* My sister is visiting Romania (on left in below picture)
and yesterday she had a cooking inter cultural exchange
with my next door neighbor (named Milushka).
She made French meat pie which has been a staple in my
family for the Christmas and New Year's holidays ever
since I can remember and before.
My next door neighbor made 'ciorba' a standard soup here
in Romania.
We took a few pictures of the soup making process.

First, here is my sister and Milushka at work.



They started with a big pot ... (white one) ...



Put in water and ground pig meat and pig brains ...



Then a couple of bay leaves ...



Add an onion ...



Carrots ... you can see the quantity ...



Everything is thrown in the pot ...



Add salt and pepper ( pepper not shown ) ...



Bring it all to a boil then reduce the heat and add tomato
juice and a little rice with some vegetable spice.



Cook for approximately an hour after all the ingredients
are in.
Serve with a little (very) little vinegar ( quarter tablespoon )
and cream cheese if desired.

This is probably one of many other different ways to make
ciorba. If you decide to try and make it then ... pofta buna ...
or Bon Appetit.