What else should I do when traveling in Latvia besides skiing? Of course, it's the food here. No matter where you go, you can't miss the local specialties. And the locals are more hospitable, so here are the specialties of Latvia. Let's try them together.

1. rye bread

rye bread is a good gift for Latvians to give to their friends and relatives living abroad. It's definitely different from the bread you eat elsewhere. Lā? I Bakery and Aglona Bread Museum also provide visitors with the opportunity to bake their own bread.

Latvians also like to make desserts with rye bread, such as rupjmaizeskārtojums (multi-layer rye bread dessert with berry ice cream) and maizes

zupa (bread soup or dried fruit pudding), which can be seen on the menu of restaurants.

2. Pickled vegetables and pickles

Vegetables will produce rich vitamins after several months of cold storage. Latvians especially like pickled vegetables. In some places, they also store pickled vegetables in caves because the temperature in caves is low. At Riga Central Market, you can buy all kinds of pickles and pickles that locals like, such as pickled garlic and tomatoes, Korean pickled radish, curry pickled cabbage salad, pickled pomegranate, and so on.

3. Sweet root vegetable cold soup

Sweet root soup is the most delicious when it is cold, so it is especially popular in summer. In the soup, add sour milk wine or yogurt, add mashed beetroot, egg, onion and fennel, so that the soup is thick but fragrant. If you like a strong taste, then add some mustard and wasabi. At gas stations and convenience stores, you can buy beetroot cold soup to take out.

4. Sklandrausis

Sklandrausis (carrot and potato pie) tastes between sweet and salty. This is a traditional food in western Latvia. How to make it: Put carrots and mashed potatoes in the rye dough and sprinkle with coriander seeds. Some people like to add a layer of sweet and sour cream and cinnamon to the top layer.

5. Wild mushrooms and berries

In late summer, if you are in Latvia, you can see many Latvians walking into the forest with buckets or baskets to pick mushrooms and berries. After that, the picked mushrooms and berries will be selected and cleaned. Some will be eaten immediately, while others will be stored for winter. Small mushrooms are used to make pickles, while big mushrooms are chopped, dried or refrigerated, and used to make soup or sauce.

Usually, Latvians don't like to share their favorite foraging place with others, which is the secret base of their family ~

6. Bacon red peas

Latvians are proud of their red peas, and they should know that their red peas have been included in the list of "protected places of origin in Europe"! When Latvians enjoy a hot dish in winter, red peas are the best choice, accompanied by bacon and onion juice. The best way to eat red peas is to add a cup of kefir yogurt.

7. Fruit wine

For many years, Latvia has owned the northernmost vineyard in the world, but the grape yield is low, so it uses fruits to make wine, such as apples, blackcurrants, wild cherry berries and sorbus berries. If you want to taste some very special wines, you can try rhubarb sparkling wine and birch juice wine, as well as less pumpkin wine and oak leaf wine.

8. Smoked fish

In the past, people cooked smoked fish to keep food safe for a long time. Now, although there is a refrigerator to refrigerate food, Latvians still like that special smoky smell. In fishing villages along the coast of Latvia (e.g. Pāvilosta, Ragaciems,

Lapme? Ciems, Salacgrīva and VA, etc.) can buy the freshest smoked fish. There are many native fish in Latvia's lakes, rivers and Baltic Sea, such as herring, flounder, barracuda, cod, trout, pike, salmon and catfish.

9. Honey

Because Latvia has a large area of green space and a high forest coverage rate, the land and forests here provide a perfect habitat for bees. There is no doubt that Latvia is rich in honey, pollen and bee food, which are very beneficial to health!

1. The culinary heritage of Latgale

Latgale's dishes are not only pleasant to hear, but also rich and delicious. Suggest giving it a try, K? Ockas (cottage cheese dumplings), ku? Elis (diced potatoes), gulbe? NΟ ki (jiaozi with potato stuffing). With some? Makovka (local liquor) tastes better. Latgars are famous for their hospitality. If you travel to Latagal, you must taste home-brewed beer. Almost every Latagal has home-brewed beer. It is recommended to taste local specialties in these places: Andrupene

Farmstead (Farm), LudzaCraftCentre (Handicraft Center) and Latgaleculinaryheritage

Centre (Latagal Culinary Heritage Center).

11. Add black medicinal liquor

Many Latvians have teased their foreign friends with RigaBlack

Balsam and let them have a sip of black medicinal liquor directly. Don't be afraid! This herbal wine is just a hot drink, which contains two well-known materials: blackcurrant juice+balsamic resin, coffee+balsamic resin and whipped cream. Black medicinal liquor is bitter and sweet, which has a strong effect of expelling cold.