Comments on: Weekly Glee – Russian Edition

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:47:10 +0000

Oh! And kvass…like beer, but maltier, without any alcohol content. Strangely flat-tasting. And kefir, like drinking sour, lumpy milk. Hubs loves it but I am like, ick…although you see it more & more in regular grocery stores for it’s probiotic qualities!

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:39:32 +0000

My husband is Russian and has taken me to Russian grocery stores in the area. His mother makes compote (water with dried fruit boiled & cooled in it), our kids love it, healthy but not too sweet. I love black currant juice and many other packaged juices from Russian stores. Twice we had products that had gone bad; cranberry jam that tasted like paint (!!) and chocolate with air holes (a more common kind of Russian chocolate) that tiny worms came crawling out of…luckily I broke off a piece and put it on the counter before eating it! Eeeeerrrrghh!!!

By: Glenys

Glenys — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:57:51 +0000

Awesome post! I’ve always been curious about Russia, but was too shy in college to make friends with all the Russian exchange students. I really want to try Russian tea! My best friend has promised to take me to a Russian restaurant for tea the next time I visit her in Tokyo. It will definitely be a highlight!

As for odd thing I’ve eaten, I guess it was either stewed silkworms (bondaeggi) or dried up plum in hard candy.

By: katy

katy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:27:25 +0000

You think veal brains are strange? You should see what they make hot dogs out of…
Wat they do is they get all the good meat out of an animal, take the bones and squish all the marrow and meatleft on the bones… nice.

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