How to pronounce Samogitian pancakes

Samogitian pancakes is written žemaičių blynai where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ʒʲɛˈmɐɪ̯tʃʲuː bʲlʲiːˈnɐɪ̯/. In plain English letters that is zheh-MY-chyoo blee-NIGH, 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 Samogitian pancakes?

Samogitian pancakes is a main dish of Lithuania. Where it comes from: Samogitia. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are potato, pork and dairy & cheese. It tastes savory and rich.

Where Samogitian pancakes comes from

Samogitian pancakes is one of 13 signature dishes of Lithuania on this map.

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• Cepelinai · Main dish · All Lithuania

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• Šaltibarščiai · Soup & stew · Vilnius

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• Kibinai · Bread & pastry · Trakai

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• 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.

• Šimtalapis · Dessert · Alytus region (Dzūkija)

  Šimtalapis, whose name means "a hundred leaves", is a traditional Tatar pastry made in Lithuania and often baked for traditional festivals.

Food of Lithuania

Dishes like Samogitian pancakes in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Samogitian pancakes:

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• Tartiflette · Main dish · Haute-Savoie, France

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• Hoorische · Main dish · Saarland, Germany

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

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