Cepelinai ( lit. Tooltip literal translation "zeppelins"; singular: cepelinas) or didžkukuliai are potato dumplings made from grated and riced potatoes and stuffed with ground meat, dry curd cheese or mushrooms. It has been described as a national dish of Lithuania, and is typically served as a main dish.

She says the dish probably came to Lithuania from Lower Saxony and Prussia. In Lithuania, the first recipes for cepelinai appeared between the wars, in the 1930s, and only became popular after the war. The first Lithuanian cookbook doesn't even include cepelinai, says Vasiliauskaitė.

Lithuania pulls many of its foodie traditions from Poland, but you will also find influences from Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, and Russia. Don't forget, that before WWII there was also 85% of the population here that was Jewish - while many Jewish people perished you will still find the influences in the food.