Comments on: 8 Familiar But Distinctly Bulgarian Foods Your Stomach Shouldn’t Be Sorry It Missed

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:39:44 +0000

In reply to Lubo.

Thank you for the nice comment and happy to share the moment too 🙂

https://31.media.tumblr.com/f2938e856b5e6b78bde0d85b415c2017/tumblr_naj41pIM5h1rvhqlvo1_500.gif

By: Lubo

Lubo — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:11:29 +0000

Yet another Bulgarian expat (30+ years in the US with occasional vacations in Bulgaria) who has been in Bulgaria for a bit and had a chance to try most of these again to remind me of my childhood. Chiming in to say thanks for the bog entry (i.e. spreading the love).

By: I Scream Kitchen

I Scream Kitchen — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:03:03 +0000

Hey, I am also a Bulgarian. I currently live in Austria and I am writing a food blog, so it’s really cool to see that somebody is trying Bulgarian food and spreading the love! If you are still curious about the spreads you got there on your Kyopoolou picture, the red one is Lyutentsa (roasted pepper spread, that is awesome with Bulgarian brine cheese over a fresh slice of bread), as Ivan already said, the brown spread below is the Kyopoolou (roasted peppers, eggplant, onions, garlic and tomatoes), which I believe originates from Turkey but we’ve made our own, the white one next to the brown one is Katuk (yoghurt,brine cheese and garlic) and the one below is bean salad.

As for the gyuvetch, I think the picture depicts a satch (the name comes from the flat type of dish it’s cooked in), while gyuvetch is made with generous amounts of peas, peppers, eggplant,etc (but no olives) and usually pork pieces, as you mentioned and is prepared in a deep clay pot with a clay lid.

If you ever go back, you have to try the tripe soup!

Cheers,

Tsvety ( http://iscreamkitchen.blogspot.co.at/ )

P.S. We don’t normally eat shopska salad in the morning, especially not with rakiya, unless your day has started midday haha 😉

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:10:11 +0000

In reply to Ivaylo. Thanks, it helps!

By: Ivaylo

Ivaylo — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:53:03 +0000

In reply to Anil Polat. I believe it is called "Bobena salata" (bean salad.. or something like that)