What a Carpathian Family of 7 Eats After Making Hay by Hand

What does a Carpathian family of seven eat after a day of cutting and raking hay by hand? In this episode, the family works in the meadow while a hearty dinner cooks in their traditional tiled wood stove. Mom prepares a large baked pot of meat, potatoes, mushrooms, vegetables, cheese and fresh herbs. Then she grinds meat by hand for rice meatballs, cooks buckwheat, and finishes everything in a tomato-vegetable sauce. The children help with garlic and vegetables before everyone gathers around the table. This is real family life in the Carpathian countryside: well water, handmade food, shared work, and a quiet evening together. Which part of the day would you most like to experience: haymaking, wood-stove cooking, or dinner with the family? Watch the full family series:    • Carpathian Family of Seven 🏔️ Cozy Mountai...   New family stories every Saturday. Subscribe and join us for the next day in the mountains. Chapters: 00:00 Morning at the family home 00:31 Preparing the scythe 01:11 Cellar ingredients and well water 02:49 Preparing vegetables outdoors 03:55 Cutting grass by hand 04:19 Cooking begins on the wood stove 06:10 Children help in the kitchen 10:35 Potatoes and the oven fire 13:12 Filling the kazan 15:15 Into the tiled oven 15:48 Family haymaking in the meadow 17:19 Washing up at the outdoor pump 18:01 Finishing the first dish 20:53 Grinding meat for the second dish 22:14 Buckwheat and rice 25:00 Sauce and grains on the stove 28:26 Shaping the meatballs 29:16 Dinner comes together 30:57 The family gathers at the table #CarpathianFamily #RuralLife #WoodStoveCooking