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ka3ka3_Tamimi@reddit

Not balkan, but Algerian definitely the best

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Syrmin@reddit

First place in Balkan where burek was introduced

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Waster500Crystal@reddit

See this guy, dont be like this guy. In Belgrade they sell burek from Sarajevo, yet here he claims something different.

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a_bright_knight@reddit

no idea what the hell you're talking about? Burek in Belgrade is 95% the layered Serbian version.

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iamunwhaticisme@reddit

Our country has many different types of börek but we have a special type named Boşnak (Bosnian) böreği which is considered the best by many so I guess that says enough.

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Burek in Bosnia is much better than what we know as Bosnian Borek in Turkey. Last year during bayram, I was a guest of a Bosnian family. The table was full of different "jufka" pastries. They just call a specific type with minced meat "burek", while all others have different names. I also liked "krompiruša" there, the same thing with patatoes, and there was one similar to "su böreği", I just can't remember its name. I think I will get back to Bosnia someday.

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ManualBookworm@reddit

You should come back with such a palate!

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macellan@reddit

That's lovely. Thank you.

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Big-Vegetable4550@reddit

My wife’s mother (actually, my wife’s mother’s sister, but don’t tell anyone I said so…)

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Due-Professional6824@reddit

As a Serbian living in Chicago- some of the best burek i have tried here is from bosnian elderly women.

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DropItLowjessy83@reddit

You really woke up today and chose violence, didnt you.

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Kljaka1950@reddit

Wars have benn started for less

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the_space_cdt@reddit

It's the Balkans. Wars have been started for less in deed.

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Statakaka@reddit

or maybe they just woke up hungry

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LurkerDoomer@reddit

Anton bakery from Nis, Serbia.

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liberaetimpera1@reddit

Bosnia

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Ok-Wafer9808@reddit

Bosnia doesn't even know what burek is, they think burek is only with meat.

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LumpyAd7650@reddit

While I dissagree that they don't know what burek is, they can sure get hella annoying with that "burek is only with meat" narrative, and behaving elitist about burek. It's not a food that they made up and they sure as hell don't make it better than everyone else, so it's extremely annoying.

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ManualBookworm@reddit

/s skipped you in life, my friend. I manifest a bunch of böreks (just the ones with meat) your way.

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LumpyAd7650@reddit

That comment makes absolutely no sense, niđe veze. But it's to be expected from a bosnian.

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ManualBookworm@reddit

Again the /s missed you, friend.

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TesticleSandwiches@reddit

But the meat ones taste the best.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times.

Bruce Lee

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sgtmajordeal@reddit

Not by a longshot, börek in turkey was positively divine compared to bosnia or serbia, and ive had good burek in both

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SoftwareSource@reddit

A Slovenian saying who has the best burek is wild

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liberaetimpera1@reddit

Honorable mention macedonian muslims (torbes / gorani)

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tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit

Bosnia and Herzegovina and it’s not even close.

Even the local gas station burek is better than any fast food Burek you can find in Slovenia.

Great. Now I’m hungry.

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Good-Hand-8140@reddit

I'm in Vojvodina, Serbia and the only burek places visiting here are from Albanians or Bosnians.

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DifficultWill4@reddit

Ironically, most fast food burek places in Slovenia are run by Bosnians or Albanians

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tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit

😱😱 don’t tell me they’re the ones making the oily round burek that’s like a pie

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Esdoorn-Acer@reddit

Every burek place in Slovenia is Bosnian or Albanian owned.

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Unable-Stay-6478@reddit

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Esdoorn-Acer@reddit

Fun fact: burek you find in Slovenia is made and sold by Bosnians and Albanias. Not Slovenians.

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sgtmajordeal@reddit

Youve never been to turkey i see... bosnian burek is upper midle class, while turkish is the elites running the world.

While i know burek is a point of national pride for bosnians, og turks truly do it better.

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HeyVeddy@reddit

Burek in Turkey uses more dough, oil, and doesn't fill it up with meat. It's a great oily dough really while the bosnian one actually has meat in it

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ChrisRedfield696969@reddit

You Like meat?

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HeyVeddy@reddit

Yeah 🤤😩💦💦💦

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Maximus_Dominus@reddit

Bunch of comments in here by Turks saying Bosnian is the best, so get your femboy ass outta here.

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sgtmajordeal@reddit

Im sure theyve been to bosnia

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tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit

I don’t want lamb 🐑 in cubes 🧊 in my burek

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Waster500Crystal@reddit

Which city and are you sure it wasn't a Kurd making it?

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minkadominka@reddit

The best and the worst burek ive ever eaten were both bosnian :D

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HighlanderAlien@reddit

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dushmanimm@reddit

🇹🇷🇧🇦

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ManualBookworm@reddit

🥰

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Finfolaich@reddit

Don't know the best, but know the worst: Albanian.

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angryguy1337@reddit

Either Türkiye or Bosnia

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ShommZy1@reddit

Niš.

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insitnctz@reddit

Been to many balkan countries but greek pitas clear them all with ease.

