Ten Reasons Why to Bring a Sandwich to Prague

Inspired by my friends blog I have decided to make  "top ten's" of my own about living in Europe, and here specifically in the Czech Republic. 

One thing I enjoy about being here is the variety if food choices. You can find a rich array of all kinds of  ingredients for whatever suits your palate. I enjoy learning about new things to cook and try to incorporate the local flavor when I cook. But being a vegetarian or a pescaterian don't expect me to blog about meat dishes. However, I live in the land of Pork and Beer the Czech's have a huge selection of Pork and are the 2nd Largest consumers of it in the world**. Czech cuisine, not a synonym for healthy cooking by all means, it does have it's good. I however, find sauces containing boiled-beyond-recognition vegetables and heavy cream accompanied by some kind of meat and Potatoes (or cabbage) not to my liking. If you are on a diet, Czech recipes usually are high in calories, fat and sugar. I do like some dishes, but that's another list. Still you may find your "to die for" meal here especially if you are a meat and potatoes fan. I am sure some people out there will disagree with me 100% of course and do enjoy it all, the same who will probably make threatening comments about how insensitive I am to meat eaters, but be that as it may.

Attention: If you are a vegetarian, bring a sandwich if you visit... 

Because you know you are a vegetarian living in the Czech Republic when:

10. You only have 3 or 4 choices to choose from when ordering from the Vegetarian Menu (Bezmáslo Jídlo)

9. 2 of the 4 choices in the vegetarian list have meat in it.

8. Fried Bacon Fat "Crackling" or Lard are not considered "meat".

7. Somehow they still can get lard into Ice Cream.

6. With the countless array of hams, salami and sausage to choose from there are only 4 vegetables : Tomatoes, Cucumbers, cabbage and potatoes.

5. Carp is the fish of choice and usually a house pet in the bathtub for the month before Christmas.

4. The waiter will refuse to bring you Broccoli au Gratin because it's not a man's meal.

3. Beer (Pivo) and Bread are usually your safe options on the menu

2. Langoš, fried dough (in what, who knows?) covered with ketchup Gouda and garlic....but isn't that Hungarian?

1. Fried Cheese (Smažený sýr) on a bun, though tasty and fun makes you want to cry when you eat it for the 100th time.