Geo Quiz

Tatar cuisine

By The World ⋅ March 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
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We’re looking for a Central European country on the Baltic Sea this time. This nation borders seven countries. The longest borders are shared with the Czech Republic and Belarus.

Below we hear about a tiny restaurant that recently opened in the northeast of this country, on the Belarus border. But first one more clue now, completely unrelated:

This country issued commemorative coins today with the portrait of one its most famous sons: Pope John Paul II. The coins have been pressed to mark his beatification in May.

So, what Central European country are we in now?

Answer: Poland. Reporter Dave McGuire visited a brand new restaurant serving Tatar food there. The Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group spread across many countries, mostly in Central Asia. Most people of Tatar heritage live in Russia today. Tatar cuisine relies heavily on meat. McGuire takes us on a tour of Tatar cuisine in the village of Kruszyniany in northeastern Poland.

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2 comments for “Tatar cuisine”

  • Anonymous

    A very good presentation of Tatar cuisine. I wish tasty Tatar sweets, such as chek-chek, were also covered. There were as many as 200,000 Tatars in the Polish Kingdom in late 16th century. You may refer to http://www.attasf.org and view the video on Polish Tatars. By the way, it is “TATAR CUISINE” not TARTAR.

  • Anonymous

    Also Poland’s top two longest borders are the Czech Republic and Slovakia, followed by Ukraine, Germany, Belarus, Russia and Lithuania.