this week we discussed traditional russian foods, which was a topic close to the heart of every russian-speaking person in the room. (again, i'm still not sure why everyone in this class already speaks russian.) there's something called сельдь под шубой, which google tells me looks like a pink cake. it's actually made of fish and beets and in english it's called herring under a fur coat. yuriy (solemn ukrainian man with steve buscemi eyes. wears black from head to toe every week, carries a black briefcase) spent a full ten minutes very methodically explaining how to properly make холодец, which is basically meat jello. his slow and quiet voice made it too easy to imagine that he was describing the process of boiling people meat, an informant sent off to the big sleep, rather than pig's feet meat. during a heated disagreement about what exactly goes into salad olivier, firecracker nelly erupted with, "
Я русский человек!
кто видел салат оливье без мясо!!
КТО ВИДЕЛ!!" -
I am russian!
who has seen salad olivier without meat!!
WHO HAS SEEN IT!!
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| a particularly creative herring under a fur coat |
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