Russia To Open New Fast Food Restaurants In America

[December]

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....and we have a customer already -

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For additional info, please, visit this site - http://russianvodka.com

[Pookie]

As long as the borscht doesn't have trans-fats, Russia's welcome to do that anywhere in the US.
Love the McVodka, LOL!
Instead of Wendy's, we'll have Olga's.
Instead of Kentucky Fried Chicken, we'll have Ukraine's Best Beets.
Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream will be Boris and Ivan's Siberian Ices.
Instead of Pizza Hut, Borscht Bar (with McVodka, of course.)
Oh! And instead of Red Lobster, it's Black Sea Caviar.
LOL!
You gave me a laugh, December. Oh, hubby said he liked the idea of the McVodka, but he said the Stoli would probably be better, and that the gorilla-thingy up there had the right idea.
You know, there is not one single Russian restaurant where I live. We have German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, and everything else.
Hmmm...does anyone have a Russian restaurant in their town?
Purrs,
Pookie

[PostmodernProphet]

Instead of Wendy's, we'll have Olga's.


http://www.olgaskitchen.com/

[preservanation]

http://russianvodka.com/humor_images/why_should_i_drink.jpg

"Hi, I'm Bobo, and I'll be your waiter this evening..."

Zo is going to Love this place!

[December]

Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream will be Boris and Ivan's Siberian Ices.

Yeah.... This is really funny!..... :)

Hmmm...does anyone have a Russian restaurant in their town?
Purrs,
Pookie

There are not that many Russian immigrants in America. There are, however, tens of thousands of Soviet Jews in US who say that they are Russians, but there are very few true, ethnic Russians in America.

[December]

Here are some pictures from the Russian MENU. It sure looks better than stuff from McDonald's ....

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[Pookie]

Hmmm...dang, December, a lot of that really looks good. The cheeses and bread, especially. Is that sushi? I heard somewhere that the Russians came up with sushi first, is that true?
Are those some kind of ribs? Hey, December, can you post a couple of really good Russian food recipes or links in the Home and Garden thread here? I cook everything but Russian foods, and have really never seen any and I don't know what I'm looking at.
A few Russian restauarants sure would beat some of the crappy ones we have here.
Purrs,
Pookie

[potter]

That all looks like good honest and healthy food, but I gotta question...what kind of hippy drug crap is that at the bottom of this picture? :unreal:







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[dgun]

There are, however, tens of thousands of Soviet Jews in US who say that they are Russians, but there are very few true, ethnic Russians in America.

'Russian' is not an ethnicity. It never has been and never will be. It is a nationality.

Russians are European, Asians, Jews, and many, many more ethnicities. The Russian population is overwhelmingly made up of people with mixed ethnic heritage.

To cap: Russians are mostly mixed race. There also mostly a bunch of drunks.

Good day.

[December]

Russians are European, Asians, Jews, and many, many more ethnicities. Good day.

What have you been drinking, dgun?

[December]

Hey, December, can you post a couple of really good Russian food recipes or links in the Home and Garden thread here? I cook everything but Russian foods, and have really never seen any and I don't know what I'm looking at.
A few Russian restauarants sure would beat some of the crappy ones we have here.
Purrs,
Pookie

Well, most popular dishes in today's Russia are salad "Olivye", Borscht (vegetable soup) and Beef Stroganoff.


Olivye Salad (Potato salad- Russian Style)

Recipe:


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*300g ham (approx 3/4 of a pound)
*5 medium size potatoes
*3 eggs
*3 carrots
*2 cucumbers (preferably the English cucumbers)
*apple
*fennel (dill)
*sour cream, mayonnaise
*salt, pepper

First, boil potatoes, eggs, carrots until cooked. When the vegetables are soft they are ready to be chopped.

Next, dice all the ham into very small cubes, then chop boiled potatoes, carrots, eggs. Cut also cucumbers, apple and put everything in one bowl and mix it up thoroughly. After that add sour cream with mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Mix the salad again. Then chop fennel to put on the top.





Russian borscht -- Борщ

(Borscht or borshch (Russian and Ukrainian: борщ, Polish: barszcz) is a vegetable soup from Eastern Europe, which is traditionally cooked including beetroot as a main ingredient[ which gives it a strong red color. Other, non-beet varieties also exist, such as the tomato paste-based orange borshch and the green (zelioni) borshch (sorrel soup).)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht


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For the best borscht results use homemade broth. To make home-made beef broth:
Take a t-bone steak or any other beef piece with bone, put it in a pan covered with water, add couple of bay leaves, half an onion and boil this for about 1.5 - 2 hours or until meat is fully cooked.

