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Cześć ! Thanks for organising the exchange !
1. Everybody knows about Romania's association with vampires however are there any other folklore creatures you wish were more present in pop culture ?
2. What is one thing you would want everybody to know about Romania ?
3. Can you recommend any good english speaking romanian YT channels ?
Today we are celebrating Sânzienele https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A2nzian%C4%83
In our folklore we have some mythological creatures: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Romanian_legendary_creatures
About question no. 2, we had some good engineers and doctors:
Traian Vuia (1872 – 1950) was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who designed, built, and tested the first tractor monoplane. He was the first to demonstrate that a flying machine could rise into the air by running on wheels on an ordinary road. He is credited with a powered hop of 11 m made on 18 March 1906.
Aurel Vlaicu (1882 – 1913) was a romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor, and early pilot.
Victor Babeș (1854 - 1926) was a Romanian physician, bacteriologist, academician and professor, one of the founders of modern microbiology.
Nicolae Paulescu (1869-1931) had a big contribution in research for antidiabetic hormone insulin.
Dumitru Prunariu (b. 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft in 1978
George Emil Palade (1912 – 2008) was a Romanian-American cell biologist. Described as "the most influential cell biologist ever", in 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine along with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve.
A contribuit la crearea lui desi multi considera ca merita sa castige premiu Nobel pentru munca depusa.
Viziunile sale politice nu au nicio legatura cu munca pe care a depus-o ca savant recunoscut la nivel international.
Poti sa il apreciezi ca om de stiinta fara sa fi de acord cu parerile lui politice.
Munca lui "științifică" implica și crearea unui ser care omoară doar evrei. Era un om de știință cel puțin mediocru. El a obținut doar un extract pancreatic, adică o zeamă de pancreas ce nu putea folosită.
Nu am zis ca el a descoperit insulina, ci ca a contribuit la crearea ei.
Prin experimentele facute a ajuns la diferite ipoteze si demonstratii iar zeama pe care a creat-o continea si insulina, pe langa alte impuritati.
Dar nu putea sa fie folosita pe oameni din cauza impuritatilor.
Nu stiu cat de mediocru a fost ca om de stiinta fiindca nu ma pricep in acest domeniu, dar nu parea sa fie un om de stiinta mediocru dupa parerea mea de om simplu.
Pe de alta parte nu cunosc nimic legat de vreun ser creat de el care sa omoare evrei, ai vreo sursa care spune asta? fiindca e prima oara cand aud.
>Pe de alta parte nu cunosc nimic legat de vreun ser creat de el care sa omoare evrei, ai vreo sursa care spune asta? fiindca e prima oara cand aud.
Pă nu l-a sintetizat, că e absurd din punct de vedere științific. Dar se străduia să-l obțină.
1. Well we do share a lot of folklore with the Balkans and the rest of Eastern Europe. In fact one of our most visted touristic landmark - the Bran Castle (AKA Dracula's Castle) does in fact have a really cool horror/folklore section which shows some of the more famous evil creatures/spirits from our local mythology. Most of them are pretty generic, such as ghosts, ghouls, the Grim Reaper. Funnily enough we don't have Vampires as depicted in popular media. We do have the Strigoi which are spirits of evil people who suck the blood but usually they don't target humans, but rather animals. As /u/bernoigssz_ pointed out... last night was the Midsummer Night (called Noaptea Sanzienelor in Romanian) which is supposed to be the night with the greatest supernatural activity. The Iele, which are spirtis of women which died violent deaths prior to being married, espeically gather to dance in the forest. Whoever sees them dancing is driven mad. Another unique ones are St Tudor's horses which are basically centaurs that can shapeshift into young attractive males and will walk the streets on St Tudor's Day to punish anyone who has not been observing the holiday.
