Masurian cuisine — rustic, simple, based on lake and forest products. FISH Sielawa (local lake whitefish) — smoked on alder. Roasted zander. Smoked eel. Tench, bream, burbot from lakes. Fish restaurants in every town. GAME MEAT Boar, deer, roe — roasted with cranberries, honey, juniper. Game pâté. Masurian goulash. MUSHROOMS Bay boletes, chanterelles, porcini, kings — soups, sauces, marinades. LIQUEURS Masurian krupnik (honey + vodka), cranberry liqueur, juniper liqueur, caraway liqueur. Specialty: "Wileńska" with 25 herbs. POTATO BABKA Suwałki specialty — grated potatoes baked with meat in a cast-iron pot, drizzled with cracklings. KARTACZE Potato dumplings filled with minced meat, drizzled with cracklings. Lithuanian origin. MASURIAN GOULASH Beef stew with forest mushrooms, carrots, tomatoes. Served with kasha.