Other ingredients:
1 medium size cabbage
3 potatoes
2 carrots
1 clove of garlic
1 small onion
2 medium size beets
? of red bell pepper
1 can of dark red kidney beans
1 fresh tomato
small can of tomato paste
2 tbs of butter
fresh dill
fresh parsley

After beef broth is ready, take the meat out and chop it into small bite-sized pieces. Put it back in the boiling broth. Then add sliced potato with finely chopped cabbage and let it cook till potato is soft (cooked). Meanwhile, chopped onion till golden brown in a separate pan. Add chopped red bell pepper, shredded carrot, beets, fresh tomato and garlic to the pan with onions. Mix all the vegetables and let it simmer for about 10 minutes. Add 1 tbs of tomato paste to the vegetable mix and let it simmer for another 5 minutes. Then add the mixture to the broth with cabbage and potatoes. Stir it all together, add red kidney beans, salt and pepper to your liking. As the last step, chop finely parsley with dill and add to the soup. Serve borscht soup with a spoonful of sour cream.

Serves 6-8 people



Beef Stroganoff

According to the Wikipedia, Beef Stroganoff was invented by a chef working for a Russian general, Count Pavel Stroganov, in the 1890s.
It became popular in the U.S. in the 1950s from servicemen returning from Europe and China after WWII. Beef Stroganoff is basically tender strips of beef and mushrooms cooked in a sour cream sauce and served over noodles, rice, or even French fries. You will want to make this with a tender cut of beef, such as tenderloin or top sirloin. For a quick version you can use ground beef instead of beef strips. You can also easily substitute yogurt for sour cream and leave out the mushrooms entirely.

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1 pound round steak or sirloin
1 cup of flour
2 tablespoons butter, divided
1 teaspoon basil
2 onions, chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic (more if you like garlic)
1/4 pound mushrooms
1 can Campbell's consommé
16 ounces sour cream
12 to 24 ounces egg noodles
Salt, to taste
Dash of pepper, to taste

1. Cut up meat and shake in a plastic bag with flour and pepper.
2. Sauté the meat in 1 tablespoon of the butter, adding salt and garlic. Put a light layer of basil over the sautéing meat.
3. In the meantime, sauté onions and mushrooms the other tablespoon of butter.
4. Combine meat, onions, and mushrooms and put on low heat.
5. Add soup. Simmer 20-30 minutes. (You want it to be a little bit liquid while simmering)
6. Cook egg noodles according to directions. Drain and rinse.
7. Add sour cream to meat mixture. Then the egg noodles.



Beef Stroganoff or Beef-Stroganov (in Russian: Беф-Строганов Bef-Stróganov) is a Russian dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream. From its origins in 19th-century Russia, it has become popular in much of Iran, Europe, North America, Australia, South Africa, and Brazil, with considerable variation in the actual recipe.

Elena Molokhovets' classic Russian cookbook (1861) gives the first known recipe for Govjadina po-strogonovski, s gorchitseju "Beef Stroganov with mustard" which involves lightly floured beef cubes (not strips) sautéed, sauced with prepared mustard and bouillon, and finished with a small amount of sour cream: no onions, no mushrooms. A 1912 recipe adds onions and tomato paste and serves it with crisp potato straws, which are considered the traditional garnish in Russia.[1] The version given in the 1938 Larousse Gastronomique includes beef strips, and onions, with either mustard or tomato paste optional.

After the fall of Imperial Russia, the recipe was popularly served in the hotels and restaurants of China before the start of the Second World War. Russian and Chinese immigrants, as well as U.S. servicemen stationed in pre-Communist China, brought several variants of the dish to the United States, which may account for its popularity during the 1950s. In the version often prepared in the USA today, it consists of strips of beef filet with a mushroom, onion, and sour cream sauce and served over rice or noodles.

In Australia a recipe very similar to the common American recipe has become popular, generally served with rice.

Beef stroganoff is also very popular in Brazil and Portugal, under the name "estrogonofe" or "Strogonoff". The Brazilian variant includes dice or strips of beef (usually filet mignon) with tomato sauce, onions, mushrooms and heavy whipping cream. Stroganoff is also often made with strips of chicken breast rather than beef. It is commonly served with crisp potato straws, as in Russia, but with the addition of white rice. Sometimes one can also see creative servings of estrogonofe, such as a pancake filling, or topping baked potatoes. It is so popular among Brazil's urban middle class that there are even fast-food chains (such as Strogonophy's) dedicated to it in the food courts of many Brazilian shopping malls. Many recipes and variations exist: with or without wine, with canned sweet corn, with ketchup instead of tomato sauce, etc.

