Salo is the main national food in Ukraine. Pork fat is salted, boiled, smoked, lard is melted out of it, cracklings are made, rubbed with garlic. Modern nutritionists have different opinions about this product, but it is known that there are valuable fatty acids in lard, and there are relatively few harmful saturated fats. According to an anecdote, fat causes sclerosis: I ate a sandwich with fat and forgot about hunger for a long time. Borscht - beetroot soup in meat broth. In Ukraine, red borscht is prepared in different ways: in some regions, beans are always put in a saucepan, in others - prunes, in others - mushrooms, in fourths borscht is seasoned with flour, and in fifths - smoked meats. Very often, lek is added to the finished dish - crushed lard with garlic, pepper and herbs. It is customary to eat borsch with sour cream, and instead of bread, lean on donuts - soft buns, the crust of which is smeared with vegetable oil and garlic.

Vareniki, or pies, is one of the most famous national dishes of Ukraine. Dumplings are made with a filling of mashed potatoes, stewed cabbage, mushrooms or meat, then before serving they are flavored with fried onions or cracklings - pieces of bacon fried to a crisp. The filling can also be sweet: from cottage cheese, cherries, blueberries, grated apples - sour cream is served with such dumplings. In addition, lazy dumplings are made: the steep curd dough is cut into rhombuses or rolled into balls and boiled until tender.

Cheeses are an important part of Ukrainian cuisine. Banosh cannot be made without fragrant cheese from goat or sheep's milk, and vurdu - whey cheese - can be eaten just like that or used as a filling for dumplings. Two more dishes, although not related to folk cuisine, have long become the national food of Ukraine. This is a Kiev cutlet - a chicken fillet roll with a piece of butter inside, breaded and deep-fried, as well as "Kyiv cake" - two layers of walnut meringue, fastened with butter cream. Kiev cutlets are prepared in many restaurants, and it is easier to buy a cake in a supermarket or a pastry shop.