Sampling Food and Drink in Belarus 2014-08-05 07.25.44

Sampling Food and Drink in Belarus

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August 8th 2014
We are enjoying the food and drink here in Minsk. We find that we like both. The local cuisine uses lots of beets, carrots, and cabbage. Chicken is the main affordable meat. They make a type of crepe called blinnly and stuff it with different things like cream cheese. And most things have a dollop of delicious sour cream. They also use lots of mayonnaise. Restaurants have menus with pictures wh ... read more

Europe » Belarus » Minsk Voblast » Minsk

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After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a ... ... read more