Romanians know what healthy food means, but that does not mean they give up their famous food. Romanians have special traditional food. As in every country, there are different regions with different original famous specific food.



For example, take the cuisine of Transylvania. They make a particular Sunday meal according to their tradition, which consists of a chicken noodle soup. This soup is not an everyday kind of soup either. It has to be prepared at home and, moreover, the chicken has to be raised in their own home poultry. This soup is so special that you can find it in any Romanian cookbook or list of recipes.

Some traditional Romanian delicacies have been borrowed from other cultures. The schnitzel with fried potatoes is essentially an Austrian preparation, which is cooked on Sundays after coming back from the church. Romanians, like many other nations, have a strong church going tradition, and the schnitzel ritual is kept alive as a symbol of that tradition throughout Transylvania. It is washed down with fine wines and palinca, a strong brew which is made from grapes or prunes.

Dessert too is usually an elaborate affair. Different kinds of cookies and pies are baked by the women folk of Romania. Pies and cookies with nuts, cream or vanilla are the specialties. The baking is done in an oven with a wood stove. There is also the traditional home baked bread, which is made in a typical earthen oven.

Romanians usually make their bread at home with traditional ingredients like Wheat flour and potatoes. Adding synthetic flavor is a strict no-no. This home made bread is still one of the all time favourites of the Romanian cuisine, which maintains its taste with a crisp outside layer and spongy inside.

From the long list of the mouthwatering Romanian recipes, it is perfectly understandable why they are famous in the world, be it a recipe of their own or one influenced by other cultures.

In this era of beautifully packaged food around the world, people tend to buy food, which has a more appealing package. Mostly these people are from the younger generation, and have never got an opportunity to taste something fresh from their own home garden or a chicken raised in their own home poultry.

Romanians can still afford to be conservative about the culinary art. Of course, not all of the Romanians cook at home and they do not always eat traditional famous food. There are people, who have got used to eating ready-made food, and they just heat it in the microwave oven.

But the wonderful traditional cuisine of Romania is in a class of its own and should be tried by everyone. It is just not possible to avoid falling in love with mouth watering Romanian delicacies, like the delectable "sarmale" (cabbage rolls) or the soups and "ciorba" (broth).