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MrSpice Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3431	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:03 am    Post subject: Please share you favorite russian dishes and recepes If you know and like Russian food, I hope you can share some of your favorites and some recepes. The classical dishes that are always good are: vinigret (beet salad - has more than just beets, but don't know a better English description), Olivier salad, Borsch, mushroom soup, frieds potatoes with mushrooms and onions, hering with potatoes, etc.
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nikir Frequent Guest Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 54	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:44 am    Post subject: Some favourites in our family are eggplant caviar, tongue in jelly, herring with onion chopped egg and mayonise, marinated fish, golubtsi, a salad made from potato, onion, raw frozen peas and apple. Also pirozhki with meat, egg and green onion or cabbage, kotleti and of course everybody loves home made pelmeni. Now I'm starving!
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mediashark Moderator Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 1599	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:06 am    Post subject: I just made salad oliver and kotletki (meat patties) for lunch... for most part there the recipes for traditional dishes are fixed... I use www.russianfoods.com. The only difference between those recipes and mine are that I have a few short-cuts which I adapt to the size and functionality of my kitchen.
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UsualSuspect WayToRussified Joined: 08 May 2003 Posts: 324 Location: The Land of Oz	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:57 am    Post subject: stuff mmmmmm....home made pelmeni.....all that slaving for such a short lived dish . Regular foodstuffs at our place are : Stuffed Capsicums in sour cream sauce Home made pelmeni (and we have the vinegar concentrate!) Plov What my wife calls country salad Borsch I've tried Golubtsi at a restaurant, extremely tasty but tried a suprmarket variety (in Russia) and wound up talking to the great white telephone. So I'm 50/50 on it slobber, drool etc etc Usualsuspect
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Kesha Talk Show Host Joined: 26 Sep 2005 Posts: 258 Location: Terrapin Station	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:38 am    Post subject: I would give just about anything to learn how to make pelmeni the right way!
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MelissaCato Lounge Lizard Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 177	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:39 am    Post subject: hummmmm I have never heard of this stuff. I can't wait to go and eat !!!
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nikir Frequent Guest Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 54	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:08 pm    Post subject: Quote: mmmmmm....home made pelmeni.....all that slaving for such a short lived dish Laughing The big secret there is lots of kids around the table to make them. I remember as about a 5 year old being told that "you only eat what you make" a strategy I employ to this day! I remebered a couple of other treats just for excess, pasxa is a must at the Easter celebration that my mother spends the entire year emotionally blackmailing her children, grand and great grandchildren to, and the other one is maslenitsa all that food - in pancakes!
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jo-jo-7 Just Starting Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 6	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:28 pm    Post subject: nikir wrote: Quote: mmmmmm....home made pelmeni.....all that slaving for such a short lived dish Laughing The big secret there is lots of kids around the table to make them. I remember as about a 5 year old being told that "you only eat what you make" a strategy I employ to this day! I remebered a couple of other treats just for excess, pasxa is a must at the Easter celebration that my mother spends the entire year emotionally blackmailing her children, grand and great grandchildren to, and the other one is maslenitsa all that food - in pancakes! Does Maslenitsa have ham and cheese in it?...Is Pelmeni the same as American dumplings?...I like to make dumplings from scratch and then drop them down in chicken broth....
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UsualSuspect WayToRussified Joined: 08 May 2003 Posts: 324 Location: The Land of Oz	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:29 pm    Post subject: Brute strength needed? Some answers.. JoJo7, Maslenitsa is a pre christian "event" that celebrates the farewell to winter and is before the orthodox period of "fasting" before easter. Pelmeni are little meat dumplings (boiled). Flour, water, salt & 1 egg. The dough is tough to roll once made. We cut circles using a small cup, stuff a pork & veal mince "dollop" into it, fold in half and then my wife folds it correctly as my fingers are too big for delicate work. Given she's from Siberia dill and carrot shavings are added to the water (salted as well) used to boil them in. Drop them in (from the freezer) to the boiling water and when they rise to the top (maybe 5 minutes) cut one in half to check the meat colour. Serve with or without the bouillon. Mayonnaise and smetana optional. We've found Paul Newman Rancho Dressing is an acceptable subsitute. You can also dunk them into a blend of bouillon and vinegar concentrate. Round off with a little vodichka singing "On the Farm, every Friday..." and wait for the "fat day" attack in the morning Nikir, we usually make 100 or 200 No kids to help... MrSpice & Mediashark, my wife says everyone else (non Russians) seems to call Olivier Salad "Russian Salad" I forgot to mention one other taste sensation. Tvorozhniki. Making a pile for this upcoming weekend. Usualsuspect
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sheng-ka Frequent Guest Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 11	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Brute strength needed? UsualSuspect wrote: Round off with a little vodichka singing "On the Farm, every Friday..." UsualSuspect, with all my respect, pelmeni never go well with vodichka (water). they are much better with vodochka (vodka). anyhow, that's the way you make them: http://ervilhas.weblog.com.pt/arquivo/pelmeni.jpg and here they are: http://pergola1.free.fr/wp-content/_russian%20pelmeni.jpg by the way, pelmeni came to russia from china a few centures ago. and bortsh is rather ukrainian than russian meal. but we still like both. LOL, I remember as I was basically making my husband to try bortsh (he hates beetroots). I made him, he tried it - and now he loves it! oh those stubborn males...
