{"id":462,"date":"2010-01-01T12:04:16","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T16:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=462"},"modified":"2010-01-01T12:04:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T16:04:16","slug":"%c2%ab%d0%93%d0%be%d1%82%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%bc-%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%b2%d1%8c%d0%b5%c2%bb-making-olive-aka-the-russian-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/%c2%ab%d0%93%d0%be%d1%82%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%bc-%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%b2%d1%8c%d0%b5%c2%bb-making-olive-aka-the-russian-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u0413\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043c \u043e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u044c\u0435!\u00bb [Making Oliv’e! (aka The Russian Salad)]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, you guessed it! (Did the (impfv.) verb \u00ab\u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [prepare, make ready; train; make, COOK] in the title give it all away at first sight?)<\/em> Today’s post is indeed \u00ab\u043e \u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [about food], and, as you would expect, it is \u00ab\u043e \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u00bb <\/strong>[about Russian food] – one of the things we Russophiles (well, many other people might feel the same way too)<\/em>\u00a0love the most. But the year of 2010’s first post is not about any kind of Russian food. This post is \u00ab\u043e \u0442\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0438\u0446\u0438\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0438 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u0435\u043c \u0441\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u00bb <\/strong>[about the traditional and New Year’s salad] that was traditional and made on New Year’s Eve \u00ab\u0432 \u0421\u043e\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0441\u043e\u044e<\/span>\u0437\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [in the Soviet Union] and still is traditional and made on New Year’s Eve \u00ab\u0432 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u0439\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0444\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [in the Russian Federation]. Yes, today’s blog post is about making \u00ab\u041e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u044c\u0435<\/span><\/a>\u00bb<\/strong> [lit. \u2018Oliv’e’<\/em>, mostly known in the rest of the world as \u2018the Russian salad’<\/a><\/em>]! Remaining true to the season and its tradition, yesterday I decided to make this \u00ab\u0431\u043b\u044e<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u00bb <\/strong>[dish] for the first time in my life. Despite having celebrated New Year’s Eve in Russia five times I had not up until yesterday evening tasted \u00ab\u041e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u044c\u0435<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong>. Why? one might wonder. Because I’m a vegetarian and this dish – like plenty of other delicious dishes belonging to \u00ab\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0445\u043d\u044f<\/a>\u00bb<\/strong> [Russian cuisine<\/a>] – contains meat. Yesterday I made it with soy instead of meat, perhaps not such a great idea considering that I’ve never even tried it before, but it turned out very tasty! I used this recipe<\/a> when I made my salad, thinking it would not be \u2018enough’<\/em> in the beginning. Until I mixed all the ingredients together in a bowl (well, in a plastic round box really – just because this made it easier for me to put it in the fridge for an hour first and then take it with me to my cousin’s house)<\/em> did I realize that it was indeed ENOUGH for about eight people. Here’s an explanation of how I did it in a simple step-by-step tale. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u0412\u0437\u044f\u0442\u044c \u0438 \u0441\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c (\u0432 \u043c\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u0435) \u043a\u0430\u0440\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0444\u0435\u043b\u044c (2 (\u0434\u0432\u0435)<\/em> \u0448\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438)\u00bb <\/strong>[Take and cook (lit.<\/em> \u2018in uniform’, i.e. without peeling them first<\/em>) potatoes (2 pieces)].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab<\/strong>\u041f\u043e\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0438<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0438\u0445<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Peel them and chop them up in\u00a0tiny pieces].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u0412\u0437\u044f\u0442\u044c \u0441\u043e\u043b\u0451<\/span>\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043e\u0433\u0443\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0446 (\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0438 \u0441\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0438\u0439)\u00bb<\/strong> [Take a pickled cucumber (one may also use a fresh one)].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab<\/strong>\u041c\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>[Chop it up in tiny pieces].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0437\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/strong> 150 (<\/em><\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u043e<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u043f\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f<\/span>\u0442<\/em><\/strong>)<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0431\u0430\u0441\u044b<\/span><\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Then take 150 gramms of sausage (since I’m a vegetarian I used two soy sausages for my salad, though the salad in its \u2018real’ form is made with \u00ab<\/strong><\/em>\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f<\/em><\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0431\u0430\u0441\u0430<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00bb<\/em><\/strong>, which could be translated as “doctoral sausage”)<\/em>].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab<\/strong>\u041c\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043d\u0430\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Chop (it)<\/em> up in tiny pieces].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u0435<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0437\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/strong> 30 (<\/em><\/strong>\u0442\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/em><\/strong>)<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0437\u0435\u043b\u0451<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043b\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0430<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0438<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u0451<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043c\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u043a\u0443<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Then take 30 gramms of chives<\/a> and put everything in a bowl].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab<\/strong>\u041f\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0437\u044f\u0442\u044c<\/strong> 2 (<\/em><\/strong>\u0434\u0432\u0430<\/em><\/strong>)<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>\u044f<\/span><\/strong>\u0439\u0446\u0430<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0438<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0430\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0438\u0445<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u043e<\/strong> 20 (<\/em><\/strong>\u0434\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/em><\/strong>)<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>\u043c\u0438\u043d\u0443<\/span>\u0442<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> [Then take 2 eggs and boil them for approximately 20 minutes (I only boiled the eggs for about 12 minutes, but I guess that’s \u00ab\u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0441 \u0432\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [a question of taste] each of us will have to ask ourselves)<\/em>].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u041f\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0435<\/strong> \u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0438\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u0445\u043e\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0443. \u041f\u043e\u0447\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0442\u044c \u044f<\/span>\u0439\u0446\u0430. \u0414\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u0435 \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c \u0438\u0445 \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043c\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u043a\u0443\u00bb <\/strong>[After boiling place them under cold water. Peel the eggs. Then slash them and put tem in the bowl].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab<\/strong>\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c<\/strong> 100 (<\/em><\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u043e<\/em><\/strong>)<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>\u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0437\u0435\u043b\u0451<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0430<\/strong>, <\/strong>\u0441\u043e\u043b\u044c<\/strong> (0,5 (<\/em><\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0430<\/em><\/strong>)<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0439<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u043a\u0438<\/strong>) <\/strong>\u0438<\/strong> <\/strong>\u043c\u0430\u0439\u043e\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0437<\/strong> (<\/strong>\u043f\u043e<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0443<\/strong>)\u00bb<\/strong> [Add 100 grams of green peas, salt (half a teaspoon) and mayonnaise (according to (your)<\/em> taste].<\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u0422\u0449\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u0448\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0441\u043e\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u043e\u0435 \u043c\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [Thoroughly mix the content of the bowl]. \u00ab\u0422\u0435\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u044c \u0441\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0442 “\u041e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u044c\u0435<\/span>” \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0432!\u00bb<\/strong> [Now the salad “Oliv’e” (i.e. \u2018the Russian Salad’)<\/em> is done!]<\/p>\n

