Kotletes (Latvian Meatballs)

There is one thing that always puzzles me – why would Australians eat sandwiches for lunch? To me sandwich is breakfast (just simple cheese or ham and butter on rye) or afternoon snack to tie me over until dinner (polony on white bread with mayo anyone?). Therefore lunch and dinner more often than not will be a cooked meal, usually consisting of some form of starch, meat and vegetables. So, let me present to you a quintessential Latvian lunch dish – meatballs (kotletes) served with potatoes and green salad.