Romania
Photo: Stoschmidt, CC BY 3.0, croppedMici
/mit͡ʃʲ/MEECH
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- Taste
- SmokySavory
- Made with
- BeefLambPork
History
Mici, also called mititei, "little ones", are small skinless sausages of minced beef, often mixed with lamb and pork, seasoned with garlic, black pepper, thyme and other spices, plus a little bicarbonate of soda that keeps them springy. They are grilled over charcoal and eaten with mustard, bread and cold beer. A popular story says mici were invented in the late 1800s at a Bucharest inn called La Iordachi, when the cook ran out of sausage casings and grilled the meat without them; the tale is often told but hard to prove. Today mici are Romania's grill food, sold at markets, stadiums, roadside stands and festivals, and Labour Day on 1 May is traditionally celebrated with mici in the countryside.
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