{"id":499,"date":"2010-02-08T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=499"},"modified":"2014-07-16T19:44:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T19:44:10","slug":"%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%b0-begins-and-thats-why-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%82%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%bc-%d0%b1%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%8b-were-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%b0-begins-and-thats-why-%d0%b3%d0%be%d1%82%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b8%d0%bc-%d0%b1%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d1%8b-were-m\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u041c\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430\u00bb begins and that\u2019s why \u00ab\u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043c \u0431\u043b\u0438\u043d\u044b!\u00bb [we\u2019re making Russian pancakes!]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is \u00ab8 (\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e) \u0444\u0435\u0432\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [the 8th of February] and a Monday but not just any Monday – today is the Monday\u00a0on which \u00ab\u041c\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430<\/a>\u00bb<\/strong> [\u2018Maslenitsa’<\/a><\/em>; carnival, shrove] begins – also known as \u00ab\u0441\u044b<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [cheese week] – in Russia. This used to be a \u00ab\u044f\u0437\u044b<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a\u00bb <\/strong>[pagan holiday] back before Russia became a Christian country, a celebration of the sun and a way of marking the \u00ab\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0446 \u0437\u0438\u043c\u044b<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [end of winter] and the \u00ab\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043e \u0432\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044b<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [beginning of spring]. Since back in the days this \u2018pagan party’<\/em> has been made to fit well into the Christian calendar, and is now celebrated during a whole week \u00ab\u0434\u043e \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span><\/a>\u00bb<\/strong> [before Lent]. Lent 2010 starts \u00ab17 (\u0441\u0435\u043c\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u0446\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e) \u0444\u0435\u0432\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [17th<\/sup> of February] and ends on \u00ab4 (\u0447\u0435\u0442\u0432\u0451<\/span>\u0440\u0442\u043e\u0433\u043e) \u0430\u043f\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [the 4th<\/sup> of April]. The year 2010 will be a most interesting year as it will be the year when \u00ab\u041f\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0445\u0430<\/a>\u00bb<\/strong> [Easter<\/a>] is celebrated by \u00ab\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [Orthodox Christians], \u00ab\u043a\u0430\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [Catholics] and \u00ab\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0442\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [Protestants] on one and the same day – the 4th<\/sup> of April!<\/p>\n

But before Easter there’s Lent<\/a>. And what exactly do Russians eat before giving up such things as meat, dairy and alcohol for lent? I bet you already knew: \u00ab\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043d\u044b<\/span><\/a>\u00bb<\/strong> [pancake<\/a>s] of course!<\/p>\n

Without a doubt, I am a very lucky girl. One of the reasons for this is because I have a good friend here in Yekaterinburg, \u00ab\u0421\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Sasha] – or \u00ab\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447\u00bb<\/strong> [Alexander Alexandrovich] – who is \u00ab\u043f\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0430\u0440\u00bb<\/strong> [a cook]. Whenever I come over to his place, I always find him in the kitchen cooking me \u00ab\u0447\u0442\u043e-\u043d\u0438\u0431\u0443<\/span>\u0434\u044c \u0432\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [something tasty]. \u00a0About a week ago I asked him if he wouldn’t mind giving me a hand with preparing for \u00ab\u043f\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044b \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0443\u044e \u0435\u0434\u0443<\/span>\u00bb <\/strong>[the posts about Russian food], and he agreed. Today I have the honor\u00a0of bringing our very first culinary creation to my dear readers’ and fellow Russophiles’ attention! I present to you Sasha’s very own recipe for what he calls \u00ab\u0441\u0438\u0431\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0431\u043b\u0438\u043d\u044b<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [Siberian pancakes]:<\/p>\n

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Start by pouring \u00ab1 (\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043d) \u043b\u0438\u0442\u0440 \u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [1 liter of milk] into a big bowl.<\/p>\n

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Then put into the same big bowl \u00ab700 (\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0442) \u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c \u043c\u0443\u043a\u0438<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [700 grams of flour]. (If you already can tell \u00ab\u043c\u0443\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [flour] apart from \u00ab\u043c\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [martyrdom, torment, agony] just by the way they’re pronounced – well, you’re a better person than I am! I still get them confused… and it’s just as much fun for the Russians every time). <\/em><\/p>\n

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You’ll need \u00ab\u044f<\/span><\/strong>\u0439\u0446\u0430 – 3 (\u0442\u0440\u0438) \u0448\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u043a\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [eggs – 3 \u2018pieces’]. (I didn’t know you could crack eggs with a knife, but \u00ab\u0421\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> says that’s the simplest way and the only way that won’t make a mess of things. He’s the \u00ab\u043f\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0430\u0440\u00bb<\/strong> [cook] so he should know, right?)<\/em><\/p>\n