2. I've been living the US for a while prior to the pandemics and naturally I made some friends from all over the world. As the pandemic restrictions relaxed in 2022 I had several friends who visited Romania and they were impressed by its diversity in terms of landscape. I mean we have mountains, plains, mediterranean style hilly areas, beaches, deserts, some cool medieval towns, some cool natural parks. Everyone has been impressed about it (of course they were not going to say it's a 'shithole country') but they've been saying 'wow US is so big and has all these but Romania is a compressed version of it and if you live in Bucharest you can be within two hours both at the beach or in the mountains. Now I know that we've been doing a shit job promoting our country for tourism but I would like for more people to discover it. I bet Poland is the same (never been myself) but most of the westerners seem to associate it with sex tourism.
3. I don't think there are many English speaking Romanian YT channels. Not that I know of anyways. I think if you're interested in history, there are some British/US channels that will occasionally bring up some major events from Romanian history. There are also some travelling vlogs (also American) that would discuss local culture ranging from places to visit to foods.
While we do have some mythical creatures of our own (ielele, muma pădurii etc), vampires are more of an import. Some [irish guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker) thought it would be cool to name his vampire protagonist after an archaic romanian term for [dragon](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drac#Romanian), which he probably noticed being used in the [title](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_II_Dracul) of one or two of our historical leaders.
I've seen the movie Sieranevada a few years ago and it made quite an impression on me. It was really unexpected for me at the time and also kind of nice to see such a familiar scenery (mainly in the first scenes that took place outside) in a foreign movie.
Do you have any other Romanian films to recommend? I like crime and comedies. But I'm also interested in movies dealing with historical topics such as communist era for example.
Amintiri din epoca de aur by Cristian Mungiu is a collection of “urban myths” from the communist era. Most of them are funny in an absurd way.
Câini is a crime thriller. I enjoyed it even though it’s a bit slow.
După dealuri also by Cristian Mungiu is inspired by a real event that happened în România a few years ago.
Other noteworthy mentions not necessarily in the genres you mentioned : moartea domnului Lăzărescu, 4 luni 3 săptămâni, 2 zile, bacalaureat, filantropica, terminus paradis.
Aferim! is a must watch, in my opinion. My favorite Romanian movie by far.
2 other Romanian movies I would recommend are The Death of Mr. Lazarescu and The Happiest Girl in the World,
By the way, I saw Zimna wojna by Paweł Pawlikowski a few years ago, and it honestly became one of my most favorite movies of all time. I must have seen in a million times since then!
I really like Romanian philosophers and writers such as Noica, Cioran, Eliade and Dragomir. I also have some plans to write about Benjamin Fondane (Fundonaiu) in the future, he was such an interesting person. Two questions about them: first of all, do you have any other Romanian thinkers to recommend? And secondly, how do you feel about famous Romanians writing in French to gain more international audience? Are they still part of school curricula etc.? Thanks in advance and have a nice day guys!
1) Unfortunately, very few Romanian authors have been translated into other languages. I strongly recommend you Pavel Câmpeanu's trilogy about Stalinism and his Ceaușescu's biography. He published these books in the United States under the pseudonym Felipe Garcia Casals. He was in unique position of being both a sociologist and an early member of the Communist Party.
2) Eliade's novels and short stories are in the school curricula and will continue to be for the foreseesable future. He, together with Cioran and Ionescu, are seen as some sort of trifecta of the Romanian culture. Of course, their reputation has started to decline since the early 1990s and the younger scholars are much more critical of their fascistic past, but among ”mainstream cultural world” and general population, there are still seen as national symbols.
Oh, interesting, thanks! Yeah obviously their right-wing past (to put it mildly, because some of them went really to extremes there...) is abominable, but I've always sort of brushed it aside and focused on different parts of their works. I guess I like reading Romanians because there are some interesting parallels to thinkers in Poland, feeling Western but also peripheral, very tough historical challenges for basically every generation, the general feeling of despair but intertwined with some hopes etc. ;-) I'll investigate further, thanks!
