Govnáč (known also as présnek, posílen zéle, swádek zéle) is a standalone dish made of cooked fresh cabbage and potatoes. It is most typical for Upper Carniola gastronomic region, although other Slovenia gastronomic regions prepare it a bit differently. A dialect word »govnač« comes from word »glavnjač«, a dish made of cabbage head. It can be served as a standalone dish or as side dish with meat and Carniolan sausages.
Carniolan sausage is known around the world as »Krainer Wurst« or »Kransky Sausage«. There are several tales about its naming. Carniolan sausage probably got its name from the well-known sausage from Carniola, where the production of sausages was very widespread. The narrative talks about the emperor Franc Josef, traveling on a long journey from Vienna to Trieste, stopped at the Marinšek Inn from Naklo near Kranj wishing to dine well. He asked the innkeeper what he could offer him, and he replied that they only had simple, ordinary sausages and nothing else. The emperor ordered a sausage and when he tried it, he enthusiastically said: »It is not an ordinary sausage, but Carniolan sausage!« Nowadays, the tail is often part of Carniolan sausage promotion. Annual Carniolan sausage festival with its professional evaluation of Carniolan sausages and best-sausage prize-giving ceremony adds to its promotion. Slovenia registered Carniolan sausage as protected geographical indication at the European Union level. Carniola sausage was also in the space, when the American astronaut with Slovenian roots Sunita Williams took it with on her journey into space in 2006.
