What kind of food is distinctive to Ukraine?

Any visitor to Ukraine has been delighted with the variety and uniqueness of Ukrainian cuisine (if the stomach has sufficiently adjusted to the unusual change!). Some of the staple dishes are veranikiy (dough pockets which can be stuffed with potato, cheese, cabbage, cherries or many other fillings), holubtsi (cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and meat), pilmeni (dough pockets stuffed with meat) and borscht (soup made of beets, cabbage, meat, mushrooms, beans or a variety of other ingredients).