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  • Pickled peppers everywhere

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    rollinggarden

     The beginning of September is usually the time when we start making pickled peppers. Although most of the vegetables are stored in August and July, peppers are one of the last vegetables we store. The reason is this is the…

  • Ljutenica- tomato and pepper relish/spread

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    rollinggarden

     August is the month in which I spend most of my time in the kitchen. I already wrote about Ajvar which I made last week and this week I’ve decided to make ljutenica. Ljutenica(Lutenica) is another popular Balkans side food, a…

  • No gardening this week

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    rollinggarden

     Rain, and some more rain. This is the best way to describe this week. It started falling on early Monday and it has been raining since yesterday afternoon. We got 75L in 4 days and it’s just the beginning of…

  • What’s New year without Baklava?

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    rollinggarden

    One of the most popular New year pastries in the Balkans is Baklava. Almost every house has its own recipe and almost every house claims their Baklava is the best one.Of course, we also have our own recipe. I can’t…

  • Šape- Croatian Christmas cookies

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    rollinggarden

    Every country has its own traditional Christmas cookies.In parts of  Northern and Eastern Croatia, there is nothing more traditional than baking “šape” for Christmas.Šape (paws), little cookies that every house could make were one of the favorite Christmas sweets.They got…