7 BEST RUSSIAN DISHES

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[@papaacorn9479]

I totally thought you started this video on the toilet for a second. Haha!

[@ferruccio4531]

so, I wasn't the only one.

[@ivanalcolea7170]

Me too

[@theyeetomyhaw2884]

lmao same

[@Anya.flamingo]

lol thats what i thought dfkm

[@maddogcharm]

Yup unfortunately so did I 😂

[@zakuma22]

I have tried Pelmeni with mushroom sauce when I was in Moscow (Cafe Pushkin) and it was beyond delicious!

[@uioplkhj]

I have lived in Moscow for six years and only just discovered that a cafe like that exits in Moscow. I'll check it out!

[@horiayeb7075]

We need you tasting Russian drinks now !! Love this, great work

[@CiderDivider]

I agree!! A drink special would be great

[@thecha4570]

vOdKa

[@zipbangcrash]

Квас is a really strange taste if you're an American...

[@jigb1842]

@@zipbangcrash квас can be of different tastes, it all depends on the brand and ingredients

[@zipbangcrash]

@@jigb1842 Well that's new information for me! Maybe I'll try another brand. The one I tried was the only variety at the shop where I bought it. It was heavy on the molasses, but not sweet, kind of sour. I'll have to keep my eyes out for more to try some others!

[@airsoftghost]

Soups in America are largely eaten in the cold months and locations. Everything you showed looks delicious. Thanks Fydor

[@kosmonavt5125]

My friends find it weird when ill eat soup in the summer for breakfast

[@WritingSch]

Yeah I’m making black bean soup often for winter this year :)

[@SamnissArandeen]

Im familiar with soups as side dishes and casseroles or skillet dishes as the main courses. Grew up in the Midwest. Looking forward to trying out some of those pancakes!

[@Ghostly-00]

I live in America and I hadn't noticed this before lol but I think you're right. I just made miso soup the other day and it's the middle of August, idk what's wrong with me lol.

[@Danilego]

In Brazil it's very common to have soups being sold in bakeries. In my family we only eat soup when we get sick though, because it's easier to eat

[@mon0lithic629]

Fun fact about Russia: sushi are VERY popular here. In fact, my town has about 100 sushi places - and its not even that big of a town! Hell, until recently we didn't even have McDonalds.

[@ratstapler8501]

Wow that's really unexpected lmao

[@paprikar]

Also, as far as i can see, usually sushis are better in Russia than in Japan itself. Some friends of mine pointed to this. Or they just got too familiar with sushis in Russia and Japanese ones are not that good anymore.

[@marieelena]

I just love the wallpaper design in your house....fantastic channel, Russia is so beautiful!

[@darianadurcik9751]

The блины reminded me so much of Mexican crepes (crepas). You can find them with a sweet and salty filling as well

[@karenfromfinasse8430]

I'd love to see a video of your mom or relative make a home cooked meal instead of takeout. That would be so cool to see.

[@bagherbay5866]

We also have пирожки in Iran:-)

[@poisonedlolita6865]

I'm from Siberia and we eat Окрошка with Кефир, Сметана and Sparkling water. It is really delicious and one of my favorite. :3

[@chunkyboi365]

I once made deep fried, cherry preserve filled piroshki, they were wonderful

[@Katya_Lastochka]

That wasn't a preserve, it was perverse. jk

[@milat9287]

I always have Soljanka on my birthdays. It's expensive to make where I live, but it's just too good to pass up on that one day.

[@rorig4630]

I love pelmeni and borsch soup both are super delicious. I invited my mom to this russian restaurant and she even learnt the recipe because she just adored both. Hahaha in Chile we also break some pieces of bread inside the soup and creamy soups too.. or we fry or bake breads (cruton) and we put it on top.

[@nightyonetwothree]

in Russia you can break bread into soups too, I think it was very popular in USSR times.

[@cmolodiets]

popular method in France too where the bits of bread are named croutons

[@Chris-ug6bs]

learnt?

