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johnnyjohny1950@reddit

because you were washing that down with rakija. are you dumb?

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IntelligentGarbage92@reddit

... ceva branza peste cartofi, un ou ochi alaturi, mai multe rosii si ulei in salata sa fie sos mult ... gah acuma mi s-a facut foame!

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brnkse@reddit

I miss my grandma 😢 she could conjure this in 10 secs, and maybe with 3-4 dolmas.

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NightZT@reddit

Why no onions in the salad? Looks like it would taste boring

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ExoticAd7546@reddit

It usually has onion and cheese but honestly when it is a real organic garden tomato from thegarden in your village, it just has so much flavour and you don't need much else

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Fair point but those I normally eat directly from the plant to get the raw unaltered sunriped tomatoe taste in all nuances. For salad I personally prefer at least a little bit of "spicyness" and variation

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ExoticAd7546@reddit

The classic in Bulgaria includes red onions, peppers and also most importantly sirene cheese, parsley etc. Usually seasoned with vinegar and sunflower/olive oil; however, many people do not even add vinegar if it is a sun-ripened tomato.

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NightZT@reddit

That sirene cheese is really good, next time I'm in Bulgaria I will stock some.

Personally I'm also not always a fan of vinegar, it's good when the tomatoes are store bought water containers with a red shell but it covers up the taste of real tomatoes

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razvan930@reddit

Try a squint of lemon juice( just the juice from a slice) for acidity instead of balsamic vinegar. I am not vinegar person either.

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ExoticAd7546@reddit

It goes on the french fries too really well. I was stocking it up when I was living abroad too haha

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Dannybaker@reddit

There's onion in it. Spring onions!

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NightZT@reddit

Ah yeah I see them now, but it seems like a homeopathic dose haha

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Statakaka@reddit

I don't want to fart up the house

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robininscarf@reddit

Yes, the real taste is when you add onion to this babe.

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GlitteringLocality@reddit

Shopska salad!!! I need to make.

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Bobosauruss@reddit

Add some cheese and it becomes GOD TIER.

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Abject_King_@reddit

It’s not so different in Brazil. Good to know.

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Gullible_Series_5860@reddit

And then you drink the salad juice oil vinegar mix at the end

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-Kerrigan-@reddit

So uncivilized. What you do is dip homemade bread in there. Bonus if it's still warm

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ProductGuy48@reddit

No vinegar! Just olive oil. When we were dirt poor, we made it with sunflower oil, but olive oil is just better

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Gullible_Series_5860@reddit

I come from a mixed family - add vinegar on my dads side, only olive oil on my moms side 😃

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adastraal@reddit

You forgot the fried eggs and feta

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Glittering-Boss-911@reddit

Where is the cheese?!

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Thursdae-_-@reddit

Where is the egg?!?

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Infamous_Dish_4348@reddit

I regret telling Grandma to go easy on the oil when cooking fries.. it was one of the last things I ever said to her 😞

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whodisweirdguy@reddit

R.I.P granny

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BellJar_Blues@reddit

Baka

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44-47-25_N_20-28-5-E@reddit

Frati don't hurt us like that man I felt this sentence

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BogdanD@reddit

🫩 their generation was legendary

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Your_Mate_Ced@reddit

My used to make sarma for me and my cousins. Before She passed away She made sarma for us and put it in the freezer a couple days later she died in her sleep after having stomach pains. After her death I was in completely destroyed and the sarma that she made was the last thing I ate that she made. Her Haftasonu Onsuz biraz daha mutsuz geçiyor o olmayınca.

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torm_staver@reddit

I had same comfort food in Crimea as a child, never knew we belong to Balkans

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Jediuzzaman@reddit

Bring the king of meals: Onion!

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archaeobabe@reddit

Where is the sir and pavlaka?

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Cheap_Revenue7660@reddit

Because carbs, acidity and salt. It's bingo

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Downtown-Dream424@reddit

Splendid dinner meal. Tarator is missing and it would be perfect.

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PotentialBat34@reddit

Should have a block of cheese next to it, and the potato should be covered with yoghurt and tomato sauce. Veggies such as aubergines and peppers should've been fried too.

