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Serban Ethno Food Festival

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Here are a few photos from The Serbian Ethno Food Festival that I went to yesterday.

ZlatiboracZlatiborac

Dried and smoked meat products – sausages, prosciutto, kulen, sudžuk… by Zlatiborac.

GirlŽmjare

The mushy thing on the right is Žmjare, Vlachs’ dish made of corn meal, leek and sheep meat cook for a very long time. Tastes fantastic and looks like melted cheddar.

Dried Red PepperHot Pepper Flakes

Dried red peppers ready for stuffing and some hot pepper flakes. Mostly produced in the southern Serbia, around Leskovac city.

GingerbreadGingerbread

Nataša’s gingerbread cookies.

CookiesCookies

Macrobiotic cookies by La Paste.

MarigoldGirl

Have you noticed how beautiful are the girls? :D

Spelt PastaSpelt Bread

Spelt pasta and bread.

AjvarAjvar

Ajvar :)

LadySalata "Skočko"

Mirjana Hemun from Banstol and her “Jumpy salad” (“Skočko salata”).

HurkaHerbs

On the left is Hurka from Vojvodina. Made similar to švargla, but with rice.

KrvavicaWalnut Stuffed Pumpkin

On the left: Vlachs’ variation of krvavica; On the right: baked pumpkin stuffed with walnuts.

Zlatne ruke iz Ljiga

Ladies with the golden hands. A group from Ljig who made all the beautiful food below.

PicklesStuffed Apples

Pickles stuffed with red hot pepper and baked apples stuffed with walnuts.

ProjaSarma

Proja and sarma. There is a good recipe for projara (which is proja with cheese in it) on Café Chocolada.

Rolled CheeseQuittenkäs

And some of the goodies I brought home: rolled cheese with walnuts and chives and quince cheese.

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28 Comments

  • Ljilja November 27, 2009 4:06 pm

    Marija, hvala ti za ovu malu foto-reportazu. Napunila sam srce gledajuci. Divne slike.

  • Through My Kitchen Window November 27, 2009 4:15 pm

    Why wasn't this festival on when I was there about two months ago! Your photos are stunning and I simply cannot choose what I like best. Maybe it's a good thing I wasn't there otherwise I would have spent way too much money. The Ajvar looks sensational. Too much choice of so many beautiful foods. Thanks for posting.

  • Marijana November 27, 2009 5:02 pm

    super fotke, baš ih je lijepo gledati… nadam se da ću i probati jednom ono što još nisam :) mmmary

  • mamajac November 27, 2009 5:11 pm

    Predivne su ti fotke, i vala si ih brzo sredila i objavila!

  • snjezana November 27, 2009 6:07 pm

    obozavam ovakve dogadaje i uzivam u svakoj sekundi, mirisima, bojama i zvukovima. tvoje su slike tako zive i imala sam osjecaj, gledajuci ih, da sam i sama tamo.:)

  • zurin November 27, 2009 10:55 pm

    Beautiful pictures Marija!! I love the pickles..so adorable..wish I could have been there :))

  • alison November 27, 2009 10:55 pm

    this post is a real ambasador of people of serbia country!it's awesome!congrats!

  • Marigold November 28, 2009 2:31 am

    sve prekrasno i fino,vidim da je bilo svega :))…mislim da se ponavljam od prošle godine ali nadam se stvarno da ću jednom otići na ovaj etno festival…:)))

  • lusitania November 28, 2009 2:35 am

    fenomenalno! oni prsluci zlatom vezeni su pravo blago!(namjerno sam izostavila komentar o klopi ;-))

  • Sweet Corner November 28, 2009 2:50 am

    predivno, a slike su prelijepe!

  • Vali November 28, 2009 3:29 am

    Obožavam ovakve dogadjaje! Prekrasne fotke!

