I Don’t Know Who Needs To Hear This, But Buckwheat Is Overrated
For some inexplicit reason, Russians LOVE buckwheat.
It’s a grain that can and is (but really shouldn’t) be used as a side dish for basically all meals, given to babies as porridge, and as a breakfast staple.
I’m here to tell you that it tastes like dirt, and is the absolute inferior and weird cousin of rice, flower, potatoes and almost every other carb out there.
God bless Masha, but even she cannot quite defend this little gem… it’s not even as appealing as Russian architecture on a sloshy autumn morning.
For some inexplicit reason, Russians LOVE buckwheat.
It’s a grain that can and is (but really shouldn’t) be used as a side dish for basically all meals, given to babies as porridge, and as a breakfast staple.
I’m here to tell you that it tastes like dirt, and is the absolute inferior and weird cousin of rice, flower, potatoes and almost every other carb out there.
God bless Masha, but even she cannot quite defend this little gem… it’s not even as appealing as Russian architecture on a sloshy autumn morning.
Words and phrases:
- Dirt: грязь - ‘gryaz’
- Buckwheat : Гречневая каша - ‘Grechnevaya kasha’
- Kvass: Квас - ‘Kvas’
- Jelly Meat: Холодец - ‘Holodets’
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It turns out that ‘meat jelly’ is a delicacy in Russia. It looks like fancy canned dog food, and tastes about the same!
So sit down for a meal of Haladietz and Hachapuri with Masha and Zac as they talk about their dining experiences in Russia.
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It turns out that ‘meat jelly’ is a delicacy in Russia. It looks like fancy canned dog food, and tastes about the same!
So sit down for a meal of ‘Holodets’ and ‘Hachapuri’ with Masha and Zac as they talk about their dining experiences in Russia.
Words and phrases:
- Holodets (Jelly Meat): холодец - ‘kholodets’
- No: нет - ‘net’
- No Jelly Meat: нет холодец - ‘net kholodets’
- Menu: Меню - ‘Menyu’
- Do you have?: есть - ‘yest’
- English: английский - ‘angliyskiy'
- Vodka: Водка - ‘Vodka’
- Beer: Кошка - ‘Pieva’
- Or: Или - ‘ili’
- Cheers: на здоровья - ‘na zdarovier’
- Hachapuri: хачапури - ‘Hachapuri’
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