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GENERAL ABOUT FOOD IN CROATIA The content of the rural diet was based on the original products because of the fact that only a small portion of the food was purchased by purchasing Author: Eva Moreno Escribano or exchanging, and the larger it is produced in your own household. The variety of Croatian areas (coastal, mountainous, lowland Croatia) has set regional diet models. Their design was also influenced by influences foreign types of culinary (Mediterranean, Central European, Balkan, Oriental) which have reached different levels in certain areas. In the 19th century in Croatian households were fed non-European origin foods (maize, potatoes and beans). Preparing food in the 19th century facilitated the invention of a stove (open fireplaces were replaced by a stove) – only noble families could afford that.