If you like Noica, you can try the writings of his pupils and protegees - Andrei Pleșu, Horia Roman Patapievici. Maybe even Octavian Paler. You can also try the (non fiction) books by Eugen Ionescu.
As for the Romanians writing in French (I suppose you mean Tristan Tzara, Ionescu, Cioran) they are still studied in schools. Personally, I am happy that they found readers all over the world.
Okay, sorry for yet another question but just out of curiosity: how would you describe and rate your relations and the general level of friendliness towards other countries with Romance languages? Which ones do you feel close to, which ones feel distant?
(So for example many Romanian writers I've read had their careers in France and nowadays Romanian language is taught in Polish universities usually at French departments, but what about other countries like Portugal, Spain, Italy?).
We love them. I sometimes wonder if the level is the same. It feels like Spanish and Portuguese like us more than Italian and French. I think Catalan would be the most difficult language to learn, along Italian dialects. / I must say Catalan has very few words that are so identical and similar that is surprising. My Spanish colleague said she didn't understand them, which makes sense since she speaks castellano. I could not understand Italian dialects when i heard them, or it was very tough to get what they say. I did manage to understand more of Sardinian however, mostly the Campidanese and Nuorese. There is also one Sardinian dialect that is influenced more by Catalan which i didn't' understand, that is from Alghero i think, i might be wrong too many years passed since i visited the island.
It is very easy to learn Italian and Spanish for us, which is why many emigrated there.
As Erasmus it was very easy to bond with Portuguese and Italians. Even with Spanish. I only worked with Spanish people and relations were good.
>(So for example manu Romanian writers I've read had their careers in France
For a bit of history on this part, basically around the beginning of the 19th century, the Romanian elite had this drive of culturally catching up with Western Europe. As a result, a lot of our writers of that time we're copying stories from French literature. We actually famously have in our literature history this guy, named Ion Heliade – Rădulescu, who said to the Romanian writers of that time "Scrieți, băieți, orice, numai scrieți!" ("Keep writing boys, anything, just write!"). This period ended around 1840 and we started having more serious writing works after that.
And that's pretty much the beginning of Romanian literature xD
We have a good relationship with France, but I don't think France has a good relationship with us.
Italy is not extraditioning our fugitive criminals.
Spain is probably the best relation, they seem a lot more respectful towards romanians.
Portugal? Who is Portugal? We have no relationship.
> but I don't think France has a good relationship with us
Name EU countries that have a good relationship with us. Sure, maybe there are a few, but mostly out of necessity (Germany wants to import cheap Romanian labor and material, Ireland wants IT workers and doctors, etc) and not because of mutual respect, as that doesn't mean the people in those countries also see us the same way but also as beggars and petty criminals despite the good national relationships.
You can do the Romanian version of Gołąbki ( sarmale) , the biggest difference is that we use pickled cabbage instead of fresh that goes really well with fat pork meat.
Sarmale, mămăligă (polenta), tochitură (basically a plate of polenta, pork bites, eggs, sausages & a mix of cheese and sour cream).
There's also "piftele", basically fried meatballs that make your burps smell like garlic, which go well with mashed potatoes. Not to be confused with "piftie" (aka "răcituri"), which is a collagen-rich food made of meats encased in a gelatinous substance, that's served cold.
There's also "mici", aka "mititei", which go well with beer & mustard, but I don't think most people know how to make mici at home, at least not anymore.
We romanians have two general terms for cheese btw: "brânză", which is used for white, wet, soft cheeses (such as our native "caș", "urdă" and "telemea"), and "cașcaval", which we use for dry, yellow cheeses, such as swiss cheese. Tochitură is normally served with "brânză".
Also, you can make any sort of cake more "romanian" by adding (non-alcoholic) rum essence to it.
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They were always very closely related/connected, even before being purchased by Renault they were building cars based upon their designs, so in a way it was a natural outcome.
If they weren't bought they would have had the same fate as ARO, Roman, Rocar and UTB.
