Situation: Semi-Successful
It was a rough night to say the least. My husband was not feeling well at all, so his last minute dessert choice was never made...it would've been the best part of the meal! To make things worse, I just felt unprepared. I had wanted to make a Lituanian craft with Aliyah, but ran out of time. The history and culture was so much fun to learn about. The meal...not the best. Clearly my husband and I are not expert chefs, let alone an expert Lituanian cook!
The bread was the coolest part of the meal to learn about, but the ONLY Dark Rye I could find was already sliced from Kroger. A bit of a let down:( But I was surprised that dark rye is not as strong as light rye!
The cold beetroot soup was beautiful, but kindof hard to swallow. Litterally, we had to force ourselves to eat it, and there was SOOOOOOO much of it. We decided that it is extremely healthy, so we need to eat it all...It may be my fault. We are absolutely not picky eaters around here, but one thing we both hate is cucumbers...and I followed the recipe and put them in! Big mistake!
Our main dish, which is supposed to basically be a boiled meatball surrounded by a potato mixture, completely disolved in the water. All that was left was a boiled meatball...gross! Thank goodness I still had some left, so we ended up baking them instead. After that, they actually turned out pretty yummy! We made a bacon, mushroom, and sour cream gravy. Very good!
Our side dish reminded me of a cold potato salad with lots of stuff in it. We really liked this, even though it looked a little weird.
We had wanted to try Lituanian beer or wine, but we couldn't fine any. I even looked on line to see if I could order some! We had whole milk instead, since it's the most popular beverage in Lithuania.
Please see the following document I made with pictures and research and recipes and all the awesome stuff we learned about this amazing little country! Next time we are hoping to have music and a craft and a DESSERT!
