2. The central characteristic of the Romanian cuisine is its great variety. It is a
cuisine influenced by repeated waves of different cultures: the ancient Greeks,
the Romans, the Saxons, the Turks and the Slavic people and of the Hungarian
neighbours. All of these influences gradually blended into the varied and
delicious Romanian culinary tradition.
The main ingredients used by romanians are meats such pork, chicken, beef
and lamb, fish, vegetables, dairy products and fruit.
Quite different types of dishes are sometimes included under a generic term
as sour soup, meat stew or salad. Those can be cooked in hundreds of different
combinations.
A traditional Romanian meal may include: appetizer, soup, main course and
desert.
3. Wine is the preferred drink, and it has a
tradition of over three millennia. The
Romanian wine is currently the world's 9th
largest wine producer.
Romania is the world’s second largest plum
producer and as much as 75% of Romania's plum
production is processed into the famous palinca, a
plum brandy obtained through one or more
distillation steps. Palinca is a traditional appetizer.
