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Has your FSU women ever cooked for you and did you like what she made?
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Posted by: royalpalace774

Hi Guys,
I'm just curious if your FSU or Russian women has cooked any delicious meals for you and what did she make for you that you thought was just incredible.

I can recall that my women made me a soup that was a dish from Latvia and I really was not that interested in finishing it.

But when she made me a chicken dish that she spiced up it was great and I loved it.

What was your favorite dish your women cooked for you?

I'm asking this question because I love great tasting food and it's a big plus to have a women that cooks so good.

Posted by: freebird

We mostly ate out it seems, I don't remember anything special. (but she says she is looking forward to cooking something for me when I go back there!!!)

Posted by: GentleGiant

Lera cooked for me several times, the first time is was a delightful mixed vegetable dish in oils and garnish, with roast chicken and potatoes, the thing I remember most other than the great taste was her treatment of the chicken, instead of carving it as expected she chopped it into quarters and dished it out.

Posted by: AkMike

The only dish that Tanya's ever made that I didn't/couldn't eat is a hunters soup called uha( oo-ha) it's a soup made from boiled fish heads as well as other stuff.
Her russian/ukrainian girlfriends here loved it though. Must be just me..

Posted by: French_Misha

We have a deal: my wife does most of the cooking and I do most of the dish washing. She cooks what she knows: Russian food such as borsch and cooked cabbage which I love. We will however look up new recipes together and I will translate it into Russian for her so she knows how to prepare the new recipe.

Posted by: AkMike

FM, where are you at? Fill out your profile please.

Posted by: French_Misha

I am from Canada, eh :-) I added it to my profile, but I prefer to keep my city and province anonymous.

Posted by: AkMike

No problem. But it's good to see the maple leaf flying!

Posted by: GoingToRussia

I feel in love with Borsh and Selahnka. Borsh is like American chili, everyone has a different recipe. I also liked her Pelmeenie and sweet pie ... which is actually a cake. Her's was like a cinimmon coffee cake.

Posted by: French_Misha

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Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

I feel in love with Borsh and Selahnka. Borsh is like American chili, everyone has a different recipe. I also liked her Pelmeenie and sweet pie ... which is actually a cake. Her's was like a cinimmon coffee cake.

My wife makes a great sweet cake using cottage cheese. The challenge: finding the equivalent ingredients. It was tough trying to find "tvorog" in Canada for her recipe but my wife managed to use dry curd cottage cheese passed through a food processor instead of Russian "tvorog" and it made for a wonderful cake!

Posted by: EasyTarget

Blini's. Love Blini's. Crepes with sour cream.

Posted by: royalpalace774

My girl learned how to cook from her mom. And I remember when I 1st met my girl in April 07 and I went to her parents home and her mom brought me to the kitchen table to try some pastries that she made. Reminded me of my grandmothers cooking. And my grandmother was Russian.

You guys ever have eggplant made by a Russian. I used to put it on lightly toasted bread. I had some at her moms house and it was exactly like my grandmother's.

WOW! Everything I tasted was incredible. I am looking forward to many home cooked meals from my girl.

I think all of these FSU women are taught to cook and it's just normal for them to cook great.

Posted by: Zmejka

My friend likes when i make blini with meat, golubci (cabbage leaves with meat inside), oven dish with potatoes, meat, mayo and cheese on top (his tastes are simple

) and dfferent cakes though he thinks russian caes are usually too heavy for the stomack.
And how i could forget pelmeni and especially shashliki!

Posted by: joelunchbox

The scond reason to marry someone from the FSU...dinner! first off, they have the best produce of anywhere I have ever been..and I went in the off season!! I could live on Uzbek tomatoes!! Borscht--thumbs up!! Pelmini..I am still acquiring a taste for it...not very spicy..but it could just be me. Her brother in law makes terrific shashlik!! And I pretty much like everything she cooks. Her omelettes are different..good, but different. Probably regional differences in cheeses.

The worst food I ate in Tashkent was my fault--I thought I wanted a hamburger...don't order a hamburger unless you see it being cooked....other than that one meal, I love the food.

Posted by: jeffs

My wife just made dinner tonight (we got back to the states about 3 weeks ago yeah!)... She's a great gal, but is challenged a tad in that area, but what she does make she makes well...

Tonight: Baked Chicken and potatoes (basically chicken breast and potatoes cut up small, topped with mayo and garlic, then shredded cheese, and baked.

Like I said she doesn't cook so much... she does make a mean Rolton though (ask your russian GF/wife what Rolton is).

**edited becuase I can't spell well late at night

Posted by: jeffs

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Originally Posted by Zmejka

My friend likes when i make blini with meat, golubci (cabbage leaves with meat inside), oven dish with potatoes, meat, mayo and cheese on top (his tastes are simple

) and dfferent cakes though he thinks russian caes are usually too heavy for the stomack.
And how i could forget pelmeni and especially shashliki!

do you use kefir in your sashlik marinate?

