Welcome back everyone! After another disgustingly long hiatus (mainly due to trying to learn the Russian case system, more on that later) we're back with some food and drink!
Luckily: an actual Russian shop (store to you Americans) opened up near my house recently and I plan to take a look so perhaps you will see a special chapter this week devoted to the items I get there, which will include a taste test among other things. Without further ado however, let's dive in:
1: Капуста - Ka-poost-a - Cabbage. A pretty cliche example of a Russian food item, here we have the humble cabbage. For those of you in other Slavic countries out there this word may very well be the same.
2: Говядина - Ga-vya-deena - Beef. Everyone's favourite mooing, defecating, foul smelling behemoth... in edible form.
3: Свинина - Svi-nee-na - Pork. Perhaps not too useful for our Muslim friends out there, however, for the rest of us, this is the word you would use to order pork.
4: Mясо - mya-sa - Meat. For any mystery meats you encounter on your travels. Or any other times you would have to call something meat (no, not like that.)
5: Масло - Mas-la - Butter/Oil. A useful word for frying things, making bread less bone dry and illegal foreign interventions.
6: Kурица - Koo-reet-sa - Chicken. Everyone's favourite paltry poultry.
Next I will cover some traditional Russian foods and snacks.
7: Холодец - Kho-la-dets - This is a sort of Russian meat jelly: I have never tried it myself but it looks quite nice if you ignore the jelly part and focus on the hefty helping of meat.
8: Пельмени - Pel-men-ee - These are Russian meat filled dumplings, as common in many other Slavic cuisines; I believe they entered Russia through China but were adapted with local ingredients.
9: Квасс - K-wah-ss - Kvass is an Eastern European drink made mostly out of rye bread but in Russia and Ukraine it is usually made from black bread. It is mildly alcoholic but so mild that children drink it.
10: Борщ - Borr-sh - Borscht is a beetroot soup of Ukrainian/Russian origin. I actually cooked this as a final exam piece in a Hospitality and Catering course and got very high marks; it is a delicious and hearty dish.
That's it for today folks! Join me next time for another lesson, the content of which I haven't decided yet. Пока!
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Ruff Guide to Russian Language
Non-FictionA colloquial guide to Russian, and detailed teachings of the language as I have learned it so far. (DISCLAIMER: I am not fluent, or a teacher of the language, I write this purely for entertainment, and the hope that fellow learners out there enjoy m...
