How to pronounce Telemea

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /teleˈme̯a/. In plain English letters that is teh-leh-MYAH, 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 Telemea?

Telemea is a snack of Romania. Where it comes from: All Romania. People usually eat it as a snack and for breakfast. Its main ingredients are dairy & cheese. It tastes savory.

Where Telemea comes from

Telemea is one of 22 signature dishes of Romania on this map.

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  Sarmale are cabbage leaves rolled around a filling of minced pork, rice, onion and herbs, slowly cooked in layers in a pot with smoked meat, tomato and dill.

• Mămăligă · Main dish · All Romania

  Mămăligă is a firm porridge of yellow maize flour boiled with water and salt, stirred until thick and turned out onto a board, then cut with a thread.

• Ciorbă de burtă · Soup & stew · All Romania

  Ciorbă de burtă, tripe soup, is a traditional Romanian ciorbă, a sour soup, and many versions are made across the country.

• Papanași · Dessert · All Romania

  Papanași are a traditional Romanian dessert, also eaten in Moldova, made from a dough of fresh sweet cow's cheese with eggs, flour, semolina, breadcrumbs and sugar.

• Zacuscă · Snack · All Romania

  Zacuscă is a vegetable spread popular in Romania, Moldova and Hungary, where it is called zakuszka, and English sources say it originated in Romania.

• Țuică · Drink · All Romania

  Țuică is a traditional Romanian spirit made only from plums and considered Romania's national drink.

Food of Romania

Dishes like Telemea in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Telemea:

• Pirot kashkaval пиротски качкаваљ · Snack · Southeastern Serbia (Pirot), Serbia

  Pirotski kačkavalj is a kind of kashkaval, a yellow cheese, made in its own particular way around the town of Pirot in south-eastern Serbia.

• Oscypek · Snack · Tatra Mountains (Lesser Poland), Poland

  Oscypek is a hard smoked cheese made from salted sheep's milk in the Tatra Mountains of southern Poland, above all in the Podhale region around the highland towns.

• Olomoucké tvarůžky · Snack · Haná (Olomouc Region), Czechia

  Olomoucké tvarůžky are a ripened soft cheese from Moravia, made from low-fat curd cheese rather than directly from milk, which is where the name, "little curds", comes from.

• Škripavac · Snack · Lika, Croatia

  Škripavac is a native full-fat soft cheese made in the households of Lika and Kordun, the mountainous regions of central Croatia.