To alleviate the bitterness of dandelion salad you can add half a teaspoon of mustard. Try it. In our family, we like it so much that we add mustard to all salads. It goes with potato salad perfectly too.
@@klekos6915 Interesting. I'll give it a try, thanks for the tip! I sometimes make a mustard-based dressing for my mixed salad - goes nice with zucchini and sweet potato, I find.
The boiled strawberries covered with dough. This was the weirdest for me :D I tried and liked the spinach puree. Also, i tried fried elder flower covered with flour. Fantastic! Very nice video. :)
@@ecepurtas6169 I have to admit, I've never heard of strawberries covered with dough before... Was it like a pie or a strudel but instead of apples people used strawberries?
@@SandraPotisek Its name is "Ovocne Knedliky" It is like dumplings filled with whole strawberries. I also read that it is a traditional Austrian, Czech and Hungarian sweet dumplings. I ate it in Celje. We could maybe say that Celje has it because it is relatively close to Austria.
I would love to see you talk about more Slovenian dishes! My grandma was Slovenian and I remember her delicious food. Lots of dumplings and potato dishes!
Hi Sandra, I'm learning about Slovenia to possibly move there in the future and really enjoy your channel. I'd also look forward to more Slovenian food/cooking content if you have any. Thank you!
My grampa was slovenian, with family out of austria hungary area, he loved dandelions and, my mom grew up, knowing that and taught us!! And-- same with the elderberry!!❤ mom, and i, in calif, picked elderberry flowers, to fry with egg, like her dad... and, we picked the berries too!! Thank you for sharing!! We also made potica--- holiday bread..🥐
Oh, ps.. I want to start reading slovenian again (for right now, reading, only, as, i am doing irish, from other side of family)... but, one troublel--- I am not always sure, where the stress is .. the rules seem to be varied??? Or, am I remembering wrong?? Thank you, for any info...🤗🥰.. (mid? ... second to last? .. long vowels? ) God bless, thank you, again!! I loved my grampa but, never got to see him much-- they were in Ohio...
Dandelions are so healthy but in the US we can not eat them because everyone treats them with lawn chemicals. I love how natural and “clean green” your country is.
My Slovenian Mum always made creamed spinach - and creamed broccoli - both are really delicious. The ubiquitous In Indian dish 'Saag paneer' is just spiced creamed spinach with cheese!
Živjo, Sandra, zanimivi videi. Mi rečemo grenadirmarš, ampak smo jed posvojili. Sem iz okolice Kostanjevice na Krki. Pri nas pa poznamo riževo potico z ocvirki. Je iz vlečenega testa. Verjetno je to naša posebnost, pa "cop na lop" tudi.
My mum always made the spinach sauce and I remember eating the dandelion salad when I was in Slovenia as a kid, it was really bitter 😋. I also remember a potato dish that had pork crackling in it, it was so good. I was in Slovenia last year and I can't wait to be able to go back. It really is a beautiful country and the food was great too 👍
Good picks! I have heard of Granadirmarš but I don't think it's eaten outside of Zasavje. The rest are all one of my faves. I'd also add bloodsauage + matevž + shredded turnips. And lambslettuce salad. We make this and the dandellion one with obligatory pumkin seed oil. On the cucumber sauce, we also sometimes mix it with potatoes and eat a hot dog sausage with it. There's also a similar dish but with zuccinis. That one is even better. Elder flowers we just dip the whole thing in batter and fry it. We don't remove the stems.
Yeah, the zucchini version is amazing too! I eat them both, depending on which veggie is ready to be picked. :D I've heard about dipping the elderflowers before. Need to give it a try next spring!
All of those dishes look so yummy! I would love to learn how to make them while my husband and I visit Slovinia! Also, did you end up making more Slovinian food videos?
My gramma would make me eat raw garlic if I was feeling sick. She made the dandelion salad from the leaves on her property. And I miss her making the pancakes. Cool video!
A great selection of dishes! I was also puzzled by the warm cucumber sauce. My students from the Zasavje region have recommended it to me, and I am yet to try it! It looks delish, though! Will def be cooking some of these dishes in the winter months to come! :)
It's so yummy! Up until recently, I thought everyone in Slovenia was familiar with it. We eat it all the time during the summer time, either with cucumbers or zucchini.
@@SandraPotisek I made a decent one. The only problem is I used to much flour to roll it out on, and the crust was too dry and powdery. The inside was good. Cinnamon, raisins and walnuts inside.
