What Is Lithuanian Food? - Cooking in America

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5 жыл бұрын

On today's episode of Cooking in America, Sheldon is at Mama Papa Lithuania Restaurant in California to get a primer on a countries food that is rare in the USA.
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@lightzaber1437 5 жыл бұрын

my mom is lithuanian so im glad it’s getting represented but y’all really gotta try sakotis holy moly

@ninzimni239 5 жыл бұрын

lightzaber my mum is Lithuanian too

@user-lb2rb6mn5w 5 жыл бұрын

Heh, I'm Lithuanian 😎

@deividasddd5677 5 жыл бұрын

@@user-lb2rb6mn5w as ir

@averagekilo3397 4 жыл бұрын

Šakotis yra žiauriai skanus

@danielbaltutis4071 4 жыл бұрын

FrixyFN šakotis is where it’s at!

@canecorsomolosser3294 5 жыл бұрын

Many respects for this Lithuanian restaurant. Food brings people together 😊

@cyclop1312 5 жыл бұрын

For the ones telling that those are not traditional Lithuanian dishes. Cold Borsch was originated in Lithuania. Golubtsi or cabbage rolls are a part of many cuisines, from Balkans to East Asia. Draniki or potato pancakes is also a dish included in almost every European cuisine, even though it is the "national dish" of Belarus. Cooking is a universal language, nothing is original. All the cuisines have similarities. Don't be jerks and enjoy the video.

@ErikChan 5 жыл бұрын

thank you George

@heesingsia4634 5 жыл бұрын

George Pap I think I might have eaten something similar to golubtsi in some dim sum related Asian cuisine. The cold borsch looks like it's something I need to try before I die.

@SDKsa1 5 жыл бұрын

I do not think any food is strictly one country invention... They are made by people, who later other people adopt from then and so on. Humanity is great at cookin thats the truth. I enjoy all types of cabbage rolls from all Europeans.

@auriaska99 5 жыл бұрын

@@shanda1219 Lithuania was once the biggest country in Europe and now its one of the smallest so it's possible that a lot of former lands of Lithuania can have same dishes....

@raitiC1 5 жыл бұрын

@@auriaska99 So Lithuanians gave everyone their food! Just say thank you! Is that so hard! :D

@user-ow6vv3pn3v 2 жыл бұрын

Man this is awesome I am half lithuanian half ukrainian and proud to be born in Lithuania. And it's so cool to me that someone represents our cuisine. I wish all the best to that restaurant. Prosper brothers and sisters.

@TheRafaBStudio 5 жыл бұрын

Respect, Lithuania. I use to have a great friend from Lithuania, Renata. One of the most beautiful people i had the pleasure to know.

@justaspetrokas1842 5 жыл бұрын

my mum has that name 😂

@amyabramajtys2100 3 жыл бұрын

I knew a Renata when I was little, I guess I thought she was Italian.... but I'll bet she was Lith! I ended up married a part Lithuanian; hence the name.

@bryantcox3125 4 жыл бұрын

Dated an American-Lithuanian years ago and really loved the background. If EVER in Chicago suburbs, check out Grand Duke's Lithuanian Restaurant. So amazing. Try the Zeppelin and Kugelis if you can.

@sbalchan 5 жыл бұрын

Truly humble host and restaurant owner. Love this episode.

@donnamarsh3474 3 жыл бұрын

My Dad was Lithuanian. This brings me back to my childhood. 🥰

@CrimsonEsso 5 жыл бұрын

So hungry now. Miss Latvian and Lithuanian food so much.

@amyabramajtys2100 3 жыл бұрын

me too!

@MaybeMattMartin 5 жыл бұрын

All the Lithuanians probably just search up ,,Lithuania" just to see what comes up :D

@kayc196 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. We do. :)

@agroach6786 5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@tobizas 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah we do but not only Lithuanians everybody probably does that

@FireCandy_Lt 5 жыл бұрын

OMG its so true

@spexz6158 5 жыл бұрын

I did that exactly

@Fernslash 5 жыл бұрын

I tried some Lithuanian food and I love it..

