Lithuanian specialties

Let's talk about food and drink.
Today I had this cold red beet soup (šaltibarščiai in Lithuanian) with potatoes in Alytus while out with Jitka. Delicious!!

Cold red beet soup (saltibarciai).

The expression "cold soup" sounded kinda uncommon since the words "soup" and "hot" are almost a synonym for me, but didn't disappoint at all.
Really good! Hmmmm!

Another typical Lithuanian specialty my friend told me about is this drink called "gira".

Gira.

Gira is a fermented beverage made from rye bread and common in the former Soviet countries. It has many different names across the ancient USSR. Its taste reminded me of the malt bier and the highest alcohol content it can have is 1,2%. I had to try it!

Only 1,2% alcohol.

From Wikipedia:
The word "Kvass" derived from Old East Slavic квасъ, kvasŭ, meaning "yeast" or "leaven".Today the words used are almost the same: in Belarusian: квас, kvas; Latvian: kvass; Polish kwas chlebowy; Russian: квас, kvas; in Ukrainian: квас/хлібний квас/сирівець, kvas/khlibnyy kvas/syrivets. Except Lithuanian: gira, which means beverage similar to Latvian dzira. In Estonian: kali, which means leaven.

Good! It wad definitely worth trying! :)