Puréed spinach (what you called spinach sauce) is common in Germany, usually with potatoes too. I've actually eaten elder-flower (called "Holunder" in German) pancakes too, and I've at least heard of eating young dandelion leaves as a salad. I'm not sure if I've ever eaten something like cucumber sauce, but I've definitely eaten some kind of potato / pasta casserole, probably not with cracklings. I like lard with cracklings on bread though ;-)
What about: edible dormouse, bear, blood sausage, chestnut puree, nettles, Idrijski žlikrofi (dumplings made from dough with potato filling), horse meat, vampi/tripe (edible offal from the stomachs of various farm animals),... I never heard about pasta, potato and cracklings dish, we make pumpkin (sauce) dishes with paprika and onions + possibly an eggplant and tomatoes. I'm from Littoral Slovenia and I never heard of dandelion salad with garlic, but we almost always add crispy bacon or sausage in it, it makes the dandelion less bitter. Edit: I did not ate a bear, but I did eat other things, like frog legs, nutria, kangaroo, shark, edible dormouse,...
Thanks for your suggestions! I'll be filming more videos about Slovenian food and will definitely include some of these! Edible dormouse has been brought to my attention several times after this video, but I think you're the first I've come across who actually ate it!
I've never heard of any of these foods but I feel like I would really like them. I'm vegan so I'd have to create a vegan version but they honestly sound yummy. I love the look of the elderflower pancakes! flowers in my food?--yes please! haha! sending much love from boston, massachusetts, usa 🧡🌿✨.
Grenadiermarsch is also popular in my country, Hungary as well. It originates from the Austro-Hungarian times. Spinach - we eat that too... but please... I HATE IT! Nobody eats it in my family.
Ohh, first time I hear this!! Normally people in Slovenia don't even know the dish, so I'm surprised it exists in Hungary, but makes sense history-wise. I think the Germans brought it over to our area. Haha, how can you hate spinach sauce?! It's the best ever. :D
@@SandraPotisek Indeed, Grenadiermarsch is from the Austro-Hungarian times, that is a mixture. It was originally meant for the "grenadier", an infantry division of the Austro-Hungarian army. Soldiers needed food and meat was not always available. So they mixed noodles with potatoes, paprika, and leftover bacon. Usually they were cooked in a cannon-shaped bowl, which was named as "goulash-cannon". Slovenia is a great mixture of the Italian "La dolce vita", the German "Ordnung muss sein", the wildness of the Balkan and the intelligence of Hungary. As far as I know, you also eat golaz. That is from Hungary as well. We call it "pörkölt", which translates to "stew" in English. Simply because the "golaz" directly means "gulyás", which is the "goulash soup", a national food of Hungary. The best "pörkölt" is made at home, with handmade noodles, with red wine and strictly with beef. Goulash soup, as such can only be made of beef.
Nikoli v 52 letih nismo delali take solate. Krompir je narezan ne pa zmečkan. Mislim da imamo Slovenci prečudovito hrsno. Odkar sem na Japonskem sem začela cenit!! Ker tu, tu je pa res čudna hrana. Pa še zanič je!!!!
What's the strangest dish you've ever tried?
To alleviate the bitterness of dandelion salad you can add half a teaspoon of mustard. Try it. In our family, we like it so much that we add mustard to all salads. It goes with potato salad perfectly too.
@@klekos6915 Interesting. I'll give it a try, thanks for the tip! I sometimes make a mustard-based dressing for my mixed salad - goes nice with zucchini and sweet potato, I find.
The boiled strawberries covered with dough. This was the weirdest for me :D I tried and liked the spinach puree. Also, i tried fried elder flower covered with flour. Fantastic!
Very nice video. :)
@@ecepurtas6169 I have to admit, I've never heard of strawberries covered with dough before... Was it like a pie or a strudel but instead of apples people used strawberries?
@@SandraPotisek Its name is "Ovocne Knedliky" It is like dumplings filled with whole strawberries. I also read that it is a traditional Austrian, Czech and Hungarian sweet dumplings. I ate it in Celje. We could maybe say that Celje has it because it is relatively close to Austria.
I would love to see you talk about more Slovenian dishes! My grandma was Slovenian and I remember her delicious food. Lots of dumplings and potato dishes!
I'll definitely be filming a lot more videos about Slovenian food! Hopefully some recipe ones too. Now that I can't travel, cooking is all I do, haha!
