Top 15 Russian Appetizers

[insaint]

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[bridgeoutahead]

thanks to a former coworker, I know most of those dishes by taste, smell, and texture :) She also makes another common dish out of grated carrot, cheese, and what I think is a mayonaise-type substance.

[7kim_moon]

See? I knew I must have been Russian in a previous life; there wasn't a thing here that didn't leave me thinking "Mmmmm ... want ..." down to and including the raw deer.

Thanks for this.

[icedrake]

Not a very good photo of salo. Way too much meat.

Also, where's the kvas?!

[insaint]

It's a drink, not food. Doesn't count.

[icedrake]

Only a very few beers are "food." And Russian ones aren't it.

[insaint]

They're definitely used as meal replacements, culturally. ;)

Meh. Beer trumps kvas in alcohol content.

[uniquecrash5]

That site is very funky.

[skypork]

That was cool! Russian food is mostly a mystery to me. I wasn't familiar with most of those ... except potatoes; I've heard of those. :-p Are Russian pickles different than the North American variety I'm used to?

[insaint]

They're typically "pickles in brine" rather than water. Other than that... there are a few varieties and they're pretty similar to the ones around here. Sweet pickles aren't popular, though, and we have "half-sour" pickles, which are basically cucumbers that were only pickles for a few days.

[skypork]

Yeah, I don't like sweet ones. The half-sour ones confuse my brain; it can't decide if they're cucumbers or pickles, thus causing smoke to come out of my ears.

[insaint]

They're delicious, that's what they are.