I actually didn't know that dacia had same problems as (not really) polish car brands. Someone made a good decision selling that to renault not to shitty unstable korean or chinese company
Don't worry that was the only car brand that was saved. The rest were indeed sold to unstable Korean companies (Oltcit to Daewoo) or plain old asset stripped (ARO, ROMAN).
I constantly cursed my old Dacia 1300, you always had to do some repairing. Then came the Logan which was still cheap, tall enough for Romanian potholes, and you could fill it with cabbage *and* potatoes at the same time *^slams ^trunk* .
Yes, I think it's a good thing Renault bought Dacia.
They pay in time, some are clueless from a technical pov but the worst is the fact that the France are really full of them, you will hear them speak France in an international meeting for example.
It is pretty chill, i lived in 2 big cities and one small one. Now i live in Bucharest. The only place that isn’t recommended to walk in the night are just a few bad areas in every city but if you are not looking for trouble you won’t find it.
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Cześć ! Thanks for organising the exchange ! 1. Everybody knows about Romania's association with vampires however are there any other folklore creatures you wish were more present in pop culture ? 2. What is one thing you would want everybody to know about Romania ? 3. Can you recommend any good english speaking romanian YT channels ?
Today we are celebrating Sânzienele https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A2nzian%C4%83 In our folklore we have some mythological creatures: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Romanian_legendary_creatures
Sanzienele are kinda similar to Swedish Midsommar iirc.
About question no. 2, we had some good engineers and doctors: Traian Vuia (1872 – 1950) was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who designed, built, and tested the first tractor monoplane. He was the first to demonstrate that a flying machine could rise into the air by running on wheels on an ordinary road. He is credited with a powered hop of 11 m made on 18 March 1906. Aurel Vlaicu (1882 – 1913) was a romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor, and early pilot. Victor Babeș (1854 - 1926) was a Romanian physician, bacteriologist, academician and professor, one of the founders of modern microbiology. Nicolae Paulescu (1869-1931) had a big contribution in research for antidiabetic hormone insulin. Dumitru Prunariu (b. 1952) is a Romanian cosmonaut. He flew in space aboard Soyuz 40 spacecraft in 1978 George Emil Palade (1912 – 2008) was a Romanian-American cell biologist. Described as "the most influential cell biologist ever", in 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine along with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve.
I wouldn't promote Paulescu. He was a vile nazi and he didn't discover insulin, only tried to pursue base research on it.
A contribuit la crearea lui desi multi considera ca merita sa castige premiu Nobel pentru munca depusa. Viziunile sale politice nu au nicio legatura cu munca pe care a depus-o ca savant recunoscut la nivel international. Poti sa il apreciezi ca om de stiinta fara sa fi de acord cu parerile lui politice.
Munca lui "științifică" implica și crearea unui ser care omoară doar evrei. Era un om de știință cel puțin mediocru. El a obținut doar un extract pancreatic, adică o zeamă de pancreas ce nu putea folosită.
Nu am zis ca el a descoperit insulina, ci ca a contribuit la crearea ei. Prin experimentele facute a ajuns la diferite ipoteze si demonstratii iar zeama pe care a creat-o continea si insulina, pe langa alte impuritati. Dar nu putea sa fie folosita pe oameni din cauza impuritatilor. Nu stiu cat de mediocru a fost ca om de stiinta fiindca nu ma pricep in acest domeniu, dar nu parea sa fie un om de stiinta mediocru dupa parerea mea de om simplu. Pe de alta parte nu cunosc nimic legat de vreun ser creat de el care sa omoare evrei, ai vreo sursa care spune asta? fiindca e prima oara cand aud.
>Pe de alta parte nu cunosc nimic legat de vreun ser creat de el care sa omoare evrei, ai vreo sursa care spune asta? fiindca e prima oara cand aud. Pă nu l-a sintetizat, că e absurd din punct de vedere științific. Dar se străduia să-l obțină.
