Author Topic: Anyone living in Russia right now? (Read 1972 times)

Curval · « **Reply #30 on:** September 20, 2003, 03:21:24 PM »

Well salted pork fat...I could probably eat that. Is it like pork rinds?

I'd starve in the Scandanvian countries too...way too much herring and other fishy staples for my tastes.

I know of "borcht" (sp?)...the beet soup Russia is famous for...what other Russian foods are there? I genuinely don't know. I'm basically a meat/potato/pasta/veggies type.

...and THAT is why I would never starve in France Straffo. The French make the best meals out of those basic ingredients.

Plus..I love cheese. I could survive on Fondu and Raclette. Kinda Swiss I suppose, but French Swiss.

...and French desserts...mmmm don't get me started.

Nilsen · « **Reply #31 on:** September 20, 2003, 03:40:15 PM »

No herring and other fishy staples here Curval.

Guess Americans only eat burgers, japanese only eat sushi and british folks only drink tea to...what do you think Curval.. huh?

straffo · « **Reply #32 on:** September 20, 2003, 03:49:53 PM »

Well you can survive in Russia with Strogonov beef,blinis ,ikra (caviar) or pelmeni for exemple.

But I've more knowledge of the polish cuisine

osage · « **Reply #33 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:36:44 PM »

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But I've more knowledge of the polish cuisine

Straffo, email me at johna at walrus dot com

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Bon appetit!

Curval · « **Reply #34 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:37:50 PM »

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No herring and other fishy staples here Curval.

Guess Americans only eat burgers, japanese only eat sushi and british folks only drink tea to...what do you think Curval.. huh?

Stereotypes I agree, but if you think there isn't any truth to them then you would be wrong.

Americans are the kings of fast food, hamburgers included. I indulge as much as possible when over there.

I've never been to Japan, but a few of my partners have...one guy lost eight pounds in under two weeks. The food was just too foreign to him. I'd probably be the same. I'd be running into a McDonalds or whatever every chance I got and pray that I wouldn't upset my hosts when invited for dinners.

Brits and tea...I mean, come on. Have you been to England? The only Brit I know who doesn't drink tea is Swoop. There may be more, but I doubt it. They even name the evening meal tea for heavens sake.

Nilsen · « **Reply #35 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:39:46 PM »

Yeah i know the tea was abit off....could not find the meal i was looking for

straffo · « **Reply #36 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:43:14 PM »

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Straffo, email me at johna at walrus dot com

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Bon appetit!

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mietla · « **Reply #37 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:48:40 PM »

Guys, we all know that Boroda is an "Imbecilic Communist Bastard (c) Jay Littman", but....

... when we are talking vodka, he is right on a mark. Boroda.

Vodka is the only thing you "commies" got right...

mietla · « **Reply #38 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:55:36 PM »

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I start to die when temperature goes above +22C.

Boroda, you "commie" whimp!

22 C is only 71.2 in F, that'a a most pleasant temp.

Try 110-120 F (43 - 49 C), then call me.

Boroda · « **Reply #39 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:56:01 PM »

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Vodka is best if you mix it with vodka, but yes boroda it should be ice cold. Perhaps served with some salty meat.

Best traditional vodka cocktail is "White Wilderness" (or is it "White Silence"? "BEloye bezmOlvie" - it's a title of Jack London's short story): Take 200ml of vodka, add 200ml of vodka, stir but not shake.

Chasing vodka with salted meat never came into my mind. I thought that "basturma", spicy salted beef, traditional Tatar food, is good only for beer. (BTW, Tatars say that real "basturma" is good only after it has been held for three months under nomad's saddle).

But this winter my friend came from Prague, CZ, and brought some Slovakian vodka. He came to me with 0.7L bottle and a piece of "basturma". That was great. We drank the bottle in maybe one hour and went to a bar to continue. Beautiful feeling when you are light and happy, but not drunk mentaly or physically

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And dont go drinking if you are cold, the warmth you feel is not heating your body...its actually cooling it down

It's true. But when you need to boost yourself up and simply forget about frost for some short time - you can get 100grams and you are OK. You can't warm up with alcohol if you are freezing for a whole day... But when you get back from the cold - you can get warmer and save yourself from getting ill by drinking 100-200grams of vodka. Vodka with pepper is better. Again I have to advertise http://www.nemiroff.ua

Boroda · « **Reply #40 on:** September 20, 2003, 05:08:39 PM »

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Vodka is the only thing you "commies" got right...

