Old Style of Preserving Pickles Without Adding Preservatives
Pickles are a crave-able bite of briny deliciousness and have been people’s traditional favorite for a very long time. Besides being the perfect companion to eggs, burgers, sandwiches, pickles are packed with probiotics with...
Hoeing Weeds in Organic Farms From Romania
The corn season has arrived and farmers hope for high yields. They strive to keep weeds and pests from destroying their crops, spraying and adding nutrients to the soil. However, things look different in organic farms....
Romanian Cottage Cheese Doughnuts – Papanași
Packed with a lot of protein and essential nutrients, cow’s cheese – brânza de vaci – is used in many desserts. After making cheese from fresh cow’s milk, we will use the fresh cheese...
Making Cheese From Fresh Cow’s Milk
Making Cheese From Fresh Cow’s Milk In these days, it is surprisingly difficult to select healthy cheese. We nose around different types of cheese, some perhaps wrongly labeled as “organic”, or “traditional”, yet when...
Romanian Traditional Pork Organ Recipe: Caltaboș
In the Romanian cuisine, when it comes to preparing pig liver, there are many different recipes, some of which are seen as traditional delicacies during Christmas time. One of the best known Romanian traditional...
Smoked Meat in Smokehouse, Best Natural Flavor of Romanian Countryside Cuisine
Romanian country people of the good old-fashioned type pride themselves on their skill in preparing delicious traditional pork dishes, such as smoked meat, sausages, as well as liverwurst and other Romanian traditional recipes with...
Artisanal Bread Baking – Crusty Country Style Székely Battered Boule
The morning mist begins to dissipate as the sun warms the air at the foothills of the Făgăraș Mountains. This is the village of Drăguș, a community with ties to the past. On the...
Chasing Tradition Bearers and Practitioners in Romanian Villages
“It’s been a few years now since they roam the Romanian villages in search of rare authentic tradition bearers and practitioners, in a rural world where heritage crafts were cast away, being in danger...
Romanian Folk Costumes Spotted on Rural Transylvania Tour
Discovering Traditional Crafts on Rural Transylvania Tour in The Land of Făgăraș The basic features of the Romanian folk costumes in Transylvania region are two rectangular aprons (catrințe or reg. cretințe), black or in...
Cheesemaking in Transylvania – Traditional Sheep Cheese Recipes
Cheesemaking at Romanian Sheepfold From Transylvania Fagaras Mountains As the sun slides below the rocky summits of Fagaras mountains, shepherds from Transylvania finish the evening milking. Milk buckets filled with foamy white liquid are...
7 Attractions Worth Visited on Your Transylvania Trip
What make Romania unique are the huge regional differences. Not only there are differences in landscape and climate, but also in the village settlements, architecture and people who live in each of these regions....
Romanian Pagan Traditions That Led Me to Jesus Christ
Last year I deleted over a quarter of my blog posts. Hours of work. It wasn’t easy. I’ll explain. But first of all, If you’ve been following Peasantartcraft for a very long time, then...
Visit Bucovina – Top 8 Places To Travel & Things To Do in Suceava County
Looking for a combo of urban and rural, local customs, delicious food, beautiful landscapes, tall forests, winter sports and mountains? Then you should plan your next trip to the region of Bucovina, northeast Romania....
The Village Museum of Maramureș – Where Houses Tell Their Own Stories
Connecting With Local Culture at Maramureș Village Museum Most people don’t necessarily consider life in the country as something cool, fun or entertaining. A place where the old prevails is not somewhere you travel...
Life in Maramures Villages Is So Much Simpler – Look How They Do Their Laundry
In old times, people used to wash their clothes in rivers, but in Maramures villages, they had their own way of doing the laundry. Before washing machines were invented, the people from Maramureș took their clothing to nearby...
Romanian Traditional Costumes and Dances On Our Maramures Trip
Romanian Traditional Costumes From Maramureș Since day one, the local people of Maramureș or moroșeni, as they are called, won us over with their hospitality. Our first interaction with the locals happened in the...
