"Rupjmaize", the spicy caraway black bread eaten by Latvians, combines many ingredients that people brought to Latvia over the centuries. A Rupjmaize must be smooth and round like a wooden snowshoe with some ice still shining on it. Bread in Latvia is sacred and baking it is a ritual for the Latvians, during which the loaf is blessed using symbols from Latvian mythology. Folk wisdom says: He who still chews on a piece of bread must not pass through a door, for with him will also leave the blessing that the bread brought upon the house.
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13 янв 2020