@ashhoomanawanui8992 11 ай бұрын

Yay Sheldon whose from Big Island, Hawaii covering Lithuanian food! I'm Native Hawaiian born and raised in Hilo but my hubby is part Lithuanian from Illinois 😍. I love this episode, Sheldon is so respectful and a great host!

@kanani7410 Ай бұрын

That’s crazy!! My mom is from Lithuania and my dad is native Hawaiian!

@ashhoomanawanui8992 Ай бұрын

@@kanani7410 beautiful mix!

@brethren111 5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah I'm Latvian and this is almost the same food as in latvia, I was never about the cold soups, but I always loved boiled potatoes with goulash and meat patties, they usually have onion garlic and probably parsley salt and pepper, one thing I really loved, also thin pancakes filled with meat

@hamzahsyahputra696 5 жыл бұрын

ivy Strauss Thats Cool! Ivy, in my country a lot of Russian Restaurant. Whats the different between Russian and ex Uni Soviet Country food? 2nd Question. Can I have your country food in the Russia restaurant? Thanks!

@aidasmatulaitis5175 5 жыл бұрын

Broliukas ;)

@richard7673 2 жыл бұрын

i mean we are very similar countries and if im not wrong, very similar people that split into different countries later in the 18-19th century?

@chris48608 5 жыл бұрын

We enjoy the food at Mama Papa Lithuania!.The decor is imported from their country, so you feel like you have time warped there for dinner. And we come here from Seattle to enjoy their home-cooked meals.

@peterpro9284 3 жыл бұрын

i'm lithuanian - and the beet dish we call vinegrettas make it a little differently so its nice to see it the way you make it.

@ChefRafi 5 жыл бұрын

Boston has a cool Lithuanian club/restaurant too. We spent St. Patrick’s there! 🇱🇹

@xangurung 5 жыл бұрын

Omg! Those food looks unique, simple and delicious. How did I never got this cuisine in my recommendation.

@nkechiogwuru6017 5 жыл бұрын

Very appetizing food,I look forward tasting the meal when I visit Lithuania

@vaughnslavin9784 4 жыл бұрын

I am half Lithuanian from my dad’s side. Thank you for this video!

@tomasgaud8871 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, cheers from Vilnius, Lithuanian capital!

@lukasyt9604 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers from saulia to you (I can never spell it 🤦‍♂️😂)

@sophieknobloch2806 5 жыл бұрын

Everything looks YUMMY! and comforting.

@dreadwing01 5 жыл бұрын

Looks great I would love to try it.

@lindalately 5 жыл бұрын

Wow looks good. Sadly there are no restaurants in my area that have these items so... I’m living vicariously through these videos

@prolymoly7137 5 жыл бұрын

It all looks so good!

@fainulllka777 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! I'm from kleipeda to chicago and now Boston and cheers to the owner (we need some restaurants over here)

@CHEVYCAMARO4GEN 5 жыл бұрын

This makes me wana try this, such interesting food

@lysergicjimmy69 5 жыл бұрын

Those cabbage rolls look mighty tasty

@mndmon2273 5 жыл бұрын

Oh they are😏😏

@Dougerro 5 жыл бұрын

Try polish with tomato sauce

@flipnshifty 5 жыл бұрын

Nasty

@adriannayolanda7934 5 жыл бұрын

It's delicious

@hippityhoppityspongeysbope9135 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah im lithuanian its a popuoar dish in lithuanian you should try it

@Juoz4s 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Eater For uploading this video i am a true Lithuanian and im very happy to see a video about lithuanian food

@aluxbalum 5 жыл бұрын

I loved this there is always a central focus in the same cuisines, it's refreshing to learn about new ones.

@mysisterisafoodie 5 жыл бұрын

MB Korean and Filipino right!???