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After this add \u00ab\u0441\u043e\u043b\u044c \u043f\u043e \u0432\u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0443\u00bb<\/strong> [(fem.)<\/em> salt according to (your)<\/em> taste] and \u00ab0,5 (\u043f\u043e\u043b)\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0430<\/span>\u0445\u0430\u0440\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [half a cup of sugar] into the dough.<\/p>\n

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Then pour roughly \u00ab0,5 (\u043f\u043e\u043b)\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [half a cup of (pl.)<\/em> cream] into the bowl.<\/p>\n

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You’ll need \u00ab50 (\u043f\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f<\/span>\u0442) \u0433\u0440\u0430\u043c\u043c \u0441\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [50 grams of butter] \u00ab\u0438 \u0447\u0443\u0442\u044c-\u0447\u0443<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [and just a little vegetable oil] (pictured above is only the vegetable oil – by a brand poetically enough called \u00ab\u0429\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0435 \u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u00bb <\/strong>[The Generous Summer])<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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As a finishing touch to make \u00ab\u0442\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [the dough] just the way you like it: pour more or less \u00ab1,5 (\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430<\/span>) \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0434\u044b<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [1,5 cup of water], add \u00ab\u0449\u0435\u043f\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0430 \u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [a pinch of soda] and \u00ab\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u043e \u0435\u0449\u0451<\/span> \u043d\u0435\u043c\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u043a\u043e \u0441\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u044b\u00bb <\/strong>[you can also add a little bit of \u2018smetana’ (sour cream)<\/em>] – \u00ab\u0438 \u0442\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e!\u00bb <\/strong>[and the dough is done!]<\/p>\n

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And now it’s finally \u00ab\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [time] to start making \u00ab\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043d\u044b<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [pancakes]!<\/p>\n

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Careful, careful when flipping the \u00ab\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043d\u00bb <\/strong>over… Because the famous proverb \u00ab\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u0431\u043b\u0438\u043d \u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043e\u043c\u00bb <\/strong>[the first pancake becomes a clod, lump; ball, globe] didn’t turn up in Russian language out of nowhere but from experience! I hope you can see in the background how \u00ab\u0421\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> is keeping a watchful eye on me and the process…<\/p>\n

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That’s more like it! My friend \u00ab\u041a\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [Katya] shows you how it’s done.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0My serving suggestion: \u00ab\u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0438\u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [red caviar] (because we can’t afford \u00ab\u0447\u0451<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0438\u043a\u0440\u0430<\/span><\/strong>\u00bb [black caviar])<\/em>, \u00ab\u0441\u043c\u0435\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [\u2018smetana’; sour cream] and \u00ab\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0448\u043a\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [parsley]. I have always thought that eating pancakes like this would be the \u2018real’ and \u2018true’ Russian way<\/em>, but it turned that out none of my Russian friends had ever heard of this combination before… And now they claim I will give birth to a new myth \u00ab\u043e \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043a\u0443<\/span>\u0445\u043d\u0435\u00bb <\/strong>[about Russian cuisine].<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00ab\u0412\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [Vasya (Sasha’s brother)<\/em>], \u00ab\u0421\u0430<\/span>\u0448\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> and \u00ab\u041a\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> all know that the only right way \u00ab\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u041c\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044b<\/a>\u00bb<\/strong> [to begin the celebration of \u2018Maslenitsa’<\/em>] is \u00ab\u0441 \u0443\u043b\u044b<\/span>\u0431\u043a\u043e\u0439\u00bb <\/strong>[with a smile]! (In the glasses is a most tasty desert with jelly made from champagne and whipped cream on top…)<\/em><\/p>\n

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And now there’s nothing left to do but to \u00ab\u043d\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0435\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [enjoy the food] and try to eat enough \u00ab\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u0434 \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043a\u0438\u043c \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043c<\/a>\u00bb<\/strong> [before Lent<\/a>] so that you’ll last all the way \u00ab\u0434\u043e \u041f\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0445\u0438<\/a>\u00bb<\/strong> [to Easter<\/a>]…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Today is \u00ab8 (\u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e\u0433\u043e) \u0444\u0435\u0432\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044f\u00bb [the 8th of February] and a Monday but not just any Monday – today is the Monday\u00a0on which \u00ab\u041c\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430\u00bb [\u2018Maslenitsa’; carnival, shrove] begins – also known as \u00ab\u0441\u044b\u0440\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043d\u0435\u0434\u0435\u043b\u044f\u00bb [cheese week] – in Russia. This used to be a \u00ab\u044f\u0437\u044b\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a\u00bb [pagan holiday] back before Russia became a Christian…<\/p>\n

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