[@PeacefulPeteable]

@@Chris-ug6bs Yeah. It works. Actually most of the English speaking word prefers learnt over learned. Only the USA and Canada typically use learned. The more you know!

[@scruffy281]

I would like to try all of those offering! These look so different from what we eat in my family. Thanks so much for showing us these foods.......Lots of love from Texas.❤️

[@crispychrissy4209]

I understand that most of their food in Russian and thier cooking taste amazing.

[@vxnus_0]

пельмени seems to be like "tortellini" (an italian type of pasta filled with meat traditionally but also with things like mushrooms, spinach and ricotta (it's like soft cheese) and other stuff) and it would be so interesting to try them in order to compare them! by the way thank you for your channel, i started with russian like one month ago and you're helping me a lot with the language but also the culture! спасибо!

[@levdominikus7415]

i have already compared them. They taste very different. I prefer pelmeni but tortellini are good as well. Also recommend vareniki; ravioli and canelloni. Italians and russians are really good regarding dumplings.

[@vxnus_0]

@@levdominikus7415 this is very interesting! i think they're different because of the seasoning and the filling, i don't eat meat but i hope i'm gonna try varenyki (i've seen that they're filled with cheese and potatoes so i'm sure they're delicious!)

[@levdominikus7415]

@@vxnus_0 vareniky have all kind of fillings. I really like cherry for example

[@prussiancountryhuman]

him: starts speaking russian me: starts towards subtitles button

[@janewick1082]

So basically sour cream on everything.

[@ferruccio4531]

thank you for the videos, I hope you're not destroying your stomach. ciao.

[@lichewitz8905]

But that food was so healthy! I want to try pelmeni

[@max81261]

Gotta love how he was full before he could even have a bite of everything he showed

[@neeltullu1290]

For me, the top 3 quick bites would be чебурек, гренки и салат оливье! Hope you can show them in future videos!

[@mulattotraveller]

You're tall dude. Didn't realize until now

[@mikemccausley6129]

Can you please find a sweet old Russian lady and film her making pickled tomatoes!? Please please please. Russian Pickled tomatoes will cause total world peace. I’m sure of it.

[@deealexandra6928]

Mike McCausley russian pickled tomatoes is part of my death row meal lol

[@Loading-tr7yv]

I’ve never heard of pickled tomatoes, but now I will have to try them

[@goldenone6626]

You get roma tomatoes create a vinegar brine with onion, garlic cloves, chopped cucumbers, pepper corns. Let them sit for about a month and you’ve got it

[@jolevangelista]

@@goldenone6626 lots of herbs as well. Particularly overgrown dill.

[@oscarsafe2354]

Fedor thank you for sharing this video to learn more about your culture!

[@zaganski]

I made a Solyanka soup following life of boris instructions, just LOVE it, great soup.

[@janetwilliams688]

A couple of things i learnt while watching the guy is really good looking and a nice person.!!!!🥰🥰 and that the russian people really love their beets. I first learned about borscht soup while reading one of my brother's GQ magazines(Gentlemen's Quarterly) back in the eighty's, not only are beets delicious but they are also very nutritious,and can be pickled and be made into a delicious or grated raw into a salad.!!!!! .💕❤❤❤💖😂👍👍

[@royrushton3296]

When I was working in Novosibirsk I had pelmini almost everyday for lunch. It was served with vinegar with cayenne pepper mixed in.

[@InFltSvc]

Ok when you poured liquid on top of a crisp salad and then added sour cream I was DONE ... HOW VERY STRANGE...I am so glad I am American true and true! ...as for soup in the USA.... it is a main dish in the colder states during the winter. Here in the south we do not eat it that much we prefer salad and I mean fresh crisp salad , not in liquid 🤢

[@fernandogil65]

I have tried most of the food you show and is delicious!! I love my 'blinchiki' with cherry jam and a coffee 👍

[@nightyonetwothree]

try blinchiki with sourcream and a bit of honey :D much better then any jam. Also, as opposite I like them with some sour tastes: thin slice of cheese or some tvorog (~9%).

