Latvian traditional food. Our country style of eating isderived from what the sea, rivers, forests, and gardens provide. Good lampreyor eel, all the tasty seafood items are Latvian delicacies.Just imagineclassic pickled herring with potatoes, cottage cheese and pickles servedtogether with curdled milk or a beer. A farmer doesn t think about any eatingtheories he simply eats whatever the season provides, whatever has beenharvested, the meat from whatever animal has been slaughtered. It s a naturalway of life. On the other hand, the farmers eat too much bacon and potatoes andtherefore they get fat and dumb. Simple families from Riga eatwhatever they can buy in the shops.
Many families can t allow delicacies likesalmon or caviar, so their usual meals are meat, pasta, potatoes, rise or otherporgies. Latvian people like vegetables very much cucumbers, cabbage,tomatoes, eggplants, beets, carrots. Many people like to add fennel, bazilik orother spices.