Talk:Sour cream/Smetana history


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Smetana (Czech and Slovenian: smetana, Slovak: smotana, Polish: &#347;mietana, Russian: &#1089;&#1084;&#1077;&#1090;&#1072;&#1085;&#1072;) is an East European variety of sour cream. It is much heavier and sweeter than the West European variety and mostly hard to get in the West. It is used very often in certain East European cuisines.