Bizarre Russian Foods
Nov. 13th, 2013 11:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Remember my post about the Ukrainian market? I wrote there that I love food and my position hasn't changed. In America, we're getting ready to enter the most delicious time of year. We'll celebrate Christmas in less than two weeks. For my family, this means big gatherings and feasts. I can't really say I love Russian food. During my visits I tried some local cuisine, but didn't like most of it. I'm a very picky eater, not liking fish, seafood or a lot of meat. Recently on a popular U.S. website there was an article entitled "17 Bizarre Foods Every Russian Grew Up With." Maybe you'll find it amusing. I picked the most interesting dishes from the list and I've tasted a lot of the items. For me, the most disgusting delicacies are all the food molds stuffed with meats, herring and other treats. Like this photo, where the dish is called "herring under fur coat." :)
1. Olivye salad. I tasted this last New Year's eve. I don't like mayonnaise, so I can't eat it. I never put dressing on anything, or even ketchup, mustard or other condiments. I eat most things plain.
2. Salo. I think this is now more closely associated with Ukraine. I tasted it in Kyiv - ah, chewy fat! Not to my liking. I eat a lot of chicken and steak and all fat must be trimmed. I know some people enjoy this part of the meat but it gags me.
3. Kvas. You can easily find this in America, but the taste is too strong for me. During my recent trip to Russia, I tasted birch beer for the first time. Delicious and lighter!
4. Kompot. This drink I really like! I've had it in several Russian cafes, including Cafe Mu-Mu where I tasted it for the first time. Similar to American fruit punch, but more tasty with the real fruit thrown in.
5. Varenyky. Is this common in modern day Russia? I remember it being the national dish in Ukraine, available everywhere with a wide variety of stuffing like meat, potatoes and sweet fruits.
6. Kishka. Never tasted it and there's too much meat involved!! I doubt I would like it. Maybe I'll be brave next time and take a bite.
7. Blini w/Caviar. I can't eat it though I tried during a New Year's eve celebration last year with a Russian family. Too salty, and I don't like the strong fishy taste.
8. Kholodets. This is the most interesting dish! I remember at the holidays seeing all kinds of creative molds made out of swans, birds, animals, etc. Very strange and funny. :) During Valentine's Day, maybe they produce heart shaped molds? I also ate a version of this at Cafe Mu-Mu and didn't like it. The jelly texture is odd and the minced meat wasn't very good quality.
9. Herring, mayo and pickle sandwich. When we were completely drunk at the seedy St. Petersburg vodka bar, the guys tried to get me to eat this as a snack. I refused and ate cheese and crackers instead. This thick brown bread would have been much better to soak up the poison!! Perhaps this is why I needed help walking home at the end of the night! :) Pickles - I hate this food more than any other!
10. No words for this photo! :))
11. In Russia, I'm completely addicted to the sweets and candies. This is my favorite. Each time I visit, my host always has a bunch in the refrigerator and I eat these bars daily. Delicious!
What's your favorite national dish?
Also, I wonder whether it's interesting to readers if I write about how an average American family celebrates Thanksgiving and Christmas? I can take photos and write about my family celebrations if it's an interesting topic? What do you think? Vote below please.
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Странная русская еда
Date: 2013-12-12 09:42 am (UTC)Русская кухня на американский вкус
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Date: 2013-12-12 12:51 pm (UTC)Bizarre Russian Foods
Date: 2013-12-12 01:02 pm (UTC)Странная русская еда
Date: 2013-12-12 02:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-12 04:58 pm (UTC)Also I like Kvas, kompot, dressed Herring and bread with caviar. I don't eat Shchi and any cabbage.
And also I wonder how people can eat Varenyky.
My usual dish is Italian spaghetti of mashed potato and chicken legs.
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Date: 2013-12-12 08:54 pm (UTC)Kishka - I never had it in my life.
If you do not like kvas and salad Olivier so you better do not try okroshka))
And there are soups - a lot of Russians eat it on a daily basis.
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Date: 2013-12-13 06:40 am (UTC)Странная русская еда. Взгляд иностранца.
Date: 2013-12-13 06:47 am (UTC)Странная русская еда
Date: 2013-12-13 07:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-12-17 04:07 pm (UTC)But sometimes i thought that you taste not a "true" dishes...
For example: caviar may be different, it may be salty or it may be delicious, and it perfectly combine with relatively flavorless pancake (or "blin"). (But pancakes may be different too in different regions of Russia, sombody makes it sweet or flavorless, heavy or thin).
It's better taste homemade food, not a restaurant... which cooked "with soul"
p.s. sorry for my english, I have not had practice and sometimes i used google translate)))
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Date: 2014-02-20 11:21 pm (UTC)7.These are not blini. These are oladji (оладьи).
9.Mayo with herrings??? OMFGOD! HORRIBLE BLASPHEME!
Well, frankly speaking, all that stuff is not so common in modern russian life. And most of the dishes on photos look horrible, like they were cooked in worst eating house somewhere in working-class disctrict. Horrible as my english. You need a good guide.
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Date: 2014-02-28 05:34 am (UTC)Найден самый тупой американец. В топе ЖЖ
Date: 2014-11-22 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-12-14 06:12 pm (UTC)About оливье: my family eats it with sour cream and not with mayonnaise; also, you can use fresh cucumbers instead of pickled ones and you can use meat or chicken instead of sausage -- could this possibly make оливье work for you? :)
I know the feeling though. Foreign cuisine can seem really strange, everything just tastes so different. I was confused by some American dishes (I'm Russian, as you can guess) and never got used to the taste.
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