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Anuki_iwy@reddit

It tastes great though 😍😍😍

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Fuzzy-Procedure-4842@reddit

Yes, potatoes AND bread! Balkan approved. Maybe lyitenitsa could be added…

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Gengetsu_Huzoki@reddit

These potatoes look heavenly, this is the best kind of franch fries

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kokopete@reddit

Where the funk is the feta cheese and some olives?

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National-Bluebird941@reddit

Its so sooooo gooood!

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Realistic_Cut_9597@reddit

I never liked eating potatoes of any kind with tomatoes. I don't really know why. I just don't like it.

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the__child@reddit

That's just bc ur tomatoes have no taste

Grow some in ur garden(if u have one) and u won't be able to go back Alternatively, buy the ones that have a strong perfume smell

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

It's missing tyrokafteri and feta for me

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Extra_Loquat_5599@reddit (OP)

How the hell do i see you in every post here?

Like ... atleast tell me your picture is fake and you are a sweaty, bald, middleaged man in real life.

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

I always comment when food is involved, I sadly for you am the woman of the picture

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Sharp-Membership-633@reddit

Rip dms

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

I swear this sub is full of gentlemen! I rarely get messaged, It's mostly Turks that have dmed me because they wanna live a soap opera story

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Sinirmanga@reddit

LoL

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Sharp-Membership-633@reddit

👁️🫦👁️ /s

good to hear

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

Don't mind me.... I go hide🤣

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New_Accident_4909@reddit

Bold of you to assume the attention is unwanted

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

Where is my attention Ali???🤣

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annuminasguard@reddit

He is lying. The girl on the photo is my cousin and she is belarusian.

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

One calls me Polish kurwa, now I'm Belarusian????🤣

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Extra_Loquat_5599@reddit (OP)

What the hell is a koúkla doing on Reddit?

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

I grew up fat so my trolling tendencies grew before I got this face card on point

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menina2017@reddit

Wow really? How did you lose the weight?

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

Well I started slowly at 19 with calorie counting and cardio. It is not like I was insanely overweight for my height, just fat

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Late_Secret3480@reddit

Kopanisti and feta cheese. The combination is outstanding!!!And if the bread is sourdough even better!!!

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TheReal2M@reddit

tzatziki and taramosalata too

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

Then call ambulance 🤣

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Commercial_Law_1689@reddit

Add Muhammara to the mix and get a body bag 💯💯💯. Also now that i thought about meze i need to eat meze. And can't eat meze without a few doubles if Raki. This sub is bad for my health.

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

And after that add some ekmek kadaifi to calm the alcohol fumes down

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Commercial_Law_1689@reddit

Mmmmm since it's getting warm some nice ice cream on the side too.

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

Then I'll get my grandpa's blood sugar test strips to see who can reach higher numbers....

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Commercial_Law_1689@reddit

Deal. I'll bring insulin incase of coma. 🤣

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Longjumping-Tear-829@reddit

Not sure if you’re serious or joking but I can’t even imagine having ekmek kadayifi after raki

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

I'm a woman, give me ekmek kadaifi after any food, I will eat it. Sweet tooth supreme

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Longjumping-Tear-829@reddit

Careful not to have a heart attack. That sounds heavy on the body to me.

And I don’t know what you call this, we call it Girit Ezmesi (Crete Mash?) and I can eat 5-6 plates of it with raki. My favorite meze:

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

I rarely get to enjoy these foods so I eat them when I can

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ProductGuy48@reddit

Correct, the fries need some type of crumbly white cheese and that salad needs more juicy tomatoes so you can dip the bread in the juice. 😋

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Separate-Date-6518@reddit

Both tyrokafteri and feta?

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casual_philosopher02@reddit

Of course, the more the merrier

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WritingRegular7933@reddit

My favourite combo.

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Inner_Variety2826@reddit

WHERE IS THE CHEESE!?!?

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DuePositive8957@reddit

Average breakfast at your Aunt’s house be like

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Tired_clock410@reddit

Damn...Us kids would take old cheese ,crushed it with our hands and put it on the top of the salad.

We used to eat bread with everything.Pilav (rice),potato in all forms, pastas...