When preparing various salads for New Year’s Eve in Russia all you really need to know in the Russian language is two words (one is an adverb, the other a verb)<\/em>: \u00ab\u043c\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043a\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0437\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [\u2018to chop up into tiny pieces’]. That’s what each and every Russian citizen is doing for most of the 31st<\/sup> of December – standing in the kitchen with a knife slicing up all sorts of meats and various vegetables into very small pieces and then drenching everything in liters of mayonnaise. This is called \u00ab\u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [preparing salads] in Russian. I usually joke that it’s not really cooking Russian style if you haven’t used enough mayonnaise to rub your entire body in it, but hey, that’s just me. And I’ve lived almost four years in Yekaterinburg, the city where they eat the most mayonnaise in the world!<\/p>\n

When I first realized that I was going to celebrate this New Year’s Eve without chopping up anything at and nothing into small pieces, I rejoiced. But when New Year’s Eve finally came around yesterday it just didn’t feel like a true \u00ab\u043f\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a\u00bb <\/strong>[holiday] to me without grabbing a knife and slicing up something… Thus I made my first-ever, home-made \u00ab\u041e\u043b\u0438\u0432\u044c\u0435<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> and served it to people who had never been to Russia at my cousin’s New Year’s party last night. \u00a0It was eaten with pleasure and also received very good reactions from non-Russophiles. One of them said: “To me this is how Russia must taste!” And I suppose that’s correct. Russia tastes just like \u2018a Russian salad’ (word pun intended)<\/em> – good, very good!<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u0421<\/strong> <\/strong>\u041d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u043c<\/strong> 2010 <\/strong>\u0413\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u043c<\/strong> <\/strong>\u0432\u0441\u0435\u0445<\/strong>!\u00bb<\/strong> [Happy New Year of 2010 everyone!]<\/p>\n

P.S. reading comments like this one<\/a> on the blog really made the year of 2009 end well… Thank you all for yet another great year with Russia!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Yes, you guessed it! (Did the (impfv.) verb \u00ab\u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c\u00bb [prepare, make ready; train; make, COOK] in the title give it all away at first sight?) Today’s post is indeed \u00ab\u043e \u0435\u0434\u0435\u00bb [about food], and, as you would expect, it is \u00ab\u043e \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0435\u0434\u0435\u00bb [about Russian food] – one of the things we Russophiles (well, many…<\/p>\n

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