Hi Sandra, I'm learning about Slovenia to possibly move there in the future and really enjoy your channel. I'd also look forward to more Slovenian food/cooking content if you have any. Thank you!
My granddaughter and I are going to Slovenia next spring. We have enjoyed your video. Her greatgrand father’s family is from there.
Thanks Sandra!!! Keep on smiling.
My grampa was slovenian, with family out of austria hungary area, he loved dandelions and, my mom grew up, knowing that and taught us!! And-- same with the elderberry!!❤ mom, and i, in calif, picked elderberry flowers, to fry with egg, like her dad... and, we picked the berries too!! Thank you for sharing!! We also made potica--- holiday bread..🥐
Oh, ps.. I want to start reading slovenian again (for right now, reading, only, as, i am doing irish, from other side of family)... but, one troublel--- I am not always sure, where the stress is .. the rules seem to be varied??? Or, am I remembering wrong?? Thank you, for any info...🤗🥰.. (mid? ... second to last? .. long vowels? ) God bless, thank you, again!! I loved my grampa but, never got to see him much-- they were in Ohio...
Dandelions are so healthy but in the US we can not eat them because everyone treats them with lawn chemicals. I love how natural and “clean green” your country is.
Ahh, that's such a shame! Feeling very lucky a lot of our "old traditions" are still a part of our lives. We live quite green and sustainable still.
All the dishes look delicious.
My Slovenian Mum always made creamed spinach - and creamed broccoli - both are really delicious. The ubiquitous In Indian dish 'Saag paneer' is just spiced creamed spinach with cheese!
Živjo, Sandra, zanimivi videi. Mi rečemo grenadirmarš, ampak smo jed posvojili. Sem iz okolice Kostanjevice na Krki. Pri nas pa poznamo riževo potico z ocvirki. Je iz vlečenega testa. Verjetno je to naša posebnost, pa "cop na lop" tudi.
Se bom morala zapeljati do Kostanjevice, da sprobam!
My mum always made the spinach sauce and I remember eating the dandelion salad when I was in Slovenia as a kid, it was really bitter 😋. I also remember a potato dish that had pork crackling in it, it was so good. I was in Slovenia last year and I can't wait to be able to go back. It really is a beautiful country and the food was great too 👍
Good picks! I have heard of Granadirmarš but I don't think it's eaten outside of Zasavje. The rest are all one of my faves. I'd also add bloodsauage + matevž + shredded turnips. And lambslettuce salad. We make this and the dandellion one with obligatory pumkin seed oil. On the cucumber sauce, we also sometimes mix it with potatoes and eat a hot dog sausage with it. There's also a similar dish but with zuccinis. That one is even better. Elder flowers we just dip the whole thing in batter and fry it. We don't remove the stems.
Yeah, the zucchini version is amazing too! I eat them both, depending on which veggie is ready to be picked. :D I've heard about dipping the elderflowers before. Need to give it a try next spring!
Great. Now I am hungry! That pasta and and pancakes are so up my alley.
Haha, I'll make some for you!
All of those dishes look so yummy! I would love to learn how to make them while my husband and I visit Slovinia!
Also, did you end up making more Slovinian food videos?
I hope you do! Unfortunately, I had to take a break from RUclips, but hopefully I'll have some up soon. Or at least on TikTok if not here. :)
Živjo! Zelo dobro ti gre učenje angleščine. Tvoj video je zelo zanimiv. Sandra, did you anderstand me?
How is the warm cucumber sauce called? I want to try it 🙂
We call it "tople kumare". :)
@@SandraPotisek thanks! Let's see what I'll find on RUclips about it 🙏😊
My gramma would make me eat raw garlic if I was feeling sick. She made the dandelion salad from the leaves on her property. And I miss her making the pancakes. Cool video!
Thanks for watching, Lauren!
Garlic is the cure for everithng in SLO 😂
My grandma stuck it even in my ear when I had a toothake 😀
@@pticasenica178 yes mine did the same!!
@@laurenhorner7624 😂
A great selection of dishes! I was also puzzled by the warm cucumber sauce. My students from the Zasavje region have recommended it to me, and I am yet to try it! It looks delish, though! Will def be cooking some of these dishes in the winter months to come! :)
It's so yummy! Up until recently, I thought everyone in Slovenia was familiar with it. We eat it all the time during the summer time, either with cucumbers or zucchini.
when I visit Slovenia I will definitely try these dishes. That pasta and potatoes looks delicious.
