Armenian cuisine breakfast dishes were hearty. They included: "Hash", sometimes colloquially called the "Armenian hangover cure", is a basic dish of simmered cow's hooves. "Hash" is mentioned in 12th century medieval Armenian texts. Meals in Armenia often start with a spread of appetizers served for "the table". Armenian appetizers include stuffed vine leaves (called "yalanchy sarma", a type of "dolma"), a fried cheese-stuffed pastry called "dabgadz banir boerag", stuffed mussels ("midye dolma") and several types of pickled vegetables generally known as "torshi". Toasted pumpkin seeds are a popular snack; Armenians call them "tutumi gud". Chickpea balls called "topik" are made by Turkey's
Stuffed peppers (especially paprika and parsley) and cheese. Recipes vary but often include the removal of the seeds of the pepper, boiling them, stuffing them, covering them with cheese, and baking or alternatively cooking them on the stove top at a slow simmer in canned tomato sauce until the peppers are soft. A sauce may be served with them, often a tomato sauce, but this, too, varies greatly. Stuffed peppers Stuffed peppers is a dish that exists in different names and forms around the world. It consists of hollowed or halved peppers (typically bell peppers), filled with any of a variety of