Causevic said she learned to make pitas as a young girl living in the former Yugoslavia. "When I was little, my mother would cut a small piece of dough for me to practice rolling," she told The Tribune through an interpreter.
Today, her expert skill is quickly becoming a lost art.
In 1992, Causevic and her children left Yugoslavia and moved to basketball shoes for men Switzerland, just as the civil war and political upheavals started. While they left before the country was divided into Bosnia and other small independent countries, they still feel connected to the region and like to share their culture through food. On Sunday, Oct. 7, Haskic and Palle threw a party that included the Bosnian tradition of roasting a whole lamb on an nba shoes outdoor spit and a pita-making demonstration by Causevic.
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As popular as American pizza ? Pita is one of Bosnia’s most popular foods, second only to the skinless sausages known as cevapi. While typically served as an appetizer, or meze, pitas also make for a quick on-the-go breakfast or lunch, says Sidanija Delic, a native of Bosnia whose family owns Cafe on Main, a Balkan restaurant at 2701 S. Main in nba shoes Salt Lake City.
Pitas are served both hot and cold, she said, "and are as popular in the Balkan Peninsula as pizza is in America."
Tiny pita shops are located all over Bosnia, with each shop having its own specialty. Many if the fillings are influenced by the surrounding countries of Turkey, Greece, Germany and even Switzerland.
Delic said that pita is actually a generic term for these turnover-like treats. Native Bosnians refer to them by the type of filling inside. Those stuffed with meat are called basketball shoes burek; cheese-and-egg filled pitas are sirnica; while spinach-and-feta cheese pitas are zeljanica. At Haskic’s house, Causevic made a potato-and-onion filled krompiracha.