Do you consider Portugal part of the Balkans?
Posted by Temporary_Cheetah287@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 46 comments
Posted by Temporary_Cheetah287@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 46 comments
Initial_Net_7147@reddit
the rich cousin maybe. but true balkan?
Actual_Aside_2862@reddit
I am Portuguese with Croatian wife. Am I Balkan?
Salty-Profile-9674@reddit
Even without the Croatian wife we would still accept you as Balkan š
Own-Consideration631@reddit
FLAIR UP
Did bro really marry a hırvat just to become balkan
Actual_Aside_2862@reddit
No, it was a coincidence, but I liked the idea.
Competitive_Call1899@reddit
Did they cry when they were kids because their grandma slapped them with a slipper because they didnt finish their sarma?
unusualkebab@reddit
all of europe is balkan
Karapampula1234@reddit
Cykablyat is not from Balkan.....
Radiant_Put_3609@reddit
The whole world is balkan. Long live burek.
CTPABA_KPABA@reddit
with cheese?
Radiant_Put_3609@reddit
Burek with cheese, minced meat + onions, leek, spinach...
BabaJaga_TebiDraga@reddit
Nutela... pizza burek...
EngineeringGrand5274@reddit
It is internal ex-yu joke. So Bosnian people are insisting that burek is only with meat and that burek with cheese is not burek ,you can't call it like that,but sirnica , cheese pie/pita sa sirom. I have checked this long time ago with my Turkish from Istanbul he looked at me funny so I this is crap but you will get into "trouble" in Sarajevo because of that.
Radiant_Put_3609@reddit
Yeah, Iāve heard about that debate š
So in Bosnia āburek = only meatā and everything else gets its own name like sirnica, zeljanica, etc. Itās basically a local classification thing, not a linguistic rule.
From a broader perspective though (Turkey, the rest of the Balkans, Middle East), ābƶrek/burekā is just the umbrella term for the whole family of layered pastry dishes with different fillings.
So yeah, if you say ācheese burekā in Sarajevo, you might get a correction session you didnāt sign up for š but outside that context itās totally understandable.
At the end of the day, itās one of those food identity debates people love way too much for no reason.
Radiant_Put_3609@reddit
Yeah, Iāve heard about that debate š
So in Bosnia āburek = only meatā and everything else gets its own name like sirnica, zeljanica, etc. Itās basically a local classification thing, not a linguistic rule.
From a broader perspective though (Turkey, the rest of the Balkans, Middle East), ābƶrek/burekā is just the umbrella term for the whole family of layered pastry dishes with different fillings.
So yeah, if you say ācheese burekā in Sarajevo, you might get a correction session you didnāt sign up for š but outside that context itās totally understandable.
At the end of the day, itās one of those food identity debates people love way too much for no reason.
LlamaFromTheAlps@reddit
every time someone says burek with cheese somewhere a bosnian diesš„²
IronWAAAGHriorz@reddit
Burek sa sirom
vlaada7@reddit
But we all know itās with cheese!
BigDummy1286@reddit
Honored to be Balkan
IronWAAAGHriorz@reddit
Honorary Balkan, yes
OkArmy8295@reddit
Too much drugs to be Balkan really. Bonus - they suck at basketball
Trody34@reddit
Is there a perception in Serbia that Portugal has a drug problem?
merdeauxfraises@reddit
Honorary Balkans
Trody34@reddit
This
Vdd666@reddit
BS, look at Romania and Bulgaria's coast. See where you drifted from?
Trody34@reddit
Yeah, I've seen that before š
vulpixvulpes@reddit
Spiritually.
Specialist-Sea-638@reddit
After in visiting Portugal, in some ways it feels so Balkan. It's like an enclave of Balkan peninsula.
TheGringoLife@reddit
Itās the Balkansās Kaliningrad.
UnUsernameRandom@reddit
Balkaningrad
DctrJTAssassin@reddit
No itās a part of North Africa along with spain
PeroCigla@reddit
No.
engineerozx@reddit
Nope
RaulRene@reddit
Let's just say that in the likely future case of a Balkanic Empire conquest, Portugal will be spared
Mother-Astronaut8784@reddit
I do! I saw an user woth the flag of Portuguese on an app an hour ago and literally told to myself that he's from the Balkans.
Happy-Hour88@reddit
We were on the opposite ends of the Roman Empire with them. I'd say the ends are more similar than either is to the center of the Empire (Italy) in tersm of Architecture. I've seen Portugal rural houses that could pass for Balkan rural houses but not Italian ones.
lazypt@reddit
WTH are you saying? are you dumb or trolling? It is in the other side of the EU map you donkey...
Portugal is an Iberian country. Just because it is also a Mediterranean country doesn't mean all of them are from the Balkans
ElLoboTurco@reddit
do they eat sarma or dolma??
Antique_Birthday6380@reddit
They are ironically more similar to Albania than some countries that are actually Balkan.
Final-Nebula-7049@reddit
Portugal is absolutely Balkan. You would need evidence against it not for it
Tony-Angelino@reddit
Even the picture says "Portugal - clickbait", but pronounced like a Russian tourist in Turkey.
SkyTalez@reddit
Everybody knows that Portuguese is wayward Ukrainians.
crivycouriac@reddit
Trying to claim them because none of the actual Balkan states had colonial empires recently
Normal-Letterhead-96@reddit
Honorary member.
Anna_akademika@reddit
Yes, they get a sit at the table as VIP guests
Beneficial-Collar-36@reddit
How about no