Ðiupinys (Hodgepodge)

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Ingredients:

• pork snout, cut in half, lengthwise
• 1 pork foot, cut lengthwise
• 1 pork tail
• 1 cup barley
• 1 cup dried peas, soaked
• 1 cup dried navy beans, soaked
• 3 potatoes, peeled and diced
• 3 onions, chopped
• 3 bay leaves
• 10 peppercorns
• salt to taste

Directions:

• Place all meats into cooking pot, cover with water and cook on low heat until meat is soft.
• Add salt and cook for another 15 minutes.
• Remove meats from cooking liquid, there should be about 3 l (12 cups) of cooking liquid.
• Cook soaked legumes and barley in meat cooking liquid.
• When legumes and grain are done, add potatoes and cook until potatoes are soft and all cooking liquid has evaporated.
• Pour hodgepodge into a deep bowl, make hole in the center and place all cooked meat in it.

This is a favorite holiday dish.