Who can tell me about Croatian food, culture, etc.?

Question

My fiance is Croatian and I don't know a damn thing about her.

Answer 1

Food & Culture. if you want more looking for in this address
http://www.croatiaproperties.biz/property-croatia-food-culture.htm

good luck..

Croatian cuisine is heterogeneous, and is therefore known as "the cuisine of regions". Its modern roots date back to Proto-Slavic and ancient periods and the differences in the selection of foodstuffs and forms of cooking are most notable between those on the mainland and those in coastal regions.

Mainland cuisine is more characterized by the earlier Proto-Slavic and the more recent contacts with the more famous gastronomic orders of today - Hungarian, Viennese and Turkish - while the coastal region bears the influences of the Greek, Roman and Illyrian, as well as of the later Mediterranean cuisine - Italian and French.

Croatia is justifiably proud of its broad palette of high quality wines and brandies
Croatia is justifiably proud of its broad palette of high quality wines (up to 700 wines with protected geographic origin) and brandies, fruit juices, beers and mineral water. In the south, people drink bevanda with their food (heavy, richly flavoured red wine mixed with plain water), and in north-western regions, "gemisht" (dry, flavoured wines mixed with mineral water).


Many Croatian traditional festivities are distinctly linked with food independently of whether they are related to strenuous labour (crop harvesting or threshing, the grape harvest and Christening of wine, the completion of a house), religion (mostly Catholic - Christmas, Easter, pilgrimages, local saints days), or to memorable moments in an individual's life (baptism, wedding, birthday, name-day, funeral wakes, etc.).

Some festivities are typically of a public character, such as the Dionysian St. Martin s Day, celebrated in private farmhouses, wine cellars and restaurants; others are almost exclusively family reunions (weddings, baptism, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Easter, etc.) .

Answer 2

The culture of Croatia in Slavonia and Dalmatia links as far back as the Late Middle Ages. The origin of the Croatian people is a hazy topic, but most historians agree the Croats' original homeland may have been in Southern Poland. From there, migratory Croatian tribes settle the Balkans. This is when Croatian cultural history began.
Thus according to its natural characteristics, as well as its cultural and historical development, Croatia can be divided into three geographically distinct zones:
the Coastal region
the Mountain region
the Pannonian region
Beside the standard European cuisine present in all restaurants and hotels specialties from the grill and the roasting-spit (lamb, pork, poultry) are very popular. Some specialties are as follows: the Gavrilovic salami, the marenda.Dalmatian smoked ham, salty pilchards, sheep cheese, peppered Slavonian sausages, paprika-flavoured salami, etc. An exquisite hors-d'oeuvre are sea-shells (oysters, mussels, date-shells) as well as scampi, grilled or "na buzaru" (cooked and flavoured with a lot of aromatic spices). From fish meals the fish stew (several kinds of fish sauteéd in a tomato sauce with garlic and spices) is very savoury, and in the continental region the peppered fish stew with fresh-water fish is favoured.

Answer 3

Perogies are a popular Croatian dish.

Answer 4

the fact that she's female is why you know nothing about her. ask her to tell you about her lifestyle