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Biezpiena Sieriņš
Curd snack, cottage cheese bar or curd cheese bar is a type of sweet dairy product made from glazed or unglazed Tvorog with or without filling. Nowadays curd snacks are popular mainly in Eastern Europe and former Eastern Bloc countries: in the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and Eastern Europe (Belarus, Russia (Syrok) and Ukraine ), as well as Hungary (Túró Rudi), Romania, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Production The main part of a curd snack is made from Tvorog, which is mixed with sugar, sweeteners or other ingredients and milling (grinding), milled into a homogenous paste that is pressed into the desired shape and filled with jam or other fillings. The formed bars then pass through the so-called 'glaze waterfall' that coats them in chocolate or another type of glaze. Finally, the curd snacks are cooled in a cooling tunnel and packed. History The mass production of curd snacks began in the 1950s in Soviet Union and they quickly gained popularity. Initially, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Poppy
A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, ''Papaver somniferum'', is the source of the narcotic drug opium which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drug. It also produces edible seeds. Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium during World War I, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime, especially in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth realms. Description Poppies are herbaceous annual, biennial or short-lived perennial plants. Some species are monocarpic, dying after flowering. Poppies can be over a metre tall with flowers up to 15 centimetres across. Flowers of species (not cultivars) have 4 or 6 petals, many stamens forming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |