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Ok so meat controls are bad in Romania. Romania is in Eastern Europe, but so are Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. I would have no qualms at all eating ra
by Jolter 4y ago
Ok so meat controls are bad in Romania. Romania is in Eastern Europe, but so are Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. I would have no qualms at all eating rare meat in either of those countries.
I just think stereotyping “Eastern Europe” as some mid-20th century agrarian backwater is very counterproductive to good discussion.
- gampleman 4y agoI would suggest some of those countries are more properly part of Central Europe, and at least in Czechia and Hungary steak tartare is a pretty traditional dish.
- kwhitefoot 4y agoPrague is further west than Vienna.
- Jolter 4y agoIt is! Still it’s part of Eastern Europe, by some definitions. See the Wikipedia page for Eastern Europe. All in all it’s a useless moniker these days for most purposes.
- hydrok9 4y agoOnly in the context of the former USSR are those states considered "eastern". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe#/media/File:Grossgliederung_Europas-en.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe#/media/File:Gro...
- Jolter 4y agoThere are two maps on the same Wikipedia page that put the three mentioned countries in Eastern Europe. It’s still a useless term.
- hydrok9 4y agoHungary and Czechia are typically considered central European though