31.12.09

Ribs

Ready for New Year's celebration? Or have you already entered 2010? :) Pork and "french salad" (the French I know have never seen or tasted this salad so I don't know where the name comes from) is the typical New Year's Eve meal in Croatia. Following pork tradition, the photo of Arena and its rib-shaped architecture seems to be appropriate:

9 comments:

  1. This is really interesting. I come from Greece, where pork is the traditional Xmas (and new year) meat. We also have a similar salad that is a popular new year's eve dish, only we call it "Russian salad".

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  2. OK, I couldn't resist - I looked it up on Wikipedia. Apparently, Russian salad (Русский салат) is a Russian and Ukranian dish also popular in the Balkans. It was invented in the 1860s by the *French* chef Lucien Olivier, who worked in one of Moscow's most celebrated restaurants.

    What can I say... you learn a new thing every day :-)

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  3. Koliko lijepih fotki sa tvojih setnji Jarunom.
    Sretna ti nova godina!

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  4. If those are ribs, they'd be able to feed your entire country! ;)

    Wishing you and your family a peaceful and love-filled new year!

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  5. Great photo for a celebration. Happy New Year to you too.

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  6. Curious tradition! I have no idea about typical meals for NYE in Chile... though more people opt for seafood.
    Sretna Nova godina! :)

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  7. Great piece of architecture and clever association with your typical food! :-)
    Happy New Year, Mirela!

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  8. yep. pork and french salad far away from croatia, on the other side of the atlantic. :-)) today? maybe homemade mlinci...:-D happy new year to my croatia!

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  9. Hope you enjoyed your pork Mirela, looks like the ribs have been licked clean! Happy New Year!

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