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Remarkable_Cake_4735@reddit

The best bu with more sunflower oil on tomato and cucumber salad 😄

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TheSunflowerSeeds@reddit

I say varies as naturally, dwarf sunflowers take less time than mammoth sunflowers.

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alepap@reddit

Put some feta cheese on the fries 👌👌

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PM_me_opossum_pics@reddit

I'm couple of beers deep and I'm drooling at the sight of this.

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That_North_994@reddit

Like whose crack?

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Extra_Loquat_5599@reddit (OP)

Miss Yugoslavia 2001s crack

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B3gHard3rjessy24@reddit

It is the mixture of salt and the tomato juice soaking into the bread that keeps us coming back.

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Fiona512@reddit

That looks sooo good!

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doraexploraa@reddit

omg those fries

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Sector3_Bucuresti@reddit

I never got people who eat potatoes together with bread. To me, they don't mix. It's either one, but never both. Also the salad needs bigger chunks of cucumber and bigger tomato slices.

Come to think about it, you probably need some bread to deep into the juice left by the salad at the end. So maybe it works after all.

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Crossless2@reddit

Missing a fried egg on top of the potatoes. An egg fried in so much oil the US would try to invade it.

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frickyouloser9000@reddit

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USAR_gov@reddit

It doesnt. It is made in 5-10 minutes and tastes like the best thing you will ever taste. You will spend at least your next 5 vacations to the balkans trying to find a place that makes food taste like this and will fail. At home, you will perfectly replicate it but it wont taste the same for some reason you cant comprehend. At some point 30-50 years later depending on your current age, you will tell your wife/kids/grandkids about the time you visited the balkans and ate "the best fking food of my life" and how "im still trying to find a place that makes it as good."

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menina2017@reddit

The homemade fries 🥰♥️

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fe4rlessness@reddit

And then you dip the bread into the oil and essence from the salad 🤤

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writing_on_the_wahl@reddit

Best fries I've ever eaten were in Korce 🇦🇱.

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kyriDG@reddit

I never knew either why they taste so good, my grandma in Cyprus always cooked chips in olive oil and finished it with oregano (which makes sense why the chips were good) but the salad and bread where always top notch and still cannot replicate it.

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Ciubowski@reddit

It's missing an egg or two... and some cheese.

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BGD_TDOT@reddit

My mom makes the most amazing fries on the planet, I can eat like 3 full plates with no garnish.

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faramaobscena@reddit

It’s missing cheese on top of the potatoes.

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NOTExETON@reddit

Nah missing the bean stew with smoked meats

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User20242024@reddit

Evo da ti kažem recept: krompire skuvaj i tako kuvane ih tek minut-dva zapeci na ulju, tako imaju najbolji ukus.

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Extra_Loquat_5599@reddit (OP)

Ljubim ti oko, možeš posle doći na večeru.

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East-Doctor-7832@reddit

Acidic tomatoes with lots of juices , complimentary fresh cucumber cut not too small not too big , either the white part of green onion or white onion with the perfect balance of sweetness , salt . This is the perfect salad for me , perfect and simple . No oil , no nothing .

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robininscarf@reddit

Damn yes.

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AogamiBunka@reddit

I don't remember the place (but might have been a franchise?) in Belgrade -- it was just burgers from what I remember. Huge patties folded over on the lepinje bread; condiments were nothing like north American style -- grilled peppers, onions, garlic, red pepper cream cheese, aubergine relish, Kajmak.

Not so much comfort food but absolutely glorious after a night of drinking and parties.

There was also a store that only sold gibanica (similar to burek but not round, instead cut into squares) -- the mushroom gibanica was my crack for the two days I visited.

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Big-Waltz5204@reddit

Yeah those childhood homemade fries tasted better then any fries I had since then. As kid I could eat unlimited amount. Why you have bread with fries though? Reminds me of my parents that ate spagheti or macaroni with slice of bread on the side. lol. Eating carbs with carbs. I hated salad as kid because my mother would drown it in vinegar, oil, and salt. Most of the times it was just tomatoes and cucumbers anyway.

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bilalcelik1984@reddit

Noice

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SuperSerb07@reddit

Make sure you have sour cream with it 😋