[@colefam206]

Great video! Now do a video with your grandmother making homemade food(with the recipes of course!)

[@fryloc359]

All I know about Russian food I learned from Boris. Cooking | Life of Boris: kzbin.info/aero/PLbS0HkS8Xsorrdr3pPk4lP80tUAzfyxP1

[@greatestytcommentator]

In Britain, Coal Miners used to have something like Пирожки. Cornish Pasties - as the are known nowadays. Pastry outside.. to keep the food fresh and clean in the dirty mines. Traditionally, they had Savoury - Meat, carrot, Potatoes in one side.. Then Fruit, like Apple In sauce at the other end for Dessert.

[@AlexFG24]

In Belarus, dumplings are eaten with milk. That is, pour them with milk and eat with a spoon like soup.

[@vladko2008]

Пельмени с молоком? Оригинально....

[@AlexFG24]

@@vladko2008 Попробуйте. Это вкусно. То есть варим в воде, как обычно, потом накладываем в глубокую тарелку и туда ложки три бульона, для нажористости, а затем заливаем холодным молоком.

[@nightyonetwothree]

@@AlexFG24 проще их в щах сварить, чем расчитывать на нажористость бульона (я так понял из-под пельменей) :)

[@matthewsoliwoda4163]

не знаю....... 🤔😝

[@enriqueramosss9301]

thank you very much for all your videos, I've been studying russian for 2 months and I'm in love with this beautiful language.

[@kiskasatterfield1239]

I recently learned how to make piroshki and love how they keep for lunch!

[@skatefan78]

Very interesting video! It's always interesting learning aspects of another country's food culture -- I never realized how much sour cream and condensed milk Russians use. I'm still a little confused about the exact purpose of "kvass", what it's made of?? In the US we do eat a fair amount of soups but "most" people i think reserve their soup-eating for the colder times of the year in fall and winter (because most soups in the US are hot soups --- I've never had a cold purely American soup). My mom actually LOVES making soup and we have it a lot in fall/winter -- she makes a wonderful vegetable soup (with lots of carrot, potatoes, zucchini/cucumber, tomatoes, etc.) and also makes a wonderful beef and cabbage soup that I love.

[@romanross]

Kvass tastes like non-alcoholic sweet beer, that was made from bread, rye-bread, mostly. Some people make kvass at home: 3L water + 1table spoon of sugar + 0.5 kg bread (and ferments for sure). It is no need to brew, just dark warm place and a week/fortnight to wait. After that you can put the mixture in the fridge and drink. As for me, I'd rather buy it in the store.

[@jolevangelista]

Closes to kvas is original kombucha. But it tastes more like bread or sometimes like beer. There are two types of it - white and black.

[@user-wq9vl8kd9o]

Kвасс у Србски енглески yeast...

[@ralphralpherson9441]

Kvass is ass dude. First time I tried it I was very let down. Just drink a wheat beer and get the actual buzz. That said, I LOVE vegetable soup too. Especially when they add the little half-macaroni things.

[@ironox8480]

Thank you so much for this. These foods bring back so many memories from my childhood. Third Gen american. Family came from Russia and I hope one day to visit Russia for my self.

[@tengkuakbar6562]

I used to live in Russia for 2 years. Everytime I feel lazy to go to the restaurant or feel lazy to cook. I just jumped to grocery store under my квартира and boiled them for lunch.. which later on for dinner as well ❤

[@vaguelyvagrant9694]

I think that few people would think of pancakes when they see блинчики. Pancakes a very different. Блинчики are definitely crepes in English. I like them all of the time, but especially during Масленица! Also, where was the салат оливье? 😉 That is probably the most iconic Russian salad. Whenever I’ve seen it on menus in Europe, it’s always called “Russian salad”. Пельмени with butter, sour cream and dill is probably one of my favorite comfort foods. Excellent video. You should do a video on Russian foods that tourists might find a gross as well like холодец or сало. 😂

[@chiarareiner3179]

My German grandfather always prepared a salad that looked pretty similar to винегрет, but it always had also apple slices and "Hering" (that's fish ) in it :)

[@Maid-en-Head]

That sounds similar to a salad called "селедка под шубой" - it literally means "herring under a furcoat"!

