Estonian cuisine
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Traditional Estonian cuisine has substantially been based on meat and potatoes, and on fish in coastal and lakeside areas. However, it now shows influences from a variety of international cuisines and
The Baltic herring räim was elected the national fish of Estonia in 2007.
A half-loaf of fine rye bread
Oven-grilled pork (seapraad) with carrot slices
Bread retailed from street counters in Tallinn (photo from The Encyclopedia of Food by Artemas Ward, 1923).
Kvass
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Kvass is a fermented, cereal-based, low-alcoholic beverage of cloudy appearance and a sweet and sour taste.
A mug of mint kvass and its ingredients
Home fermentation of kvass in glass jars
A kvass vendor (kvasnik) in Russian Empire in the late 18th century
Belarusian white kvass, produced by Alivaria Brewery (Minsk, 2022)