Commies were finished in few years after they they tried to stop us from drinking.

BTW, vodka is a Polish invention, isn't it?

Dmitry Mendeleyev only found a scientific explaination for 40% mixture.

All Polish vodka I had a chance to drink was exellent. We had lots of it in early-90s. "Klubowa" is the only name I remember, maybe because we had "Klubowy" cigarettes and so on.

mietla · « **Reply #41 on:** September 20, 2003, 05:10:28 PM »

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BTW, vodka is a Polish invention, isn't it?

it sure is.

Boroda · « **Reply #42 on:** September 20, 2003, 05:24:20 PM »

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Well you can survive in Russia with Strogonov beef,blinis ,ikra (caviar) or pelmeni for exemple.

I don't remember when I had real Beef Stroganoff... Maybe when my Mom visited me last time in 1999. The crap they call "beef Stroganoff" in most of the ordinary diners here doesn't have anything common with this famous dish.

Pankakes (bliny) - I am too lazy to make them myself. Last time I tried I burned down my mixer and had all the kitchen walls covered with liquid dough

I buy "Bliny" at the street, there are booths that cook them and sell with different fillings for about $1 for a portion. Or I buy frozen "bliny" and simply roast them on a frying pan.

Ikra? Now it's too expencive. 4-5 years ago I could buy a can of red caviar, fresh butter and warm bread to have a dinner at work. Now I'll better buy something else, I am not rich enough to pay $7-$10 for a 150g can. I don't even speak of black caviar, I usually eat it only at wedding parties

Pelmeni - hehe, I couldn't eat them for maybe two years, after having too much. It's an easy traditional bachelor's food: you just have to drop them into boiling water and in 5 minutes you have hot food that is nice with vodka

The trick is not to be too lazy to eat it every evening. Now I somehow cook myself and can avoid pelmeni until I really want to eat them, with fresh sour-cream and pepper vodka.

I drink 100-150 gramms of vodka at every dinner, it's good for disgestion. And I stopped drinking beer 2 months ago. Good to see how you nation's traditional food makes you healthy.

Boroda · « **Reply #43 on:** September 20, 2003, 05:48:50 PM »

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Well salted pork fat...I could probably eat that. Is it like pork rinds?

It's just salted pork fat. Most famous Ukrainian food. It's several centimeters thick, and you eat it with black bread, putting thin slices of salo on it. It's really tasty. Real salo just melts in your mouth. It's mot smoked, not prepared in any other way - it just gets wrapped with cloth and salt. It gets salted inside. Hungarians add pepper to salt too. Good salo has a shade of pink when you cut it. It has to be cold, so you can slice it like cheese.

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I know of "borcht" (sp?)...the beet soup Russia is famous for...what other Russian foods are there? I genuinely don't know. I'm basically a meat/potato/pasta/veggies type.

"Borsch" is a hard word to spell in Latin letters

In Cyrillic it's "áîðù". In fact it's a Ukrainian soup. Katsaps (Russians) can't cook real borsch. My Mother is Ukrainian, so I know that almost any "borsch" cooked by katsaps is only a fake

They are limited to a cabbige soup they call "schi" (ùè).

It looks easy - fry vegetables on a pan and then boil them in a meat boulion (sp?), but it is an Art, and without experience and inspiration you'll never make it right.

Hmmm... A glass of cold vodka before hot borsch with black bread, and, immediately - another one! After this you feel the real taste of food, and you meal becomes a real pleasure!

Grr. I am getting hungry when I write such things

Ukrainian cuisine is different from Russian, and it's famous not for using different expencive stuff like caviar, but for making great dishes from ordinary ingredients.

Curval · « **Reply #44 on:** September 20, 2003, 06:12:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Boroda
It's just salted pork fat. Most famous Ukrainian food. It's several centimeters thick, and you eat it with black bread, putting thin slices of salo on it. It's really tasty. Real salo just melts in your mouth. It's mot smoked, not prepared in any other way - it just gets wrapped with cloth and salt. It gets salted inside. Hungarians add pepper to salt too. Good salo has a shade of pink when you cut it. It has to be cold, so you can slice it like cheese.

So like...how long does it "keep"? Raw pork fat? Just how many people in Russia die of food poisoning annually eating this?

I don't doubt that it's good though.. but you could never tell me what I am eating before I do over there.