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from the řeznictví (butcher’s shop), bread at the pekárna (bakery),
and wine at the vinárna (wine bar). Our newly launched “Deciperhing”
series on Expats.cz helps you navigate the supermarket aisle. Below, a
short glossary of useful terms, aisle-by-aisle:
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Baking powder (kypřicí prášek) and baking soda (jedlá soda) come in
slender packets.
Breadcrumbs (strouhanka), a Czech staple, are usually available near
the bread section.
Condensed milk (kondenzované) is by the coffee creamer, and comes
sweetened (sladká) or unsweetened (neslazené).
Corn starch (kukuřičný škrob) and potato starch (bramborový škrob)
are common.
Dried yeast (instantní droždí) comes in small sacks in the baking aisle;
fresh yeast (čerstvé kvasnice) in square blocks in the refrigerated
section.
Extracts include rum, almond, lemon and the harder-to-come-by vanilla.
Flour comes in three varieties to indicate degree of fineness: hladká,
polohrubá, and hrubá (fine, semi-fine, and coarse). Krupice is a coarse
flour similar to semolina. Whole-wheat flour is celozrnná pšeničná
mouka. Rye flour (žitná mouka) is also available.
Food coloring (potravinářské barvivo) comes packaged in powder (not
liquid) form.
Pastry (těsto) is also available as puff sheets (lístkové těsto ot listové
těsto).
Shortening (rostlinný tuk) can be found in the refrigerated section by
the butter.
Spices include nutmeg (muškátový oříšek), cinnamon (skořice), ginger
(zázvor), and cloves (hřebičký). They are usually available whole or
ground (celý/mletý).
Sugar (cukr) is available as krystal or granulated (krupice) or as
powdered (moučka). Vanilkový cukr can be found in a sachet near the
spices. Brown sugar is less common in supermarkets but can be found
at Marks & Spencer.
Vegetable oil is rostlinný olej.
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Bageta is a baguette. The ones from the larger supermarkets, baked on
site, are quite good.
Držkovský is a variation on the standard Czech bread. It is oval with a
copper-brown crust. The crust is shinier than most other breads.
Hostivařský comes in large circular loaves with a hard crust, topped
with caraway seeds.
Houska is a common bread roll. It is baked into braids and topped with
seeds or salt.
Konzumní or šumavský is oval, with a golden-brown chewy crust.
Pivní rohlík is the rohlík’s longer, thinner cousin. Sea salt is often
baked on top. Traditionally, it is eaten with beer.
Rohlík is a common roll, in the shape of a crescent. Available with
a caraway or poppy-seed topping and in wholegrain and multi-grain
varieties.
Slunečnicový contains sunflower seeds, hence the name. (Slunečnice
is the Czech word for sunflower.) The seeds are also baked on top,
making it easy to distinguish.
Toustový chléb is sliced sandwich bread. Less springy than UK or US
brands.
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Balkánský sýr (Balkan cheese) is the local equivalent for feta, though
it cannot be called feta because it is made from cow’s milk; EU naming
regulations require that feta be made from goat’s milk.
Brynza is a soft sheep’s milk cheese, traditionally served with the
Slovak dish halušky.
Eidam, named after the Dutch Edam, is bland, rubbery, and does not
melt well. Most often the cheese used in fried cheese (smažený sýr).
Ementál takes its name from the Emmentaler cheese of Switzerland,
but is applied to any cheese that most English-speakers would call
Swiss cheese.
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Hermelín is the term for cheeses similar in look and production to
camembert.
Jadel is a type of sheep’s cheese. It comes in long, thick braids.
Lovecký sýr is a variety of cheese with a high fat content and semi-soft
texture.
Niva is a Czech blue-vein cheese.
Olomoucké sýrečky is known for its pungent, some may even say
revolting, aroma.
Tavený sýr is a soft spreadable processed cheese that comes in
triangles.
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Ham (šunka) comes in a variety of processed preparations: off the
bone (odkosti), smoked (uzeny), as dětská šunka, or mildly brined
Debrecinská pečeně with added paprika. English bacon (Anglická
slanina) is made from pork belly (pork side).
Salami (salám) can be purchased as Gothaj (like mortadella), Herkules
(a classic pork salami), and junior (like baloney). Paprikáš is fermented
salami with peppers.
Sausages can be párky, which are similar to frankfurters, and klobásy,
which are often thicker fattier sausages. Párky are suitable for
steaming, boiling or grilling. Klobásy are for grilling either on a hotplate,
pan, grill, or over an open fire. Drůbeží are sausages made from
poultry.
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Butter (máslo) and margarine (margarín) brands include Hera, Rama,
and Perla. If labeled na pečení the product is intended for baking.
Buttermilk (podmáslí) translates as “sub butter” in Czech.
Cream (smetana) is also available whipped (šlehačka), for whipping
(na šlehání), for cooking (smetana na vaření), and as sour cream
(zakysaná smetana) and coffee creamer (smetana do kávy).
Milk (mléko) is color coded to indicate fat content. Green packaging
is low-fat with .5% (odstředěné, odtučněné, or nízkotučné). Blue is
skim 1.5% (polotučné). Red is whole milk 3–3.5% (plnotučné). Milk
with added acidophilusis is called acidofilní mléko. Kefírové mléko is a
cultured milk product like yogurt.
Yogurt (jogurt) often has big chunks (velké kousky) of fruit or fiber and
cereal (vláknina).
Tvaroh is a curd product similar to quark (though it’s not the same),
and larger stores will actually carry quark (čerstvý sýr), and cottage
cheese (cottage).
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Beef (hovězí) cuts include filet mignon (svíčková), flank (z pupku), top
blade (z předního bez kosti), rib eye (vysoký roštěnec bez kosti), sirloin
(ze špičky), T-bone (roštěnec a svíčková), chuck roast (z předního bez
kosti), ground beef (mleté maso), and prime rib roast (vysoký roštěnec
kostí).
Chicken (kuře) and turkey (krůta) parts are thighs (stehno), breast
(prsa), and legs (křidla).
Pork (vepřové) cuts include chops (vepřové kotlety), loin (vepřová
panenka), and tenderloin (svíčková).
nutRition lAbelS
While the EU currently unifies its food-labeling laws, you’ll likely come
across products that feature a hodgepodge of dietary details. Most
common in the Czech Republic are labels that list nutritional values per
100 g (3.5 oz) or 100 ml (about 1/2 cup) for kcal (calories), bílkovina
(protein), sacharidy (carbohydrates), tuk (fat), cukr (sugar) and in
some cases nasycených tuků (saturated fat), vlákno (fiber), and sodík
(sodium). Some manufacturers have begun putting Guideline Daily
Amounts (GDA)—simplified per-portion “traffic-light style” nutrition
labels—on package fronts.
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