[@nightyonetwothree]

adding hering to vinaigrette is pretty common combo, classic for potato based salads.

[@oscarvasquez6542]

Lol Mexican food is way better

[@superdave54811]

But I love to cook. I have made Borsch many times. I make blin as they are easy and have little ingredients. I roll up blin with jam, jelly or honey. So good and tasty too. I cook so many different foods, just not so many sweets.

[@user-ec9oo7le4k]

Check how well you know Russian cuisine with this quiz! quizterra.com/en/how-well-do-you-know-russian-cuisine

[@yamshalev5794]

Wait so there's actually Простоквашино sour cream? I'm watching that series as one of my learning sources and I realy like it.

[@AxelStrem]

yeah there is a full lineup of dairy products, the idea is the name brings up childhood memories I guess (and also of course the cat in the series owned a cow and tried to sell milk)

[@andreybofus1817]

By the way the word Простоквашино comes from the word "простокваша" - that actually means "sour milk for drinking" so thats refers to dairy products - that's why this lineup is called so. It's a popular brand.

[@AxelStrem]

@@andreybofus1817 oooh good point, no idea why I left that out

[@alexview3971]

@@AxelStrem because it's not that kind of a popular product. You won't find it in stores. I ate it last time about 10 years ago. I wouldn't recommend to eat it if you are not accustomed yet to other sour milk products. Кефир, сметана, ряженка are cool and you will find them anywhere in Russia. Try also boiled milk - топлёное молоко. - very interesting thing and this is not sour milk product at all.

[@evakraus64]

These videos make me miss russia. I enjoy watching to remind me of it.

[@ban6096]

When i was growing up, my Mom made soups and stews (with meat or chicken) from October through February. She made Chicken stew, Chicken Stew with Dumplings, a rather thick Pea Soup with a meaty Ham Hock , a thick Vegetable Soup, Hungarian Goulash,Stew with meat that fell off the bones ....Getting hungry?! We'd often have the soup with freshly baked bread or homemade Southern-style biscuits.

[@2410jrod]

Ahhh thank you I was thinking of traveling to Moscow soon and wanted to know more about the cuisine.

[@ColKorn1965]

Вы забыл голубцы...я так люблю

[@livegaming3051]

What I do is: eat блины with сгущёнка filling AND ALSO dip it into сгущёнка. PRO MOVE RIGHT THERE

[@samizin911]

Cool video Fedor! Really enjoyed the video and I hope you post more video like this one and lessons too.

[@acmulhern]

This all looks very delicious. I'll have to try and cook them at home because I'm not sure when we will be able to travel again.

[@sw50zxjzdgvsbgfy30]

that mix between квас and окрошко made me die inside... we always eat usual окрошко as a usual soup with сметана

[@laurencecordier9919]

Thank you Fedor for these explanations . It seems you do not like to do the dishes, do you ? Coud you ask and do the same in a restaurant, ask a chef to show us beef Strogonoff, Kasha, koulibiak and so many I suppose . Thank you very much and congratulations for being so slim ! Take care ! Пока !

[@georgetware2098]

What is 'to order'? So 'to order online' and 'I'd like to order the borscht please', is it заказывать?

[@user-qh4qn5de6x]

Yes, it is заказывать.

[@chalice3571]

I liked your video very much. will be looking for more. the foods do look tasty... thank you for your great work.

[@Mistybeam29]

I made blinichki this morning with condescend milk ❤️

[@charlesweatherill874]

Fascinating food. The okroschka mixed with kvas especially so.

[@PeacefulPeteable]

Dude's English is pretty spot on. 👍

[@panagiotischristo]

Great video....I wanna try солянка sound delicious.