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MrSpice Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3431	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:47 pm    Post subject: Re: hummmmm MelissaCato wrote: I have never heard of this stuff. I can't wait to go and eat !!! It's very easy for you to try: come to New York City and go to one of many Russian restaurants in Brooklyn. Not sure where you are exactly in Pennsylvania, but it should not be too far. I guess once this crazy cold weather gets warmer, you can drive and have fun in the center (Manhattan) and drive to Brooklyn to experience "Russian" life. There are many inexpensive and good Russian cafes/restaurants that most non-russians don't even know about. Examples: Cafe "Stolovaya" on Avenue U in Brooklyn. Cafe "Da i Net" on 86th Street in the Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn "Blinnaya" in the Manhattan Beach area (0.5 mile from Brighton Beach) all large Russian restaurants on Brighton Beach on Saturday have musical shows and cabaret performances, especially "The National", in addition to food Here is a comprehensive list of Russian reastaurants in Brooklyn (note how many of them are out there): http://www.restoran.us/usa/newyork/b.htm
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MrSpice Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3431	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:55 pm    Post subject: jo jo 7 wrote: Is Pelmeni the same as American dumplings?...I like to make dumplings from scratch and then drop them down in chicken broth.... It's very difficult to describe food - you have to taste it. I have never knows about "American" dumplings. I only ate non-russian dumplings at Japanese and Chinese restaurants here in the US. Those have asian spices which I presonally not a big fan of. I wish you were in New York City where you can visit one of Russian stores and/or cafes/restaurants and try one of those recepes. There are many Russian stores and restaurants in Chicago as well. Pelmeni: http://www.russianfoods.com/recipes/item00074/default.asp
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krasatulya VIP Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 590	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:07 pm    Post subject: Hi jojo- When I think of dumplings I think of potato or bread dumplings, like the kind my grandmother makes. I don't know if it's because she's Czech, but I have always associated these as being part of a Czech meal. You take the potato grinder and grind up the potatoes, combine with a flour mixture and boil (I think there's more to it, but she was always in charge and I just helped grind the potatoes Anyway, my point is that pelmeni could almost be described as Russian raviolis. The dough seems slightly different, as well as the shape, but it's dough stuffed with meat in the middle.
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krasatulya VIP Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 590	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:11 pm    Post subject: MrSpice, When the weather gets warmer, Brighton Beach is one of the places we're heading to! It's only about a 4 hour drive from where we live, but my husband is really jonesing for some authentic Russian cuisine, in addition to the fact that he said it's a neat place and I've never been.
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MrSpice Lounge Wizard Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 3431	Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:02 pm    Post subject: krasatulya wrote: MrSpice, When the weather gets warmer, Brighton Beach is one of the places we're heading to! It's only about a 4 hour drive from where we live, but my husband is really jonesing for some authentic Russian cuisine, in addition to the fact that he said it's a neat place and I've never been. Brighton Beach is a funky area. I don't think "neat" is a good place to describe it. I think the word "festive" would be a better one. It's kind of exotic. The main shopping area - Brighton Beach avenue - kind of looks like a piece of Russia with russian shops and other businesses. Lots of older people of Russian decent live in the area as well, so you hear Russian speach everywhere. But there are lots of Russian restraurants in other places in Brooklyn. The ones I mentioned are good examples. But by car, it's all close by.
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