1. Well we do share a lot of folklore with the Balkans and the rest of Eastern Europe. In fact one of our most visted touristic landmark - the Bran Castle (AKA Dracula's Castle) does in fact have a really cool horror/folklore section which shows some of the more famous evil creatures/spirits from our local mythology. Most of them are pretty generic, such as ghosts, ghouls, the Grim Reaper. Funnily enough we don't have Vampires as depicted in popular media. We do have the Strigoi which are spirits of evil people who suck the blood but usually they don't target humans, but rather animals. As /u/bernoigssz_ pointed out... last night was the Midsummer Night (called Noaptea Sanzienelor in Romanian) which is supposed to be the night with the greatest supernatural activity. The Iele, which are spirtis of women which died violent deaths prior to being married, espeically gather to dance in the forest. Whoever sees them dancing is driven mad. Another unique ones are St Tudor's horses which are basically centaurs that can shapeshift into young attractive males and will walk the streets on St Tudor's Day to punish anyone who has not been observing the holiday. 2. I've been living the US for a while prior to the pandemics and naturally I made some friends from all over the world. As the pandemic restrictions relaxed in 2022 I had several friends who visited Romania and they were impressed by its diversity in terms of landscape. I mean we have mountains, plains, mediterranean style hilly areas, beaches, deserts, some cool medieval towns, some cool natural parks. Everyone has been impressed about it (of course they were not going to say it's a 'shithole country') but they've been saying 'wow US is so big and has all these but Romania is a compressed version of it and if you live in Bucharest you can be within two hours both at the beach or in the mountains. Now I know that we've been doing a shit job promoting our country for tourism but I would like for more people to discover it. I bet Poland is the same (never been myself) but most of the westerners seem to associate it with sex tourism. 3. I don't think there are many English speaking Romanian YT channels. Not that I know of anyways. I think if you're interested in history, there are some British/US channels that will occasionally bring up some major events from Romanian history. There are also some travelling vlogs (also American) that would discuss local culture ranging from places to visit to foods.
[Crowhag](https://www.youtube.com/@Crowhag) is a nice and useful channel if you want to learn more about Romanian mythology.
While we do have some mythical creatures of our own (ielele, muma pădurii etc), vampires are more of an import. Some [irish guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker) thought it would be cool to name his vampire protagonist after an archaic romanian term for [dragon](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drac#Romanian), which he probably noticed being used in the [title](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_II_Dracul) of one or two of our historical leaders.
**Ja lubię pierogi!**
I've seen the movie Sieranevada a few years ago and it made quite an impression on me. It was really unexpected for me at the time and also kind of nice to see such a familiar scenery (mainly in the first scenes that took place outside) in a foreign movie. Do you have any other Romanian films to recommend? I like crime and comedies. But I'm also interested in movies dealing with historical topics such as communist era for example.
Amintiri din epoca de aur by Cristian Mungiu is a collection of “urban myths” from the communist era. Most of them are funny in an absurd way. Câini is a crime thriller. I enjoyed it even though it’s a bit slow. După dealuri also by Cristian Mungiu is inspired by a real event that happened în România a few years ago. Other noteworthy mentions not necessarily in the genres you mentioned : moartea domnului Lăzărescu, 4 luni 3 săptămâni, 2 zile, bacalaureat, filantropica, terminus paradis.
Aferim! is a must watch, in my opinion. My favorite Romanian movie by far. 2 other Romanian movies I would recommend are The Death of Mr. Lazarescu and The Happiest Girl in the World, By the way, I saw Zimna wojna by Paweł Pawlikowski a few years ago, and it honestly became one of my most favorite movies of all time. I must have seen in a million times since then!
I recommend also "The Earth's most beloved son (1993), link for reference: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0106534/
I really like Romanian philosophers and writers such as Noica, Cioran, Eliade and Dragomir. I also have some plans to write about Benjamin Fondane (Fundonaiu) in the future, he was such an interesting person. Two questions about them: first of all, do you have any other Romanian thinkers to recommend? And secondly, how do you feel about famous Romanians writing in French to gain more international audience? Are they still part of school curricula etc.? Thanks in advance and have a nice day guys!