[@trcolavi]

I went to Russia and went to a blini kiosk. I ordered in Russian (I’m from the states) I thought I was ordering a blin with butter (масло) but what I got was a blin with meat (мясо). I wondered why it cost more than I was figuring

[@alexview3971]

Are голубцы a russian dish? I think it's best if It prepared properly

[@Maid-en-Head]

Голубцы is pretty Russian ☺

[@secrecywitness]

More food related videos please!

[@Chris-ih8mf]

Could you do another video for vegetarian meals? :D

[@intunelioness4908]

Thanks for the informative videos. im a black woman and have always had wonders about Russia 😉. The culture the men and women everything daily life I'll be honest I've heard bad things for blacks there on and HBO documentary so thanks for clearing it up

[@DivaDShawty]

Same sis

[@sandilobianco6734]

I love Borscht. Do you have a good recipe for it? Is the meat with dough also called a bierock?

[@flawless90]

That soda sour-cream soup sounds pretty wild. Cant imagine the taste

[@jrick8321]

Yeah I looked up kvas and it’s a type of fermented beer-like drink. Still hard to imagine the taste 😯

[@edwardchesser8133]

Very good video! Russians are blessed with a great food culture. You are correct that we Americans do not eat so much soup, except in the winter....a little chicken soup.....Many years ago we ate more soup as the main meal, as some of our ancestors came from, well, Russia :)

[@tundecsovak7817]

I just love to watch all your videos!!!

[@cmolodiets]

what is the difference between italian ravioli and pirojki? What's the difference between french crêpes and blinis?

[@danielzhang6545]

Я приеду на Камчатку в ближайшие месяцы и с нетерпением жду дегустации всех блюд.

[@mEDIUMGap]

There is a lot of extras on Kamchatka. Seafood is delicious. Red fish, caviar...

[@cookingwithfbf2245]

Very nice keep it up 👍👌 i always support your hardwork 💯❤️ stay safe stay happy

[@saladerusse91]

Pour aporendre l anglais...c est bien😊

[@johnfitzgerald5938]

Please tell me this "квас" is not soda

[@samneibauer4241]

It's a very light beer made from rye and raisins, if I'm correct

[@vladko2008]

no, Kvas is not soda. It's bread-fermented drink.

[@terezachytilova964]

I like the drink but I am really surprised you put it in the salad. Is it traditional or something what people started doing recently but it's common?

[@vladko2008]

@@terezachytilova964 it's traditional russian cold soup: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okroshka

[@Katya_Lastochka]

I have the same fear. I know it's a fermented bread drink, but I fear some may have sugar added.

[@christspatriot]

I like making borsh. It's easy, tried smoked tbone steak in it last time.

[@jenot7164]

I have never seen окрошка with квас. My family uses buttermilk I believe. I really cannot imagine eating окрошка with квас ever.

[@AlexWorld4]

Depends on where are you from. We eat окрошка with kefir or buttermilk not квас, Im from the South.

[@mEDIUMGap]

Didn't the WAR started yet in this comment section?

[@auroranamex5886]

kvas is probably the most common across the country

[@AlexWorld4]

auroraborealis x not in the South

[@midwestweirdo666]

So is the difference between блины and блинчики kind of like how in the US some say pancake and some say flap jack?

[@mahailawatkins582]

I'm from the South, and absolutely none of this food looks appealing to me lol. But i would definitely try some without all the sour cream lol

[@piercecottingham]

This is the kind of dude I would want to hang out with

[@megyseth1733]

There's a lot of recipes online but I don't know which one is good. Can you recommend me a good one for Borsch? My grandma has beetroot in her garden so id like to try and make a borsch. :) Hvala, Pozdrav. :)

[@inessagud]

Natasha’s kitchen!

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

In America, our red soups are red from tomatoes. Beets are not common in our cuisine. It's interesting learning how common things are in other places. Like beets.

[@rsvihla]

Was this video shot in Novosibirsk?

[@trcolavi]

I went to Russia and I wanted to try my Russian so i thought I was asking for a blin with butter but what I got was a blin with meat!

