01/30/2023
The history of Ukrainian cuisine is several thousand years old. During this time, the gastronomic preferences of Ukrainians have fundamentally changed. What interesting things can be told about the history of Ukrainian traditional snacks?
Meals from flour began to be prepared 5000 years ago. Ancestors grew millet, wheat and barley. Rye appeared a little later - about a millennium ago.
For Ukrainians, lard is not only a valuable product, but also a symbol of national culture. According to historians, pig farming was popularized in the country in the 12th and 13th centuries. According to other records, when choosing a religion in Russia, one of the arguments in favor of Christianity was that Muslims were prescribed "not to eat pork, not to drink wine."