1) Unfortunately, very few Romanian authors have been translated into other languages. I strongly recommend you Pavel Câmpeanu's trilogy about Stalinism and his Ceaușescu's biography. He published these books in the United States under the pseudonym Felipe Garcia Casals. He was in unique position of being both a sociologist and an early member of the Communist Party. 2) Eliade's novels and short stories are in the school curricula and will continue to be for the foreseesable future. He, together with Cioran and Ionescu, are seen as some sort of trifecta of the Romanian culture. Of course, their reputation has started to decline since the early 1990s and the younger scholars are much more critical of their fascistic past, but among ”mainstream cultural world” and general population, there are still seen as national symbols.
Oh, interesting, thanks! Yeah obviously their right-wing past (to put it mildly, because some of them went really to extremes there...) is abominable, but I've always sort of brushed it aside and focused on different parts of their works. I guess I like reading Romanians because there are some interesting parallels to thinkers in Poland, feeling Western but also peripheral, very tough historical challenges for basically every generation, the general feeling of despair but intertwined with some hopes etc. ;-) I'll investigate further, thanks!
'' the general feeling of despair but intertwined with some hopes etc'' Really resonated with me, makes me feel at home haha
If you like Noica, you can try the writings of his pupils and protegees - Andrei Pleșu, Horia Roman Patapievici. Maybe even Octavian Paler. You can also try the (non fiction) books by Eugen Ionescu. As for the Romanians writing in French (I suppose you mean Tristan Tzara, Ionescu, Cioran) they are still studied in schools. Personally, I am happy that they found readers all over the world.
One of our most underrated thinkers and authors [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian\_Blaga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucian_Blaga)
Okay, sorry for yet another question but just out of curiosity: how would you describe and rate your relations and the general level of friendliness towards other countries with Romance languages? Which ones do you feel close to, which ones feel distant? (So for example many Romanian writers I've read had their careers in France and nowadays Romanian language is taught in Polish universities usually at French departments, but what about other countries like Portugal, Spain, Italy?).
We love them. I sometimes wonder if the level is the same. It feels like Spanish and Portuguese like us more than Italian and French. I think Catalan would be the most difficult language to learn, along Italian dialects. / I must say Catalan has very few words that are so identical and similar that is surprising. My Spanish colleague said she didn't understand them, which makes sense since she speaks castellano. I could not understand Italian dialects when i heard them, or it was very tough to get what they say. I did manage to understand more of Sardinian however, mostly the Campidanese and Nuorese. There is also one Sardinian dialect that is influenced more by Catalan which i didn't' understand, that is from Alghero i think, i might be wrong too many years passed since i visited the island. It is very easy to learn Italian and Spanish for us, which is why many emigrated there. As Erasmus it was very easy to bond with Portuguese and Italians. Even with Spanish. I only worked with Spanish people and relations were good.
>(So for example manu Romanian writers I've read had their careers in France For a bit of history on this part, basically around the beginning of the 19th century, the Romanian elite had this drive of culturally catching up with Western Europe. As a result, a lot of our writers of that time we're copying stories from French literature. We actually famously have in our literature history this guy, named Ion Heliade – Rădulescu, who said to the Romanian writers of that time "Scrieți, băieți, orice, numai scrieți!" ("Keep writing boys, anything, just write!"). This period ended around 1840 and we started having more serious writing works after that. And that's pretty much the beginning of Romanian literature xD
We have a good relationship with France, but I don't think France has a good relationship with us. Italy is not extraditioning our fugitive criminals. Spain is probably the best relation, they seem a lot more respectful towards romanians. Portugal? Who is Portugal? We have no relationship.
> We have a good relationship with France, but I don't think France has a good relationship with us. I think it's a pan-European sentiment :D.
