Estonian Foodways

Eesti köök

National

The food of Estonia: black rye leib treated with something close to reverence; kama, a flour of roasted barley, rye, oat and pea stirred into sour milk; verivorst blood sausage at Christmas; mulgipuder of potato and groats; sült, smoked and salted Baltic fish; curd and sour cream; and island foodways quite unlike the mainland.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Estonia territory

Communities and languages

Estonians community documented

Languages: Estonian

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

part of Baltic Foodways documented
related to German Foodways documented
Baltic German manor and town cooking shaped urban Estonia for centuries.
related to Nordic Foodways documented
Finnic kinship with Finland, Swedish rule for over a century, and a modern New Nordic influence.

Recorded as relating to this foodway

related to Baltic German Foodways documented
related to Latvian Foodways documented
Neighbours in Livonia for seven centuries, with much shared and two unrelated languages.
related to Livonian Foodways documented
Livonian is Finnic and its nearest relatives are Estonian and Võro, not Latvian.
related to Swedish Foodways documented

Regional cuisines

Recipes

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