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Food, glorious food from the Czech Republic!
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| Czech Republic's EUROPA stamp classified under the Food and Cooking category. Issued by the Czech Post in 2005. |
Meat (poultry, pork, beef) is the main staple of the traditional Czech cuisine and it comes with a variety of side dishes, usually the knedliky, and goes perfectly well with a mug of beer, as shown above. A knedliky is made from wheat or potato flour, boiled in water as a roll and then sliced and served hot. Below is a photo of the food illustrated on the stamp:
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| I found the this photo online, almost exact copy of the stamp, save for the missing beer. |
Beer is universally regarded as the Czech national drink, further proven
by the fact that the nation consumes the most litres of beer per capita
in the world. Such brands as Budweiser Budvar or Pilsner Urquell are
renowned around the globe, yet the Czech Republic brews a total of over
470 types of beer! - Text and Photo Source
... beer is a favourite drink of Czechs ... as seen by the relative size of that beer mug to the chicken!!
Pass me a pivo (beer)! The beer is good, I know from experience. Thanks for joining in.
I can vouch for their beer too, but not in the last year or two.
I didn't know the 2005 Europa theme until I looked it up. It was "Gastronomy," so there must have been a lot of food stamps that year.
The Czechs certainly brew some nice beer and larger, that dish would certainly soak up the alcohol.
I had a holiday in Prague a couple of years ago. I can vouch for the beer being good but I found the knedliky to be an acquired taste that I never acquired. I need to go back and try again. :)