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Cooking Around the World: Kugelis {Lithuania}

We're moving forward in our Cooking Around the World Adventure , traveling to Lithuania by tabletop for dinner tonight. While I toyed with the idea of making Bulvinial Blynai , Lithuanian potato pancakes, potato pancakes are generally met with wrinkled noses and the admonition, "Mom, you know that potato pancakes are not our favorite." Yeah, I know. So, to avoid, that interchange altogether, I opted for Lithuanian's national dish: Kugelis , potato pudding. Traditionally served with sour cream, lignonberry sauce, and more bacon bits, I swapped out the lignonberry for some fresh rhubarb sauce I had made. I used lots and lots of culinary license with this. How can you go wrong with potatoes, bacon, and eggs, right? So, my proportions might be "all wrong" for a traditional kugelis , but it was delicious! And Dylan, my kitchen elf of the evening, helped me out with all the grating. 3 potatoes, grated 1 onion, diced 1 pound applewood smoked bacon, di...