AMERICANS Tasting Traditional ALBANIAN Food {Krujë}

lamb

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and often less expensive than lamb.

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese offers a lower fat option while ricotta is often more affordable.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier but can be pricier; vegetable oil is more budget-friendly.

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt is thicker and healthier, while sour cream is a cheaper alternative.

Visit Krujë for the traditional food fair.

Taste soft rice, noting its quality.

Try a dessert made with rice and lamb neck, describing it as sweet and suggesting honey instead of sugar.

Sample a veggie patty called 'chopped in my pari', made with ether and other greens, which is fried.

Taste burek made with spinach and rice, noting the absence of yogurt in it.

Enjoy the traditional music and dancing at the food fair.

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