@larrybirdstrashtalk8272 5 жыл бұрын

Great show, great host, great content. They could really stretch these out and run ads, so it's great to see concise quality content.

@Paperbagman555 5 жыл бұрын

Eater is killin' it with these uploads

@alonarobertamanoharan266 4 жыл бұрын

This very cute well done chief your a dad great am happy for all 3 of you and your family

@modestasgendvilas4779 4 жыл бұрын

great food :) best wishes from Lithuania !

@romasandmo 4 жыл бұрын

My country! Nice We make Lithuanian food too!

@user-dg7sy8cz3b 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!

@damohr69 5 жыл бұрын

such a cool guy! that food looked nice!

@gintarassenfeldas8639 Жыл бұрын

Loved the video! You should come visit our Lithuanian food truck in Cary, North Carolina! We are the first and only in the U.S. since 2018! Keep up the content and hope to meet you one day! :) - Baltic Bites

@barbarascott9125 Жыл бұрын

Great food truck! We are so lucky to have it in Cary! Reminds me of my grandmother's cooking!

@augustas6630 5 жыл бұрын

Any one from LT?

@GameplayDaily 4 жыл бұрын

Im from Lithuania

@saimahesh9115 4 жыл бұрын

Labas!!

@GameplayDaily 4 жыл бұрын

@@saimahesh9115 Labas!!!!!!

@Vincent98987 4 жыл бұрын

Aš

@sdogg 3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to finding out more about my Lithuanian heritage

@unknowndarkorbit1 4 жыл бұрын

cold borsch we use in south india as well with rice . its very tasty.

@riproar11 Жыл бұрын

During the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe, including the lands of present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia, extending from the Baltic to the Black seas. After the Baltic Picnic in June, a bunch of us would follow with dinner at Mama Papa. I can't believe they didn't make or show "cepelinai" which is Lithuania's national dish! Translates to "zeppelins" and they are similar to the pancake consistency, but potato and rice mixture is stuffed with ground meat, mushrooms, onions, etc. It is topped with a brown gravy or a zesty cheese cream sauce similar to Hollandaise. It's my favorite at this restaurant!

@kalarthethird7593 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, now I want to visit Detroit ! Cheers and love from Switzerland :)

@Lordwolfie59 5 жыл бұрын

This guy seems so nice for some reason.

@sarudedandorm1452 5 жыл бұрын

Cooking In America, Dining On A Dime, Halo-Halo are the only reasons Im subscribed in this channel

@ZennyReacts 5 жыл бұрын

I dont like beets but that soup looks amazing

@elkhunter76 5 жыл бұрын

Potato pancakes and cabbage rolls yum!

@rockonblackops777 5 жыл бұрын

Looks delicious

@tonysavath6491 5 жыл бұрын

" holy shu shus " why come that made me chuckle so hard lol

@Arturas1244 5 жыл бұрын

Cold Borsch is called saltibarsciai with boiled potatoe in lithuania its more like hot summer food :)

@alfredasjasaitis7561 Жыл бұрын

So cool!

@kailyjamessokame.6028 3 жыл бұрын

PLEASE come to Michigan!

@onelungg 5 жыл бұрын

These are Samogitian potato pancakes (Samogitia is Northwest part of Lithuania AKA Žemaitija). Regular potato pancakes are without meat. It's a minor error only in name :) Stuffed cabbage rolls is National food in all East Europe and locally called "Pigeons" in every country. Everyone will claim it's their National food :) Cold borscht is most Lithuanian food - it originated Grand Duchy of Lithuania so it's popular in Belarus and Poland. Also use Kefir instead of Yogurt. I know... wtf is Kefir...

@Arturas1244 5 жыл бұрын

kefir is fermented milk drink. you can even drink kefir alone or with boiled potatoe.

@milkpastasoup8960 4 жыл бұрын

@@Arturas1244 I want to try it again but my childhood dislike for it is telling me not to.

