Martinovo

Odlično martinovo kosilo,

ki nam ga je danes pripravila mami:

mlinci, rdeče zelje z jabolki in kostanjem

ter piščanec namesto gosi.

Manjkalo pa ni niti dobro mlado vino,

tako kot se za ta praznik seveda spodobi.

Today my mother prepared us

a delicious traditional martinovo lunch

(st. Martin’s Day on November 11th):

mlinci (thin dried flatbread

with boiled salted water or soup poured over it),

red cabbage with apples and chestnuts

and a chicken instead of a goose.

In Slovenia this feast is mostly a celebration of

must turning into wine,

so there was also some good young wine

on the table today of course.