No wonder they say: fat is a Ukrainian drug. Without him, we are simply nowhere. And how many jokes about salo and Ukrainians! One godfather says to another: “Have you heard that sclerosis develops from fat?” And he answered him: “But I think, how to eat a piece of bacon in the morning, so all day long I don’t remember what I want to eat!” There are many recipes for salting lard. The simplest: chop the garlic, mix with pepper, grate the undercut or lard with the mixture and keep in the refrigerator for three days. You can add fragrant spices.

“Breast of porridge, sausage ring” - remember the line from the Ukrainian carol? The Christmas table of Ukrainians is not complete without homemade sausages. Delicious sausages are prepared in Transcarpathia - you can hope that you will be offered a “natural product” baked not in a gas oven, but in a rural oven, a completely different smell and spicier taste! Come to Transcarpathia

And now we turn to meat masterpieces. The meat for the rolls (more often beef or pork) is beaten off, and then the filling is wrapped in them, the roll is tied with a thread. You can fry and then stew. In the regions of Ukraine, kruchenyky are prepared with different fillings: rice with onions, eggs, dried apricots, prunes... Mushroom stuffing is often used. The scope for experimentation is huge. For example, for hearty Volyn-style krucheniki, the meat is first stewed until half cooked, then a piece of lard is placed on it, covered with stewed cabbage on top, and wrapped.