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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in former Yugoslavia and I ate lots of veggies, salads and grains, beans, rice, fruit and some meat until 20s. Later meat became more prominent meal feature, but normally one chicken fed 6 of us with rice, soup, tomato and cucumber salads.

Beans with a tiny bit of smoked ribs, salad could be one bib lettuce with salt, vinegar and a bit of oil. Stews were also a large part of our menu. Peas with no meat, type of stew was a regular menu item. Cabbage also was a staple in summer and in winter. Many, many pickled veggies during winters.
Sweets were for holidays, but grandma would make crepes or our version of donuts occasionally without a special occasion.

Almost all food I ate until 16 years old was home made. Bread was bought daily though.

I still eat that way, but with a bit more meat in meals. However, diet there has changed to include more meat today and more processed and fast food.[/quote]

My family is from the former Yugoslavia too!  This was exactly what we ate too (I was born here, but my mom's cooking preferences and palette didn't change).  We also had lamb on holidays or special occasions.

Funny enough, I craved my grandmother's crepes/palacinke this past weekend and tried making them. Not the same![/quote]

Hi there! Food was much healthier there when I was growing up than today. There is a misconception that we only ate meat, and cevapi, but that was only if we went to a restaurant and that was nor very common back then. I am eating stew for lunch right now, the same way grandma used to make it! (a little brag... I learned from grandma to make crepes!)[/quote]

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