It's comfort food at its best!
Actually dandelion is one of the healthiest things one can eat. I want to try it one day.
True! Full of iron. :)
looking forward to see you making potica
I'm not sure I'm ready for that, haha! It sounds quite complicated and to be honest, I'm not a huge fan of potica myself. 🙊
@@SandraPotisek I made a decent one. The only problem is I used to much flour to roll it out on, and the crust was too dry and powdery. The inside was good. Cinnamon, raisins and walnuts inside.
Puréed spinach (what you called spinach sauce) is common in Germany, usually with potatoes too. I've actually eaten elder-flower (called "Holunder" in German) pancakes too, and I've at least heard of eating young dandelion leaves as a salad. I'm not sure if I've ever eaten something like cucumber sauce, but I've definitely eaten some kind of potato / pasta casserole, probably not with cracklings. I like lard with cracklings on bread though ;-)
Ahhh, interesting to know it’s a thing in Germany too! We do share quite a few “traditional” dishes. ☺️
Hmm... Warm cucambers with patatoes... :D we usually eat them with chicken or turkey sausage and bread. Celje region.
What about: edible dormouse, bear, blood sausage, chestnut puree, nettles, Idrijski žlikrofi (dumplings made from dough with potato filling), horse meat, vampi/tripe (edible offal from the stomachs of various farm animals),... I never heard about pasta, potato and cracklings dish, we make pumpkin (sauce) dishes with paprika and onions + possibly an eggplant and tomatoes.
I'm from Littoral Slovenia and I never heard of dandelion salad with garlic, but we almost always add crispy bacon or sausage in it, it makes the dandelion less bitter.
Edit: I did not ate a bear, but I did eat other things, like frog legs, nutria, kangaroo, shark, edible dormouse,...
Thanks for your suggestions! I'll be filming more videos about Slovenian food and will definitely include some of these! Edible dormouse has been brought to my attention several times after this video, but I think you're the first I've come across who actually ate it!
@@SandraPotisek It's a traditional food in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. Romans even bred edible dormouse's in wicker cages and clay pots.
I've never heard of any of these foods but I feel like I would really like them. I'm vegan so I'd have to create a vegan version but they honestly sound yummy. I love the look of the elderflower pancakes! flowers in my food?--yes please! haha! sending much love from boston, massachusetts, usa 🧡🌿✨.
Most of these can easily be made vegan and yes, so yummy! Let me know if you try any. :)
I believe dandelion is also called plantain.
Plantain is a different plant.
Domnevam da si iz zasauja?
Bingo! :D
Grenadiermarsch is also popular in my country, Hungary as well. It originates from the Austro-Hungarian times.
Spinach - we eat that too... but please... I HATE IT! Nobody eats it in my family.
Ohh, first time I hear this!! Normally people in Slovenia don't even know the dish, so I'm surprised it exists in Hungary, but makes sense history-wise. I think the Germans brought it over to our area. Haha, how can you hate spinach sauce?! It's the best ever. :D
@@SandraPotisek Indeed, Grenadiermarsch is from the Austro-Hungarian times, that is a mixture. It was originally meant for the "grenadier", an infantry division of the Austro-Hungarian army. Soldiers needed food and meat was not always available. So they mixed noodles with potatoes, paprika, and leftover bacon. Usually they were cooked in a cannon-shaped bowl, which was named as "goulash-cannon". Slovenia is a great mixture of the Italian "La dolce vita", the German "Ordnung muss sein", the wildness of the Balkan and the intelligence of Hungary.
As far as I know, you also eat golaz. That is from Hungary as well. We call it "pörkölt", which translates to "stew" in English. Simply because the "golaz" directly means "gulyás", which is the "goulash soup", a national food of Hungary. The best "pörkölt" is made at home, with handmade noodles, with red wine and strictly with beef. Goulash soup, as such can only be made of beef.
@@gergelylazar6647 Yes, correct! Golaž that we picked up from the Hungarians is a very popular meat stew in Slovenia.
We cook this in India also ❤️ great video.
I texted you on Instagram but couldn't get reply from you😅 😅 will look forward
You mean the palak paneer jhol?
Nikoli v 52 letih nismo delali take solate. Krompir je narezan ne pa zmečkan.
Mislim da imamo Slovenci prečudovito hrsno. Odkar sem na Japonskem sem začela cenit!! Ker tu, tu je pa res čudna hrana. Pa še zanič je!!!!
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