@sargentwaag1483 4 жыл бұрын

Žemaitija! Now I posted complaining we dont make Saltibarsciai with any milk. Sour cream yes. Butter milk makes it too thick. Sorrel soup and herring pancakes for the win.

@rajonomistika 2 жыл бұрын

People are saying it's not our traditional food, but then why is it called Samogitian pancakes?

@MrAugencas 2 жыл бұрын

Kefir its a butter milk

@alexandreizokaitis293 5 жыл бұрын

Cold Borscht? I think he meant šaltibarščiai...

@FireCandy_Lt 5 жыл бұрын

cia angliskas pavadinimas nes saltibarscius isskleidus gauni saltus barscius, aka saltus burokelius ir del to cold borscht soup

@milenaveitaite8789 5 жыл бұрын

Alexandre Izokaitis yea I call it šaltibarščiai as well and I was a little confused😂

@kristinyt 5 жыл бұрын

@@FireCandy_Lt I would say "cold beetroot soup" is more accurate and more popular. First, because it's self-explanatory and second, because "borscht" is just russian word which literally means "beetroot soup". So why use russian? I understand if you use "šaltibarščiai" and then translate it but russian word doesn't make any sense to me (?).

@jedajuz 4 жыл бұрын

Mostly people around the world actually call it "Pink soup"

@auniquehandle 5 жыл бұрын

In Vietnam we have some dishes similar to the cabbage roll

@kiemsargis7963 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Lithuania that pink soup name is šadibaršciai potato cake is bulviniai blinai

@dirtbaker 3 жыл бұрын

I am Lithuanoan and eating that styled food.

@muhchung 5 жыл бұрын

I am surprised there is no kugelis!

@justaspetrokas1842 5 жыл бұрын

omg yess

@bevpaul8993 4 жыл бұрын

kugelis SHOULD be #1. YES.

@choppychopz7548 3 жыл бұрын

Same but I love cepeninas

@choppychopz7548 3 жыл бұрын

Cepelinas*

@MichaelSmith-xf9rh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for embracing my culture and food.

@Inhaliation 5 жыл бұрын

You can see how it's a sort of mixture of nordic and russian/slavic cuisine. Dill is such an amazing herb. For any season!

@ExtremeUnction1988 5 жыл бұрын

Max I've been living in Russia for four years and it's funny they put dill on everything, even where it doesn't belong. I'm pretty sick of it actually haha.

@rds7516 5 жыл бұрын

Baltic culture is essentially a mixture of germanic/slavic cultures, no surprise there.

@navajanu7297 5 жыл бұрын

Nordic? what's nordic about this? Nothing.

@shaz3r786 5 жыл бұрын

doesnt matter how much dill you put, your cuisine is still gutter scum.

@iewutake Жыл бұрын

As a lithuanian - NO

@lauralebedeva2425 5 жыл бұрын

Nice nice :D But where is our cepelinai? Its our the main one food man!!

@tantronic7760 3 жыл бұрын

Kopustai, and beets, and meat pancakes,plus cream,they got lithuanian cuisine on point, expect for making zepelinai

@santsanitacion7184 3 жыл бұрын

Me too, half Lithuanian but get so little info on this part of my heritage

@ThisPetervang 5 жыл бұрын

I’d like to see Sheldon x The Union Kitchen in MN!

@RudieObias 5 жыл бұрын

The best Eastern European food in America is in the Midwest, especially in Cleveland!

@recoil53 5 жыл бұрын

Chicago has a lot of good Polish restaurants and Milwaukee has a few old ones too. Chicago has the largest Polish population of any city outside of Warsaw and Milwaukee was built up by German & Polish immigrants.

@emilijuspoviliunas6009 3 жыл бұрын

@@recoil53 yes, idk why, but lots of lithuanians and polish and other eastern European went to Chicago, so there are many restourants of those cousines

@Dragwolf2334 5 жыл бұрын

Please do Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, and Scottish food next!

