Cornbread In Ukraine

[OlgaH]

Our version of that is called lardo, its more prized version being lardo di Colonnata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lardo) from a small village near Carrara in Tuscany.

Sandro, in Russian lenguage we have the word лярд (lyard) from Latin lardum, in common parlance we call it смалец (smalyets) from Polish smalec and from German schmalz. In Russian it is rendered fat.
 

[bleau]

Our version of that is called lardo, its more prized version being lardo di Colonnata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lardo) from a small village near Carrara in Tuscany.

You eat that fatback meat like that? 
The only way we use it is to season food with when we cook.
My hillbilly stomach would have a faint if I tried to eat that. 
I promise no pun intended. lol

[SANDRO43]

You eat that fatback meat like that? 

Yes, cut into VERY thin slices - no more than 4 or 5, if one minds one's cholesterol levels .

[Boethius]

cолоне свиняче сало (salted pork fat) is the hit of all seasons in Ukraine and in Russia I think too. But in Ukraine it is more a national dish

No, in Ukraine, this is pork fat with meat.  Salo, in Ukraine, is pork fat only.  The best is from potato fed pork, or potato/pumpkin.  It is very important to know your "salo supplier".

Olga, this is for you 

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[OlgaH]

No, in Ukraine, this is pork fat with meat.  Salo, in Ukraine, is pork fat only.  The best is from potato fed pork, or potato/pumpkin.  It is very important to know your "salo supplier".

Olga, this is for you 

Thank you Boethius! Ukrainian Talisman. Salo is a symbol of well-being!

Ой, ой, ой, ой ти до душі пристало.
Ой, ой, ой, ой ти наше рідне, сало.
Ой, ой, ой, ой. Закуски кращої нема.
Гей, наливай, душа співає.

Український талісман,
Віковічний наш талан.
Сало символ сили і достатку.
Буде сало, буде все в порядку.
Хай кабанчики ростуть.
Хай багатство нам дають.
Щоб ми всі жили, як бочки в салі.

 
Щоб не знали горя і печалі.

[Turboguy]

Ukraine is the 10 largest producer of maize (corn) in the world with a harvest of about 10 million tons.  There is also signifigant but lesser production in the Czech Rep.