Russian food, anyone?

Question

Who likes it, who doesn't? Which dish have you tried? Why is it disliked or liked?

Answer 1

I LOVE russian food but them my mom is russian and I grew up eating it. I love so much of it but I dont eat beets which I know are real big in russia. I love pirogi, fuchi, kolochi, and many others. Our christmas eve tradition is no meat as is russian orthadox tradition and lots of russian dishes like the ones mentioned. Oh and meatless pea soup too. Manchanka is great too if you like mushrooms. They tend to use a lot of potatoes and cabbage which I love too. Beef stroganoff is russian too! There is a wonderful russian restaraunt in St. Paul Minnesota too but I cant recall the name of it right now.

Answer 2

Now I'm not sure exactly what's considered "Russian Food" but I've been to Russia in 1996 (exchange student). The food wasn't too terrible different. I know the one thing that was hard to get used to was they don't eat traditional breakfast foods like us. One morning we had chicken soup....chicken broth with a whole chicken in it! I don't know the name of this but they had some kind of pork and rice dish that was GREAT! One time they made a pizza. Their pizza is like an actual pie...it was pretty good. They love chocolate! I brought some Hershey's chocolate over and my host father ate one of those gigantic bars in one night. It was funny watching the mother yell at him. Plus, they ate a lot of fish. I don't like fish, so it was hard to eat that, lol. And they didn't spare anything from fish either. We had soup one night and I had an eyeball floating in the soup! Now, I stayed in Siberia. But we were in Moscow for a few days also. On the train they served a lot of perogies. Those were good.

Answer 3

I had Russian grandparents. Much of the food that is considered Hungarian, Carpathic, Slovak, and Polish are all pretty much the same cusine, with the exception of a few specialty dishes.
Such as Pierogies, Bean and Potato Soup, Dumplings, Stuffed Cabbage, etc..

Answer 4

Hi,

I am from former Soviet Union and spent lots of my life in Moscow. We, being Uzbeks, cook a lot of Russian food in daily life.

Start from soups, try all chicken, noodle soups. Russian cuisine is rich with vegetables, meat and fish. I love every single dish of Russian. Kotlety, gulyash and other various meat dishes. I'd go for stuffed cabbage and various pies. I'd strongly recommend you to try desserts as well. We have tens of cakes and biscuits as well as fruit cakes.

Answer 5

I like Russian food. I lived in Moscow for 5 years as a child so I was introduced to a lot of new foods. Pilmeni is my favourite :) I also like Borsh and others...
My Uncle is about to open a Russian Restaurant in L.A. and so far its looking really good.

Answer 6

My parents are Russian so I grew up eating Russian food. Now, as an adult, it's like comfort food to me. It reminds me of my childhood and I like that. My husband, however, is from Burma, and he finds Russian food to be bland and boring. He'll eat it, but it's not his cuisine of choice. The one dish he'll eat without complaining is piroshki.

Answer 7

i like it since i am from Baltic states and we have similar food. i had been in America for a few years and live close to russian stores that sell food thats already been made. a few of my favourites - solyanka, shashlik, plov, sirnyiki, galubci.

Answer 8

I just watched a documentary on this... I don't think I would like any of it due to all the raw fish that was eaten... I am not a fan and will not be changing my mind anytime soon about raw fish or its eggs.

*cough*hack*

: )

Answer 9

Piroshki and pelmeni taste good, though don't seem very healthy (lots of saturated fat). Those are the only ones I've tried.

Answer 10

I need a recipe for Gaaah. Its made with large nightcrawlers, garlic, and beets. Can you help?