Russian kitchen

Looking from the outside our usual things.
Article Julia Pugachev with BuzzFeed shows that foreigners are not only mysterious Russian soul and Russian cuisine. Many are accustomed to certain dishes from childhood and did not see them as anything special. Rare New Year's feast complete without the traditional salad. But if you think about it, even the simple salad ingredients may indeed seem strange man who lived in Russia and used to other food.

Pancakes with caviar and sour cream
The idea for an evil joke: tell your American friends, it's the whipped cream and jam, and watch how they experience the most bizarre taste in your life.





Herring under a fur coat
Imagine a layer cake of salt herring, boiled vegetables, covered with a "coat" of mayonnaise and grated beets. It sounds scary, but you'll like - how might like genuine fur coat fuchsia.



Doctor's sausage
Porous love child sausages and sausage. Any Russian child in America, which would bring a sandwich to school with her classmates asked a lot of questions.



Salad
It may shock those who have never been to Russia, but it's just a potato salad seasoned with lots of vegetables and sausage above. It looks strange, but in general it is delicious.



Marinated all
Marinated mushrooms, pickled tomatoes, sauerkraut. Adults snack that vodka - so delicious.



Jellied
Meat jelly. The idea does not seem normal, but it is tasty, and there is space creative! You can take different forms.



Salo
This raw pig fat, and the more of it - the better.



Kvass
This bread-and-berry-honey drink is sold in bottles krutanskih. And it is slightly alcoholic.



Sandwich with herring, mayonnaise and pickles
By and large, all the ingredients - a snack with vodka. Plus mayonnaise because WHY NOT. Also a dish popular in the Netherlands, but without strong drinks.



Okroshka
It is a cold yogurt with cucumbers, dill and sausage - if all the ingredients that had not put in the soup, got together and decided to puzzle us.



Soljanka
Meat different varieties + anything = sour soup? So we will win.



Kissel
"Fruit soup" of berry juice and starch is often served for dessert.



Compote
This Eastern European version of the fruit punch, but is made of boiled vegetables in water, which complicates the process, but it's worth it.



Vinaigrette
(Not to be confused with salad dressing) Beets, potatoes, pickles and pickled cabbage is very frequent components for Russian cuisine, so it is not surprising that one has a separate dish.



Dumplings
The filling may be any, but usually the berries. Seeds dumplings!



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