@bachureliz 5 жыл бұрын

You can find Borsch and other (here not mentioned) dishes in Jewish cousine as well. Common history

@jordanahamed4316 5 жыл бұрын

Those cabbage rolls look great

@rochesterjohnny7555 3 жыл бұрын

cool my Polish grandmother made the same dishes just slightly different

@tioco12 5 жыл бұрын

Man those potato pancakes... I'm missing out!

@GameplayDaily 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah you really are missing out.

@hargow4u 4 жыл бұрын

Why was there no reaction to this potato pancakes under the pillow story?!! I have so many questions!

@sebastianalfonso3703 5 жыл бұрын

He missed out on the fried rye bread...

@user-el1gx2ve8c 4 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Alfonso with garlic...

@emilijuspoviliunas6009 3 жыл бұрын

Ghat snack IS HECKING DIPING YO MAMA BE TRIPPIN PICKIN DELICIOUS!!!

@domukas495 3 жыл бұрын

Mmmm... Lithuania food looks like tasty, ow wait, im from Lithuania already to

@FaithBell-mu2eg 4 жыл бұрын

What? Aren't there any Lithuanians in Texas? I can't find one Lithuanian Restaurant anywhere. Food looks yummy!!!!

@gintarasskuzinskas6967 4 жыл бұрын

SUPER

@recoil53 5 жыл бұрын

If you have good dumplings, I'm there.

@indreidea1 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah we do have those 😎🤙

@jairexplores8718 2 жыл бұрын

Very similar dishes to some Russian dishes but it all looks delicious!

@silvatwd3842 5 жыл бұрын

I'm from Lithuania lol🇱🇹

@kailyjamessokame.6028 2 жыл бұрын

WE NEED YOU IN MICHIGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@angeliquemartinez2987 4 жыл бұрын

From Hayward and Lithuanian Irish and Mexican with children who are more Mexican. We def going here!

@pattynellis7347 Жыл бұрын

My grandmother's born in Lithuania

@m3r594 4 жыл бұрын

Btw what a beautiful reason this man has go Lithuania xxx

@heidiallain6053 Жыл бұрын

Try cleveland for a Lithuanian club /restaurant!!!! 😊

@BerlinIsNotChicago 5 жыл бұрын

where is the kuge?

@AndrisLelisTravelChanel 4 жыл бұрын

I looked Lithuanian Batonas recipe on search ha ha

@summerlove1742 3 жыл бұрын

My mom is Lithuanian and Irish 🤗😍

@chuchuchuchia 5 жыл бұрын

Hearty veg and ground meat

@LTULithuania 2 жыл бұрын

Try Cepelinai 😎💪

@azismansion 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm...

@travissomething3341 5 жыл бұрын

Do a Czechoslovakian restaurant!!

@240pixel 5 жыл бұрын

Czechoslovakia is no longer a country. its like "do a Yugoslavian restaurant"

@Adam1o1Alaby 5 жыл бұрын

lithuanian food looks simple and nice specially when it is hot but i can't try the ones with pork. other issue, lithuanians dishes are few? can't fill a full book I guess

@Mr_Ali_G 4 жыл бұрын

Pas mus "Kaimas" Piterbore the best 👍😊

@cookiemonster-ef7wi 3 жыл бұрын

I tried making lithanuia food but I failed so I just made scrambled egg

@saule8545 3 жыл бұрын

shouldn't you be using kefir for cold borscht?

@519hotboy 5 жыл бұрын

West of Chicago? Isn't this restaurant in Alameda California?? You did say East Bay!?!?!

@emilijuspoviliunas6009 3 жыл бұрын

We call cabbage rolls "pigeons" lmao

@Svitojus 5 жыл бұрын

Rice was never used in cabbage rolls. It is a soviet invention, because people rarely could get enough meat from a shop. Pink soup is not made with yoghurt too. Totally different taste.

@AHG1347 5 жыл бұрын

Park Street has all of the restaurants on the main island. This would be worth trying out someday. Have you tried Tucker's Ice Cream? There is always a line out the door.