June 6, 2008
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This afternoon Dmitry and I collected Carolyn and set forth on a - for her, anyway - culinary adventure.
Yes, it was time to introduce Carolyn to the joys of Russian cuisine, as offered by Taste of Europe in Arlington, aka: "the Russia store."
He was dressed appropriately, wasn't he?
Carolyn and I had borscht, followed by pelmeni, while Dmitry had the borscht and what they call "Russian Navy Pasta with Meat." Basically it's ground beef and macaroni with Russian seasoning, and Dmitry's quite fond of it. Carolyn appeared to like the food alright, though since it turns out she doesn't much care for sour cream, she didn't get what we'd consider to be the full gustatory effect. Dmitry and I tend to dump sour cream on all of it. Shlurp!
Speaking of borscht and pelmeni and sour cream is to speak of God's good blessings; speaking of what follows is something else again....I'm not absolutely certain what:
Yes, folks, it's Barbie waffles, with pictures somehow painted on them. We can but hope the Eggo people are sincere when they promise it to be a "limited edition."
I'm hoping it's a very, very limited edition indeed.
Comments (4)
Golly - those silly Eggo's must be pricey. They probably do it with edible waterslide transfers, which I've heard about. They print edible ink on thin sheets of gelatin. Actually kinda cool.
Somehow, must as I love beets, I can't imagine I'd enjoy borscht. Even with sour cream.
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If you had good borscht, you'd enjoy it. :wink-wink:
Does Dmitry find the Russian food here comparable to "the real thing"? Has it been Americanized like Chinese food has?
Apparently the food at Taste of Europe is quite authentic, which makes sense as it's owned and run by Russians. :tongue:
Like any other cuisine, there's a huge amount of variation in Russian food, so it's not difficult to make something that satisfies a displaced Russian. ;^)
Just throw in some dill and sour cream, and they're happy.
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