ERU309 - Russian Food
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 what are the three meals of the day? | zavtrak, obed, ushin |
| zavtrak | no designated foods, but typically anything from eggs and potatoes to open face sandwiches (buterbrody), hot dogs, spaghetti (makarony), hot cereals (kasha), and tea |
| obed | lunch time (2-3pm) but the main meal of the day: soup, meat, starch, veggies, and sometimes dessert but not always |
| uzhin | lighter than obed, lacks soup, after 7pm |
| russian soups | borsch (beets, root vegetables, etc. in meat stock), schi (borsch without the beets) and ukha (fish soup) |
| bliny | very thin crepes wrapped around fillings such as meat, fish, cottage cheese, and preserves |
| oladyi | thicker pancakes served with honey, preserves or sour cream |
| syriniki | thick cottage cheese pancakes topped with sour cream, honey or butter |
| pelmeni | meat dumplings boiled in water and eaten with sour cream, butter or vinegar |
| varenniki | pelmeni with fruit preserves instead of meat |
| pirozhki | small baked pastries made of dough and stuffed with fillings such as rice, cabbage, hard boiled eggs, mashed potatoes, sour cream, or meat |
| plov | pilaf, an azerbaijani dish, with rice, oil, carrots, and some kind of meat |
| kvas | non-alcoholic drink made from fermented bread dough; now, it's marketed as a soft drink with kvas flavoring |
| kefir | a fermented milk product with health benefits similar to yogurt; antiobiotic |
| staple foods in russian meals | potatoes, beets, carrots, radishes, cabbage, eggs, cucumbers, tomatoes, fruits, meat, chicken, mushrooms when available, hard bread, sunflower oil, butter, berries, honey, cold cuts (kolbasy) and cheese |
| holiday meals | zakuski (appetizers) and alcoholic drinks (toasts are made here), holiday salads on the table (potato salads), ending with a hot dish |
| other types of soup | mushroom, bouillon, noodle soup, rassolnik (meat, rice, etc.), solianka (cabbage + pickles), okroshka (cold summer soup) |
| kotlety | small pan fried meat patties |
| priozhki | small pastries with different fillings |
| beef stroganov | scalloped beef in sauce that used to be aristocratic |
| mors | diluted berry juice drink |
| vinaigrette salad | appetizerspotato salad with cooked beets, cucumbers, carrots, peas, mayo |
| olivier salad | potato salad with meat, carrots, cucumbers, peas, chopped boiled eggs, mayo |
| seliodka pod shuboy | layered salad with pieces of herring on the bottom, then ground potato, then ground carrot, topped with boiled eggs and beets, covered in mayo |
| shashlyk | shish kebab |
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