebem
Muj deda byl taky ze Slovenska!!!
To zni vsechno tak dobre!!! Myslim ze ten brambor se zelim se pos lovensku nejak jmenuje…
my daughter is doing a project in school called international day. She chose the Czech Republic.
I was wondering if you could give me some advise for really good recipes but also not to complicated.
we were going to make schnitzel I don’t know if that is a traditional czech food. thank you for your help.
Hi Lynda,
I would probably recommend doing Bublanina
It’s easy and very yummy!!! (you can find the recipe under my “Czech/Slovak recipes” category)I am so flattered your daughter picked the Czech Republic!
Let me know if you have any questions about the recipe…
Tanja
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