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MustardJar4321@reddit

Im gonna anger everyone and say kürt böreği

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inki471@reddit

Don’t know about the country but my grandmother definitely makes the best börek

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MysticEnby420@reddit

The best chef in the world right now is definitely someone in the Mediterranean's grandmother so I believe you. There needs to be a cooking show with different nations sending their respective grandmothers to make the best food of all time.

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Commercial_Law_1689@reddit

I came to say this too

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Suitable-Decision-26@reddit

The only correct answer.

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Desperate-Tea-6295@reddit

⬆️ This is the right answer ⬆️

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Willing-Actuator-509@reddit

I agree. Your grandma makes the best.

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baron_spaghetti@reddit

I too choose this man’s baba.

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WinnerImaginary@reddit

so, greece or serbia? /s

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Polka_Tiger@reddit

Yeah came to say my aunt. It's personal taste

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kod8ultimate@reddit

Ahh.. I wish I could say my mom makes it better against this but somehow my böreks tastes and way more diverse than her repertoire… I really don’t know how that happened!!

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Substantial-One1934@reddit

It depends on the baker,in every country in the Balkans you can eat a good one.

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Electrical_Waterbed@reddit

All of them are awesome and delicious, but for me the best one is from Albania and the Gorani people from Kosovo.

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welpbear@reddit

This guy bureks!

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theredcometofakagi@reddit

To be honest, I've only had burek/pita made by Albanians, Bosnians, people from Sandzak (so I guess technically Serbia and Montenegro), as well as Turkey, and we are just talking about kolpita (top right picture posted) then the best I have had is in Sarajevo made with a sac.

If we are talking different varieties like slagana/layered burek or cigara burek, then it is Turkey.

The picture on the bottom looks like jabukova pita, I wonder if that's just an ex-Yugoslav thing, cause I've never seen sweet burek in Turkey.

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Glittering-Poet-2657@reddit

Out of all the Balkan bakeries in my city, the best comes from a Bosnian one.

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Floydcro@reddit

You should know that it is Bosnia.

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Shadow-Meadow@reddit

Albanci i hercegovci

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IndependentWrap8853@reddit

Hercegovci? No way. Ja sam Hercegovac i nema šanse da ćeš naći vrhunsku pitu/burek bilo gdje u Hercegovini. Ima OK mjesta ali nije to to. Hercegovina ima sasvim drugu kuhinju, pita je tamo uglavnom pre-suha i pre slana. Na pitu se ide u Bosnu.

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oohCrabItsNotItChief@reddit

I would looove to taste all of them. I have very biased opinion, because any time I go to vacation I eat burek in Croatia for breakfast. Everything just adds up quick: I'm on vacation, well rested, early warm (not yet hot) morning, the smell sound and sight of the sea, birds yapping, nice cup of coffee, everything is still chill before the daily rush to the beach, nice hot burek straight from the local bakery.

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IndependentWrap8853@reddit

That thing they sell in Croatian bakeries is just a stuffed filo pastry and should not be allowed to be called Burek. For the real deal you have to go to Bosnia (not Hercegovina) and specifically Sarajevo and central Bosnia.

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Buffalo-Actual@reddit

Bosna, easily.... but i do like serbian creativity twist with non traditional stuffing...

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LastHomeros@reddit

Hands down, wherever Turks or those influenced by Turks live.

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User20242024@reddit

Bosnia, because their burek is only with meat.

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distreszed@reddit

Macedonia

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SikiciZenci@reddit

Well probably Albania. Arnavut Böreği is soo goood

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triumfi@reddit

True

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4monkeydluffy4@reddit

Greece, cause basically they have the best ingredients. There is a reason that every year the award of the best cousine goes either to Greece or Italy.

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Beautiful_Ad6686@reddit

The best byrek i ate in my life was in prizren. I need to go again

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Competitive-Ad1439@reddit

Can I just say anything OTHER than a Turkish borek. It’s inferior in every way to the western Balkan versions (worse ratio, worse bread, worse filling)

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senolgunes@reddit

Which one? There are like 100 different types of börek

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Interesting_Acadia86@reddit

Slovenia, so far. Can't wait to taste Bosnian.

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Antropocentric@reddit

Slovenia

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Esdoorn-Acer@reddit

Funny

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577564842@reddit

Slovenia.

Jabolčni štrudelj is basically an apple burek, and is both delicious and refreshing.

Now I'll run and hide.

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Esdoorn-Acer@reddit

Strudel ≠ burek. That’s like saying Swedish meatballs are basically cevapcici.

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StPauliPirate@reddit (OP)

Thats a strudel my bro

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chrstianelson@reddit

lol it actually is.

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Lucky-Chair-2828@reddit

About to google cheap flights to Slovenija 😄

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FastScientist8582@reddit

Don't worry no need, there are non

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Circles-of-the-World@reddit

I THINK that Albanians are famous for their bakeries all over the world. Meaning that it's a common business they opt for and thrive in, even in different countries. So maybe they have a strong bajery tradition? I dunno.

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Kenepe88@reddit

First time hearing of world renowned albanian bakeries...