Posted by: broncosfan

I apologize for not knowing the names of the dishes, but here is a rundown. I like borsh, but not as a meal, it is good when eating with other things. Her rice pilaff is amazing. My favorite is what she does with meat. She will dice pork, beef and chicken-mix it together in a batter and fry it. It almost looks like chicken fried steak. Another similar meat dish, different meats ran through a grinder with garlic and other spices and fried. Verenicki is good. And there are these chicken,onion, and mushroom filled crepes served with sour cream that i like. While in Ukraine there was a patte like thing made from liver that I didn't care for. Also a soup that tasted good untill I realised the meat had little hairs on it "tongue." I almost through up eating salt fish, but it is tradition, so I had to try it. Oh, and yes, Shaslik is wonderful.

Posted by: GoingToRussia

HE HE HE - Yes BroncoFan, I have a hard time eating something that might be tasting me back!

Posted by: The Dark Knight

My dad's folks came from Ukraine, so the first UW I knew was a great cook!

My siblings and I have recreated Grandma's receipes with my dad's help. I can't beleive how much work that little old gal did for a Sunday dinner.

Posted by: GoeastLJ

If you like romantic WW2 West encounters East, you should read Scott Turow's Ordinary Heroes. Excellent bitter-sweet romantic fiction and I keep going back to that book whenever I read about Americanised eastern man marrying eastern woman.

Posted by: goforit

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Originally Posted by royalpalace774

Hi Guys,
I'm just curious if your FSU or Russian women has cooked any delicious meals for you and what did she make for you that you thought was just incredible.

I can recall that my women made me a soup that was a dish from Latvia and I really was not that interested in finishing it.

But when she made me a chicken dish that she spiced up it was great and I loved it.

What was your favorite dish your women cooked for you?

I'm asking this question because I love great tasting food and it's a big plus to have a women that cooks so good.

Well I have been attending a church for the last several years that is made up largely of people from the FSU, and we have a potluck every Sunday after the service. In that entire time I don't recall eating anything that really knocked my socks off. The food is good, homemade, and filling, but nothing memorable. One of the ladies cooks for a living but I still don't recall anything standing out. It could be because my diet is so different from the norm that my taste buds are now different, but I guess I won't know until I'm actually married to an FSU woman.

Posted by: goforit

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Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

HE HE HE - Yes BroncoFan, I have a hard time eating something that might be tasting me back!

Tongue is delicious! But you have to strip that outer layer

Posted by: GoingToRussia

No thanks I'll pass. I'll also never eat fish head soup, chilled fat drippings, and somethng the Russians call "rat" ... it is a cross between a beaver and a muscrat. It has a long tail like a rat, not a beaver's paddle like tail.[/

Posted by: goforit

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Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

No thanks I'll pass. I'll also never eat fish head soup, chilled fat drippings, and somethng the Russians call "rat" ... it is a cross between a beaver and a muscrat. It has a long tail like a rat, not a beaver's paddle like tail.[/

Except for rat, that other stuff sounds superb!

Posted by: goforit

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Originally Posted by GoingToRussia

I should note as well, with the exception of beaver, which I know nothing about, the other foods are good for your libido, which might be important if there is a large age gap between you and the missus.

Posted by: freebird

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Originally Posted by goforit

As long as your wife doesn't catch you sneaking out for pizza!

What city are you in? Is the church service in English or Russian?

Posted by: goforit

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Originally Posted by freebird

As long as your wife doesn't catch you sneaking out for pizza!

What city are you in? Is the church service in English or Russian?

I'm in Seattle. The service is in English and Church Slavonic and any extemporaneous speaking (like the sermon) is done in Russian and English. Except when the Bishop comes, then it is English, Church Slavonic, Russian, and Greek! He is a Greek who lives in Jerusalem.

Posted by: freebird

Interesting, I'm just up the road in Vancouver. Is that a Catholic church or Orthodox? If you have been to any of the russian weddings then you must have tried lots of the food! Oh yeah, that reminds me, there was a russian girl that made this peach cake for a wedding - it was fantastic!! and I also really like those cream-filled pastry tubes - does anyone know the name?

Posted by: goforit

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Originally Posted by freebird

Interesting, I'm just up the road in Vancouver. Is that a Catholic church or Orthodox? If you have been to any of the russian weddings then you must have tried lots of the food! Oh yeah, that reminds me, there was a russian girl that made this peach cake for a wedding - it was fantastic!! and I also really like those cream-filled pastry tubes - does anyone know the name?

Ahhh Vancouver, one of my favorite cities. I have a friend from high school who lives on the Island and I am seriously considering becoming a Canadian citizen once my social affairs are settled.

It is an Orthodox Church, and yes not only weddings but just about any Orthodox feast is going to have LOTS of food. Now that you mention it the Greek Orthodox church up the road is rumored to have some great food at their annual festival but I have never tried it. I must admit the sweets do look really yummy at our weekly meal but I don't eat much in the way of sweets.

Posted by: Zmejka

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Originally Posted by jeffs

do you use kefir in your sashlik marinate?

Yes and some more spicies but i don't know the exact receipe because we eat shashliki only when come to my parents in Russia and my father is an expert in making it

Posted by: deccie

Yum, shaslik! i had that by the shores of the baltic sea over a nice warm fire.
Wow. Brings back fond memories.