Meze "acılı ezme" (hot pepper paste often with walnuts), "haydari" (thick strained yogurt with herbs), "patlıcan salatası" (cold eggplant salad), "beyin salatası" (brain salad), "kalamar tava" (fried calamari or squid), midye dolma and "midye tava" (stuffed or fried mussels), enginar (artichokes), "cacık" (yogurt with cucumber and garlic), "pilaki" (foods cooked in a special sauce), "dolma" or "sarma" (rice-stuffed vine leaves or other stuffed vegetables, such as bell peppers), arnavut ciğeri (a liver dish, served cold), octopus salad, and "çiğ köfte" (raw meatballs with bulgur). In Greece, Cyprus and the Balkans, "mezé", "mezés", or "mezédhes" (plural) are small dishes, hot or cold,
Nyanya (dish) Nyanya (dish) Nyanya or niania () is an ancient Russian dish. It consists of a sheep’s abomasum stuffed with mutton brains, head meat, legs, onion and buckwheat porridge. The dish is known from the 9th century. Nyanya was forbidden by the Russian Orthodox Church because pagan Slavs used the dish in their rituals. The nyanya is mentioned in "Dead Souls" by Nikolai Gogol: "My dear," said Sobakevitch, "the cabbage soup is excellent." With that he finished his portion, and helped himself to a generous measure of niania, the dish which follows shtchi and consists of a sheep's stomach stuffed with