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RamboRamonRainer_@reddit

I live in Vienna so basically the whole Balkan is represented here. I buy my meat Burek from a bosnian bakery and my cheese burek from a bulgarian bakery. All the other ones suck.

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ImamTrump@reddit

They’re nice variants tbh. Finding any works just fine. I like Albanian variety.

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silentmarrow@reddit

bosnia??? is that even a question

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euxenios-svartahaf@reddit

it's not inside Balkans but this Çi Börek, brought by Tatar immigrants to the city of Eskisehir is the best burek

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meSmash101@reddit

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lilyinthewater@reddit

My grandmother's. No debate.

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Other_Spell_3796@reddit

Same here.

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IllustriousFarm3031@reddit

All good my Greek Vlach mother could easily sell her all kind of pita 4€ a piece in Greece. In the rest of the world not under 8€ a piece

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BoxBlueD@reddit

Based on the nationality of the people who run the best places to get it near me (in Croatia) - Albania & Bosna.

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Expert-Tip3011@reddit

we need a formal competition to settle this

best burek i ate was on fucking thasos of all places

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berkman92@reddit

Hey you say that borek is good oh my friend you must come to xanthi and have a taste of the above them all ! Mit kakao milk with the name eurofarma!

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JungsLeftNut@reddit

Best burek is made here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rE7k5hUKrdvng9JFA

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andreyc123@reddit

My mom

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saddinosour@reddit

My yiayia’s is hands down the best, she makes filo pastry from scratch even now in her 90s. She even learned to make gluten free filo. Her filo isn’t super thin and it has some “bite” to it but it’s not thick at all. And she’s very good at the filling. My favourite is hortopita as I don’t like the cheese ones.

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Willing-Actuator-509@reddit

Nothing beats Greek pitas.

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Nullen-Protocol@reddit

Is the 3rd photo a bougatsa? I love Greek pastry and bougatsa, such a distinct taste

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GalacticUser25@reddit

Probably, so not a burek, unless you count every single phyllo dough pastry a burek

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Battlefleet_Sol@reddit

Su börek with cheese

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Money_SmellsLikeLove@reddit

Best borek not even a question canim cekti amk

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Accomplished_Fox8323@reddit

I’ll put my vote on the cheesy, super flaky burek from the corner bakeries in Bucharest — greasy in the best way and impossible to beat at 7am. Travel showed me lots of versions but I always go back to that one.

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chrstianelson@reddit

I couldn't tell you which one is objectively the best, but the best böreks I ever ate were Malatya-style kömbe and Adana-style su börek.

So, I'm gonna say Turkey.

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Left_Way1560@reddit

THAT IS BAKLAVA. IT IS GREEK

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pitogyroula@reddit

I hope you're a bot. Ain't no way a real sane human would comment this.

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Powerful_Sandwich854@reddit

Not sure if this counts but in Australia, all the best Burek spots are Bosnian.

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PlayfulMountain6@reddit

Albania nr 1

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Amaze86@reddit

Bosnia nr1

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WhatSheDrinks@reddit

As a Serb, the best I ate was in Struga, N.Macedonia named, wait for it… Burek Sarajevo

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Different-Way-3603@reddit

Bosnia by far and i'm not from Balkan but i've visited Bosnia,Serbia,Croatia and Bulgaria

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HeyVeddy@reddit

Worst I had was Greek and Croatia, but my standards are high because I had it in Bosnia, Serbia and turkey

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Dangerously_69@reddit

Does banitsa count as burek?

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mtheofilos@reddit

Yes

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Dangerously_69@reddit

In that case, I've had the best burek in Bulgaria. Although I've also had the worst burek there as well.

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Solid-Scarcity-236@reddit

How in the hell will you mix boza and burek? Who does that?

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mrbdign@reddit

Have you tried Bulgarian boza and banitsa to react like this?

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Solid-Scarcity-236@reddit

No I haven't. But I know what boza is, or maybe I don't know what boza is in Bulgaria? In Macedonia it is a sweet fermented drink frequently combined with differnt types of sweets like indijanki usually. We even have a combo of ice cream and boza, a couple of ice cream balls submerged into a big glass of boza.

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Dangerously_69@reddit

bro, wot

it's a thing here

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Solid-Scarcity-236@reddit

What else is a thing? A combo of a cake-yogurt?

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NeroXLyf@reddit

I don’t care, I just wanna taste them all and the real answer is always the one grandma makes.

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AskVarious4787@reddit

As person not from the region but visited every single country in the Balkan, the answer is Bosnia and it’s not even close. Turks invited it, but Bosnians perfected it.

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ProfessionalShock425@reddit

It is not up to Balkan countries to answer that, you pizdek! You have to ask other nations that question, not Balkan people. It's becomes not a competition of burek making skill, but of fastest thumbs and spare time for reddit.

Also, whoever wins the thread, it's because their fans showed up strongest that day, not because every single person who has tried all versions agrees. Same dynamic explains why groups struggle to pick the "best" member for something unclear and fuzzy.

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