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A Bulgarian appetizer spread might include, from left, cracklings, hot peppers, Bulgarian feta cheese, head cheese, boiled tongue, smoked meats and kashkaval cheese.
Albadawi treats her guests to an array of appetite stimulators including cracklings (pruzki), green bell pepper-eggplant spread (kiopoolu also known to Serbians as ajvar), boiled tongue, smoked meats, roasted zucchini, kashkaval and feta cheeses, roasted peppers, and more. Her offerings are limited only by the size of her table.