Stroganoff is also popular in Sweden and Norway. In Sweden, a common variant is sausage stroganoff, which uses the domestic product falukorv as a substitute for the beef. Beef stroganoff is however also a common dish.

It is very popular as a basic food service dish as it is very easy to produce in large quantities.


6 Tbsp butter 1 pound of top sirloin or tenderloin, cut thin into 1-inch wide by 2 1/2-inch long strips 1/3 cup chopped shallots (can substitute onions) 1/2 pound cremini mushrooms, sliced Salt to taste Pepper to taste 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon of dry tarragon or 2 teaspoons of chopped fresh tarragon 1 cup of sour cream at room temperature
http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001976beef_stroganoff.php



Приятного Аппетита! (Priyatnogo Appetita!) Bon Appetit!

For more Russian Recipes go to http://www.russophile.com/russian_recipes

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[dgun]

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[December]

dgun, do you hate Russia because it is getting richer and influential, and America is moving to the opposite direction?

:)

[Pookie]

December, thank you so much! If you don't mind, I'll ask the mods to copy your recipes and put them in my Home and Garden thread. I am going to try that potato salad! I do a mean Beef Stroganoff, VERY much like your recipe!
Geez, no wonder it's good.
I'm going to try the borscht too, I like beets. What's your favorite food? Would you like to try some of my recipes?
Purrs,
Pookie

[December]

I am going to try that potato salad! Purrs,
Pookie

Pookie, salad Olivye (I am not sure if you can pronounce it :)) is the Russian version of potato salad. Since there is plenty of ham in it, it's not really a potato salad though....

Also there are more green peas in Olivye than in any so-called potato salad.

Recipe Ingredients:

http://www.objorka.com/tech/epanel/images/st_item/img02/194_010068_PIC_81_b.jpg

http://www.myrecipes101.com/cook/recipe/194-russian-salad.html


For more Russian Recipes go to http://www.russophile.com/russian_recipes

[dgun]

dgun, do you hate Russia because it is getting richer and influential

I don't hate Russia.


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[Professor]

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Look at the coin, is that the image of the Soviet Union?

[December]

Look at the coin, is that the image of the Soviet Union?

It is not a coin, Professor.
If you wish to decode the picture, find out the brand of these cigarettes.

[Pookie]

December, is it ok with you if I copy and move your wonderful recipes to my Home and Garden thread? I need your permission to do so.
May I please?
Purrs,
Pookie

[December]

Yes, Pookie, please, copy and move my wonderful recipes to the Home and Garden thread.

:)

[Pookie]

Oh, thank you! You are very gracious. I appreciate you.
Oh and as a surprise, my friend, I speak Russian, Moscow and Ukrainian dialect. I don't have a Russian keyboard, but I can easily translate.
Did you know there are 11 dialects of the Russian language?
Purrs,
Pookie

[Pookie]

Спасибо, декабрь!
Мурлыканье,
Pookie

[December]

Oh, thank you! You are very gracious. I appreciate you.
Oh and as a surprise, my friend, I speak Russian, Moscow and Ukrainian dialect. I don't have a Russian keyboard, but I can easily translate.
Did you know there are 11 dialects of the Russian language?
Purrs,
Pookie

You speak Russian? Really?
I didn't know that there are 11 dialects of the Russian language....


Спасибо, декабрь!
Мурлыканье,
Pookie


Пожалуйста.
А где это вы так научились писать по-русски, Pookie? :)

By the way, will US tennis palyers participate in the Istanbul Cup on May 19-24?
Russia's Elena Dementieva will:

http://eng.dementieva.ru/#

http://z.about.com/d/tennis/1/7/1/C/2006-us-open-2.jpg

http://dementieva.ru/downloads/catimages/4335_image.jpg

Elena Dementieva

[Pookie]

я пишу это на бумаге и просматриваю это от моего компьютера для Вас, моего друга. Я сожалею, что мой русский язык настолько плох.
Любовь,
Pookie

I am trying to speak with you in YOUR native language, which I respect very much.

[Pookie]

For everyone else, I write in Russian, scan the paper, and copy it here.
This is for December. I like him.
Purrs,
Pookie

[Pookie]

Елена Дементива преуспеет! Вы будете видеть.
И я прошу Вас, и ваш familly счастлив и хорошо.
Я сожалею, что мой русский язык настолько плох.
Мурлыканье,
Pookie

Was that ok, December? Am I doing ok?

[Pookie]

Я узнал в Германии, и я говорю на 11 языках. Я люблю русского, но я настолько плох.
Мурлыканье,
Pookie