[@sebastianarce3583]

Фёдор, здравствуйте, пожалуйста вы бы могли сделать видео об глаголе «let», as in French « laisser ». (Ex. Let me do this, Leave her alone, I will let you etc...) большое спасибо

[@Asma-ep9bx]

хороший вопрос. я отмечал , что есть 2 слова (пусть и давайте ) not not sure when to use which ?

[@alexvap3280]

@@Asma-ep9bx "Пусть" - 1. With the verb means consent or order, obligation. 2.Supposably, at least. 3. Ok, good "Давайте" = "давай" - 1. Indicates an invitation to do something together. 2. Used in the sense of "beginnings". 3. Used to force an action.

[@RainbowDark]

It's funny cause in french, "vinaigrette" (pronounced exactly like винегрет) means salad sauce

[@Jelineli]

What is that schedule behinde? I love palačinky. We eat that with jam, nutela....

[@RichieLarpa]

Čech, co má rád ruské jídlo? Já myslel, že v České republice se Rus musí tradičně nenávidět...

[@Jelineli]

@@RichieLarpa Jo vlastně, já zapomněla, že pražská Kavárna dala zbytku republiky povinnou nenávist k Rusku. A my to ne a ne pochopit. Jinak co se jídla týče, vůbec si netroufnu říct, co je vyloženě ruské jídlo, protože minimálně půlku znám už od dětství a mám to tedy jako české jídlo.

[@goldexperience8356]

For me the bread and pancake filled with meat is kind of weird especially with liver but I would still try them.

[@greatestytcommentator]

1.11, Classic Skoda... Does it say, "Stylish style" in the windscreen or something?

[@ableone7855]

Excellent presentation. Good job!

[@shannonpickens7695]

I’m American and I have cooked borscht with chicken. It’s good

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

My experience learning Russian is the Cyrillic alphabet. I'm basically where a 3 year old should be.

[@reijien4374]

It's ok. I'm at the level of a 4 year old

[@sujitmonishabanerjee6957]

nice video, lovely Russian foods, love to taste .

[@verstrahlt1907]

...and I like tortellini very much; so I want to know what is the difference according to пельмени?

[@Clostridiumbotulinum37]

Many of the dishes include root and bulb vegetables including beets, potatoes, carrots, radish's, garlic and onion. Are these common in Russian dishes? If so, why? Do they grow well in the climate, or something?

[@tochka832]

yeah, they grow well. people are even growing them on their plots in suburb/rural areas

[@boobtuber06]

I got so many questions, the biggest one is what do you eat during the summers since the weather gets very hot? It's different from the winter foods that are very heavy...

[@romanross]

I think that it is obvious, like in many other countries: salads. As a habitant of Ukraine/Russia I can say, that we eat salads from tomatoes, cucumbers (and mixed), vinegret with cabbage, Russian salad (Oliv'e), okroshka... Almost the dishes mostly from the fridge with t about 7-9 Celsius degrees.

[@jolevangelista]

Orkoshka is a typical summer soup. It is cold and is always eating in hot weather.

[@boobtuber06]

For example: In China, their traditional Chinese medicine dictum is that eating bitter-tasting foods 'wipes away' the 'dampness' that can gather during humid weather, not necessarily raw or cold cause that builds 'heat' in the system. It's folk medicine so it might appear a little backwards

[@cyrillederory5540]

Very interresting video. Do you know that "Crêpe" is French and it's come from a region in northwest of France named "Brittanny": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crêpe

[@biancahotca3244]

Why not make your own? I made Borst and suba myself. Don't know if I spelled it right. In orice caz, amandoua mi le-a placut foarte mult.

[@Cyrillius1]

Kompot also very nice and not really sold or seen outside Russia (afaik)

[@JonathanLopezUT]

Now that I know what’s in these soups they sound very tasty

[@Rombororom]

My parents made okroshka once.. only ONCE .

[@angelameredith4132]

Wow - I would love Russian food!

[@gorobchick2397]

Очень позитивное видео) Разошлю знакомым иностранцам)

[@elprofeopina...2525]

Excellent !...