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Hello All-
Sorry for the delay, but I am developing a sort of schedule now, along with some semblance of a social life, so sadly I can't spend all my time furiously typing...

The subject of this post is food. I know everyone has been dying to know what I eat here, and how I eat it, and when I eat it and all of that, and I would absolutely hate to keep anyone in suspense.


The typical Croatian family will eat a light breakfast, i.e., toast, coffee, or cereal. The big meal of the day comes around 2. Most people come home from work to eat a hot lunch. Dinner is generally quick and small.

But I was lucky enough to have ended up with the family who is not at all the traditional Croatian family. We eat a smallish lunch, and everyone eats a big dinner together.

Both Janet and Tomislav are fantastic cooks. Tomislav bakes fresh bread about every two days, which is delicious, he seems to throw it together out of nothing. They are very acccomodating when it comes to making dishes for me that aren't red meat. Last week they had wild boar (!) but I had pasta salad.

I eat more fruits and vegetables here then I did at home, since everything is so fresh, you can practically taste the dirt. (Sometimes you really can.) Last night we had giant mushrooms, fresh from the forest. You never know what will appear on the table.

Stuffed Peppers are Croatia's well-known dish. The peppers are hollowed out and filled with a sticky combo of rice and some type of meat. The peppers are then served in a tomatoe based broth. (Yum.) Many people snack on "Burek," which is a crumbly pastry filled with anything from meat to cheese. Apparently they are best when hot. (They sort of freak me out) Zagreb is also famous for its pizza. Croatians claim it is much better then Italy's pizza.

I am addicted to Croatian's chocolate, which is called Bayadere; a little rectangle of chocolate with a hazelnutty penutbuttery filling. The only food related product I miss from home are Wheat Thins. (Hint Hint)

So there it is, the fabulously exciting description of Croatian food.

On Saturday I will be visiting the Plitvice Lakes, (by the way, the c in Croatian is pronunced like tse, so try Plitvice out) and on Sunday, I am going to the countryside for some castle viewing.

Love to everyone in the United States of America, in Croatian the U.S.A translates to SAD, pronunced esade.

Kelsey