Week 1: Belarusian culture - Thomas De Saffel
Hello
everyone, I am Thomas and I will give you a more detailed view about the
culture in Belarus.
At this moment, the sun is shining and the
temperature is moderate. I walked with the others in a busy street in the
centre of Minsk. We passed by a lot of restaurants and places where you can
eat. An ideal moment to taste the Belarusian cuisine. The Belarusian cuisine
consists mainly of vegetables, meat(chiefly pork) and breads. The
food is here usually either slowly cooked or stewed. By eating a Belarusian
meal, we can compare the Belgian cuisine with the Belarusian cuisine. The meal
was very good and very healthy. A random Belarusian talked to me in poor
English that it is typical for a Belarusian to have a light breakfast and two
hearty meals during the day, with dinner being the largest meal of the day. So,
this is very different from our culture. A real must is the draniki, a kind of
potato pancake. It’s the national dish of Belarus. The draniki pancakes are
shallow-fried pancakes of grated or ground potato, flour and egg, often
flavored with grated onion or garlic. It was very delicious and I really
enjoyed it to eat this potato pancake. I should suggest to import this stuff to
other countries.
In
the afternoon, I visited a friend in the city Minsk. We know each other from
the night life. He did a typical phenomenon for this area. A Belarusian host
present an offering of bread and salt when greeting a guest or visitor to show
hospitality. It’s a Slavic tradition to make the guest feel comfortable. He
offered me also Kvass, a drink made from fermented malted brown bread or rye
flour. It’s a non-alcoholic drink so nothing to worry about! I was very
surprised how tolerant and warm the people live here. I think, I will come back
to this city in the future.
I thank you for reading this detailed view and I hope that I raise your interests in the Belarusian kitchen!
Thomas and his fellowship
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Hello
everyone, I am Thomas and I will give you a more detailed view about the
culture in Belarus. 
In
the afternoon, I visited a friend in the city Minsk. We know each other from
the night life. He did a typical phenomenon for this area. A Belarusian host
present an offering of bread and salt when greeting a guest or visitor to show
hospitality. It’s a Slavic tradition to make the guest feel comfortable. He
offered me also Kvass, a drink made from fermented malted brown bread or rye
flour. It’s a non-alcoholic drink so nothing to worry about! I was very
surprised how tolerant and warm the people live here. I think, I will come back
to this city in the future. 
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