  • Tadeja November 28, 2009 3:30 am

    Jako volim ove tvoje reportažne postove!Doslovce bi zagrizla u ekran! :)A osim toga, budi nostalgiju….ove godine je punih 20 godina od mojeg zadnjeg posjeta Beogradu i sad već opako nedostaje, čak me i dijete pitalo: Mama, hoćemo jednom ići u Beograd?, a nekad mi je bilo pod normalno i redovno! :)) Sad imam tremu…..tko zna hoćemo li se jedno drugom nakon toliko godina ponovo svidjeti? ;))

  • Y November 28, 2009 4:15 am

    Oh the photos are mouth watering. What a great festival :)

  • SAJKACA November 28, 2009 4:34 am

    njam!What a nice composition of pictures! Mouth-watering!

  • NOELLE November 28, 2009 10:16 pm

    Could I get some of those Macrobiotic cookies? I also the Quince cheese!

  • CAHİDE November 28, 2009 10:44 pm

    Very nice site!I'm watching:)See you soon…

  • Andrea November 29, 2009 2:36 am

    Predivno Marija, ovo je bio pravi odmor za oči. Fotke su ti toliko dobre da sam skoro mogla osjetiti miris hrane. :)

  • heidi leon November 29, 2009 6:37 am

    wow, I'm amazed by the amazing variety of the Serban Cuisine. Everything looks so appealing and worth to try, specially that quince and the stuffed baked pumpkin.You did a great job picturing in your photography these variety.Thank you!

  • Sara November 29, 2009 8:35 pm

    Yum! I love seeing the pictures of all these interesting foods. I particularly love gingerbread–I haven't had the Serbian variety but I have had other Slavic/Austrian versions. So delicious!

  • Anonymous November 30, 2009 7:20 am

    Very nice pictures and the food looks so delicious! I like this blog and I hope that the Admin will post some of these yummy recipes!

  • farida November 30, 2009 12:23 pm

    Everything looks so bright and inviting! I would like to join you for this festival one day. Who knows. Everything is possible:)

  • Diana Bauman December 1, 2009 4:53 am

    What great pictures, the food and the girls are beautiful ;) That ajvar looked so good!

  • cosmo2503 December 3, 2009 8:17 am

    Prekrasne fotografije. Ovakve stvari volim, ali najčešće me razočara ponuda i prezentacija, jer vjerovatnmo očekujem previše. "La Paste"? Koji naziv! Nisu li mogli smisliti nešto u skladu sa tradicijom?Za taj vlaški specijalitet od projinog brašna nisam čula. Pravila sam nešto što tako izgleda, a pravi se da se kukuruzno barašno prvo propeče, a zatim prelije vrućom vodom, doda mast i nastavi kuhati. na kraju se dodaje kačkavalj i feta.

  • Marija December 3, 2009 1:45 pm

    Cosmo slazem se skroz :) Ono sto je mene odusevilo jeste to da je ministarstvo po prvi put dalo standove izlagacima besplatno i zato smo imali prilike da vidimo mnoge koje inace drugacije ne bismo mogli.Ince, i ja sam prvi put sada videla ovo vlasko jelo, a ukus me odusevio.

  • oko.okano December 8, 2009 1:10 pm

    Predivne slike. Napisite, molim vas, mjesto i vrijeme ovog festivala tj. gdje i kada se odrzava, da ne propustim iduce godine. Isto tako, ako neko zna dobre festivale etno-hrane u Bg-u, please javite.

  • Marija December 9, 2009 3:05 am

    @oko.okano – Festival je bio 26.11. – 28. 11. i to je i okvirno vreme i za sledecu godinu. Ne verujem da ce se znati tacno do par meseci unapred za sledecu godinu (i to je i slucaj sa svim takvim zbivanjima). Ono sto znam da ce uskoro biti (ali ne u Bg-u) je Slaninijada u Kacarevu i Kobasicijada u Turiji, oba u februaru).

  • Aleks February 11, 2010 5:05 am

    I love Ajvar! Like, totally. My Grandma is from Macedonia, and it's a very common spread there as well. I just had to smile seeing your pictues :)

  • Jasna May 16, 2011 8:19 am

    Ovo je fantasticno.Tek sada sam videla ove divne fotografije.Posebno mi se dopadaju makrobioticki kolaci od firme La Paste.PROBALA SAM IH I FANTASTICNI SU.
    HVALA ZA OVAKO LEPE FOTOGRAFIJE !

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