Covrigi

Covrigi (Romanian pronunciation: [koˈvridʒʲ]) are Romanian baked goods similar to pretzels. They consist of salted bread topped with poppy seeds, sesame seeds or large salt grains. They do not usually contain any added sweeteners such as sugar. Covrigi is the plural form of the Romanian word covrig. The word kovrig is a loanword from the Old Bulgarian kovrigъ. Cognate words are found in other Slavic languages, e.g. Russian kovriga (коврига) meaning "round bread" or korovai. The Old East Slavic k...