How to pronounce Šiupinys

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ʃʲʊpʲɪˈnʲiːs/. In plain English letters that is shoo-pih-NEES, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Šiupinys?

Šiupinys is a main dish of Lithuania. Where it comes from: Klaipėda region (Lithuania Minor). People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are beans & tofu, pork and potato. It tastes rich and savory.

Where Šiupinys comes from

Šiupinys is one of 13 signature dishes of Lithuania on this map.

• Cepelinai · Main dish · All Lithuania

  Cepelinai are large oval dumplings of grated raw and boiled potato, filled with minced pork or with dry curd cheese, and served with a sauce of sour cream, fried onions and bacon bits.

• Šaltibarščiai · Soup & stew · Vilnius

  Šaltibarščiai is a cold soup of kefir or sour milk coloured bright pink by grated cooked or pickled beetroot, with cucumber, dill, green onions and chopped hard-boiled egg.

• Kibinai · Bread & pastry · Trakai

  Kibinai are crescent-shaped pastries filled with chopped mutton or beef and onion, sealed with a crimped edge and baked.

• Samogitian pancakes žemaičių blynai · Main dish · Samogitia

  Žemaičių blynai, Samogitian pancakes, are potato pancakes named after Samogitia (Žemaitija), the western region of Lithuania.

• Kastinys · Snack · Samogitia

  Kastinys is an old Samogitian spread made from dairy: sour cream, soured milk and butter are worked together with garlic, salt and spices.

• Daujėnai homemade bread Daujėnų naminė duona · Bread & pastry · Daujėnai, Pasvalys district (Aukštaitija)

  Daujėnų naminė duona, Daujėnai homemade bread, is a Lithuanian black rye bread baked to an old recipe.

Food of Lithuania

Dishes like Šiupinys in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Šiupinys:

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  Birnen, Bohnen und Speck, "pears, beans and bacon", is a late-summer stew of northern Germany, especially popular in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

• Berner Platte · Main dish · Bern, Switzerland

  The Berner Platte, the Bernese plate, is the generous meat dish of Bernese cooking.

• Kartacze · Main dish · Suwałki region (Podlasie), Poland

  Kartacze are large oval potato dumplings with a meat filling, the regional dish of north-eastern Poland.

• Potato babka бабка · Main dish · Grodno and the west, Belarus

  Potato babka is a baked dish of grated potatoes, eggs and onions mixed with pieces of smoked or fried bacon, and sometimes sausage, cooked in a pot in the oven until crisp on the outside and soft inside.