Barley stew with dried meat, "Šmorn" (Kaiserschmarrn, i.e. sweet scrambled pancakes’ with jam)

The photo shows barley stew with dried meat, “Šmorn” (Kaiserschmarrn, i.e. sweet scrambled pancakes’ with jam). Barley stew was a frequent, if not necessarily popular dish. In times of prescribed fasting (40 days between Shrove Tuesday and Easter), but also because meat was often not available or affordable, dried meat was replaced by dried fruit: pears, apples, and plums. Šmorn was made in several ways. Most of the time, the housewives poured the batter into the pan to make a thicker omelette (pancake) and then shredded it into little pieces with a wooden spoon. Šmorn was also a treat for name day, however it was reserved exclusively for the one who celebrated.