r/bulgaria • u/noamchomp123 • 9h ago
AskBulgaria Bought some things out in Sofia today can someone tell me what I got?
I asked for Bulgarian spices and folk music . If anyone can recommend me some dishes to cook that would be cool :))
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u/ShepardM Danmark 🇩🇰 9h ago
Look for самардала it will change your life, no kidding...its good for every meal.
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u/noamchomp123 9h ago
Just googled- will absolutely be doing this tmrw
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u/ShepardM Danmark 🇩🇰 9h ago
Trust me bro it's like cocaine even with just bread, it's very popular spice in central Bulgaria, Stara Zagora, Nova Zagora it's just the best, Sofia and Plovdiv some restaurants have it but not all.
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u/Historical-Truth-222 8h ago
As a Bulgarian who found this 2 years ago --> this is the shit. Nothing else comes even close to this. I destroy 3-4kg per year and Stara Zagora is the place to get it
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u/noamchomp123 8h ago
Will they have it in most spices places in Sofia? Like the women’s market?
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u/ShepardM Danmark 🇩🇰 8h ago
Potable, but I am not sure, I am not from Sofia, but for sure will find it in Stara Zagora or Nova Zagora... someone from Sofia should comment if they know a place. Last time when was in Stara Zagora was like 1 euro for 100g...
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u/Fabulous_Nobody_1866 9h ago
Първата ми мисъл като видех чубрицата е че човека ти е пробутал няква плява.
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u/Many-Relationship149 Varna / Варна 9h ago
I put the first one on musaka the bulgarian version with minced meat and potatoes, and the sharena sol is great with just homemade pita bread dipped in it
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u/RegionSignificant977 9h ago
Get a slice of bread. Spread butter on it, then use some of the brownish spice on top. It goes well with boiled eggs or fried eggs. Potato salad, roasted even fried. There is a salt in it so be careful. The other goes well with pork meat.
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u/rumen13indahouse Sofia / София 9h ago
ONE OF US
(You got savory, colorful salt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharena_sol and a CD of folk music)
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u/Inguisto 8h ago
МАКЕДОНСКО ДЕВОЙЧЕЕЕЕЕЕЕ, КИТКА ШАРЕНАААААААА, ВО ГРАДИНА РАСНАЛООООО, ДАР ПОДАРЕНООООО
ДАЛИИИИИ ИМААААА, НА ОВОЙЙЙЙ БЕЛИ СВЕТ, ПО-ЮБАВО ДЕВОЙЧЕ ОТ МАКЕДОНЧЕ? НЕЕЕЕЕМА, НЕЕЕЕМА, НЕКЕ СЕ РОДИ! ПО-ЮБАВО ДЕВОЙЧЕЕЕЕЕ, ОТ МАКЕДОНЧЕЕЕ!
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u/fallte1337 9h ago
You wanted Bulgarian folklore and got Authentic Macedonian Songs. Just don’t tell the neighbors.
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u/alteransg1 Bulgaria 9h ago
Dried savory, coloured salt (Bulgarian mied spice - mixed dried pepper, corn, savory, fenugreek), CD Voice Is Listened - Authentic Macedonian songs by Ivan Karakachanov The Pope (the priest, not Catholic pope).
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u/bahblahblahwr 6h ago
Macedonian folk music, sharena salt (soooo good, it’s a veggie salt and delicious on potatoes or eggs), and Bulgarian herb blend. It’s used similarly to Italian spices in Italian food. It’s mild but lovely in a cream sauce over pork.
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u/wharleeprof 6h ago
The sharena sol (the brown one) is good on everything. Use it instead of salt and pepper at the table or like where you'd use a season salt.
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u/rammstein-xrd 5h ago
Actually,you bought savory, sharena sol (a traditional Bulgarian spice blend), and some fantastic Bulgarian music from the pirin region of Bulgaria.Someone mentioned samardala-an amazing seasoning for fish that my parents grow at over 1000 meters above sea level :) but you didnt actually buy that particular spice! ;)
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u/AbbreviationsOk1999 8h ago
Most likely the guy was Macedonian, because he sold you Macedonian music, not Bulgarian. Still good selection, cheers!
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u/noamchomp123 8h ago
Hmm I don’t know. He showed me a few options , one was defo Bulgarian but I chose this one bc it was the cheaper one. I’ll try find something Bulgarian tmrw
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u/Inguisto 8h ago
That is bulgarian music! Do not be discouraged and dont listen to that guy. By "macedonian" it is meant the geographical region of Macedonia, not the country of North Macedonia. A part of the geographical region is in Bulgaria and that part has lots of Bulgarian-Macedonian folk music, including the CD he sold you!
It's a bit like saying that Swiss music isn't "European" music beacuse Switzerland isn't part of the European Union. Just to show how absurd it is.
Music does not know modern geographical boundaries and classifications.
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u/AbbreviationsOk1999 8h ago
Bro, literally the music is taken from Macedonian performers.
Original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfYfz4v9uzM&list=RDKfYfz4v9uzM&start_radio=1
Just saying, those are facts. In any case, music is music and doesn't know modern boundaries. Still there is Macedonian minority in Bulgaria. Therefore a music as well.
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u/Inguisto 7h ago
The Macedonian music in Bulgaria does not come from the miniscule minority in Bulgaria that identifies Ethnically with the North Macedonian State, judging by your comment tho you seem to be from that state so there'd be no point to lead a bad faith argument on the matter. As a foreigner do not try to dictate our culture.
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u/rammstein-xrd 6h ago
You really put that guy in his place! Iwas born in the Pirin macedonia, and Ive never had, a problem calling myself a Macedonian, just as people from Thrace are called Thracians, or those from Mysia are called Mysians... but we are Bulgarians! I have no problem with people calling me a macedonian,fully aware that Iam Bulgarian! Thats obvious to everyone! The problem is that this whole topic is so long... :( and tiresome... I even avoid it most of the time! Id rather build a 5-meter-tall concrete wall along our entire western border with North macedonia than argue with some serbophile from FYROM! :)
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u/AbbreviationsOk1999 30m ago
But why do you have music on your audio CD from the so called FYROM called Macedonian Music then? I am really confused from the contradictory statements
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u/GanyoBalkan Люлин 8h ago
It is Bulgarian
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u/AbbreviationsOk1999 8h ago
It literally says Macedonian Songs
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u/GanyoBalkan Люлин 8h ago
There cannot be Macedonian somgs from Bulgaria? You know that there is also a region called Macedonia in Bulgaria, right?
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u/AbbreviationsOk1999 8h ago
On the Audio CD the most famous song is from the Macedonian Singer Orce Stevkovski. The original one is in Macedonian Language. I guess the author Ivan Karacorov sang them in Bulgarian.
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u/Inguisto 8h ago edited 8h ago
The Macedonian folklore region is literally one of the most vibrant and most popular parts of bulgarian folk music. One of the most famous bulgarian folk musicians (Volodya Stoyanov) specializes exactly in macedonian folklore music and he is from Pirin MACEDONIA, which is a part of the republic of BULGARIA.
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u/RegionSignificant977 8h ago
Not North Macedonian. Bulgarian from Pirin region.
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u/noamchomp123 7h ago
Awesome thanks for the clarification
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u/reverber United States of America / Съединени Американски Щати 41m ago
There is also a Macedonian region in Greece with very similar (at least to American me) sounding music.
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u/ErosEroticos 9h ago
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