A large stuffed dumpling floats in chicken broth. But what’s inside? Pork? No way. Jews don’t eat it. Chicken? It’s taste is impossible to identify. It will remain a mystery for a long time. At least, until the guide at the Chaim Frenkel villa in Šiauliai helps me solve the riddle. “The Secrets of Kosher Food” is one of those educational programs which attracts tourists to the villa like flies to butter. The price is 10 euros for adults and 9 for primary and high school students. The price includes not just a feast at the villa, but an explanation of what appears to our eyes as the strange foods Jews have eaten for millennia, and continue to eat. “I have worked here for a long time, but over the course of my job I have never seen Jews attend this sort of educational program. And that’s understandable. After all, it’s impossible to surprise Jews by foods they eat often. But this does surprise Lithuanians,” the guide said. Kosher food. What is it?

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