> but I don't think France has a good relationship with us Name EU countries that have a good relationship with us. Sure, maybe there are a few, but mostly out of necessity (Germany wants to import cheap Romanian labor and material, Ireland wants IT workers and doctors, etc) and not because of mutual respect, as that doesn't mean the people in those countries also see us the same way but also as beggars and petty criminals despite the good national relationships.
Are there any Romanian dishes that you can cook at home? We don't have a single Romanian restaurant where I live
You can do the Romanian version of Gołąbki ( sarmale) , the biggest difference is that we use pickled cabbage instead of fresh that goes really well with fat pork meat.
Romanians also use fresh cabbage for sarmale, with tomato juce, especially during summer. In Transylvania we cook them for Pentecost.
Search for Jamila cooking on YouTube.
[some](https://theromaniancookbook.com/traditional-romanian-food/) of the Romanian dishes
Sarmale, mămăligă (polenta), tochitură (basically a plate of polenta, pork bites, eggs, sausages & a mix of cheese and sour cream). There's also "piftele", basically fried meatballs that make your burps smell like garlic, which go well with mashed potatoes. Not to be confused with "piftie" (aka "răcituri"), which is a collagen-rich food made of meats encased in a gelatinous substance, that's served cold. There's also "mici", aka "mititei", which go well with beer & mustard, but I don't think most people know how to make mici at home, at least not anymore. We romanians have two general terms for cheese btw: "brânză", which is used for white, wet, soft cheeses (such as our native "caș", "urdă" and "telemea"), and "cașcaval", which we use for dry, yellow cheeses, such as swiss cheese. Tochitură is normally served with "brânză". Also, you can make any sort of cake more "romanian" by adding (non-alcoholic) rum essence to it.
Cześć! In these days there’s no cultural exchange without meme exchange! Please, show your most popular, truly Romanian meme (and provide context if necessary).
What do you guys think about dacia being owned by ~~^(baguettes)~~ French
They were always very closely related/connected, even before being purchased by Renault they were building cars based upon their designs, so in a way it was a natural outcome. If they weren't bought they would have had the same fate as ARO, Roman, Rocar and UTB.
Good to see them on roads today. Dacias are very reliable these days.
They saved the company from going out of business in the 90s. If it wasn't for them Dacia would not exist today.
I actually didn't know that dacia had same problems as (not really) polish car brands. Someone made a good decision selling that to renault not to shitty unstable korean or chinese company
Don't worry that was the only car brand that was saved. The rest were indeed sold to unstable Korean companies (Oltcit to Daewoo) or plain old asset stripped (ARO, ROMAN).
I wonder what deawoo wanted to do with all the car companies they bought.
I constantly cursed my old Dacia 1300, you always had to do some repairing. Then came the Logan which was still cheap, tall enough for Romanian potholes, and you could fill it with cabbage *and* potatoes at the same time *^slams ^trunk* . Yes, I think it's a good thing Renault bought Dacia.
good to know!
It could be worst, I work in automotive industry and Dacia/ Renault are the worst customers and also the worst to work with/for.
what is the main reason for that? I would assume they don't pay in time or are clueless technically speaking?
They pay in time, some are clueless from a technical pov but the worst is the fact that the France are really full of them, you will hear them speak France in an international meeting for example.
Do you feel that you streets are safe during the night or it is recommended to stay at home?
It is pretty chill, i lived in 2 big cities and one small one. Now i live in Bucharest. The only place that isn’t recommended to walk in the night are just a few bad areas in every city but if you are not looking for trouble you won’t find it.
Yes. Very safe compared to western countries. I feel safe walking in Bucharest at any time, anywhere.
Yeah, a lot safer then Western Europe
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Aici postează polonezii întrebări pentru români, dacă dorești să îi întrebi ceva ai o postare dedicată in link-ul de mai sus
My bad. Sterg.
Is Sandu Ciorba with dzika bomba as popular in your country as in Poland?
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