Thank you for this wonderful video! I am praying for lasting peace and friendship ❤️between Russia 🇷🇺 and the United States. 🇺🇸

@craigcoates62

5 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. :)

@livegaming3051

3 жыл бұрын

СССР(basically Россия)-США together should be friends forever!

"Buffalo Wild Wings will go bankrupt." I died laughing!

“Ohhh, спасибо a lot, you know?” 😂😂😂

I absolutely love this channel! so many good tips on the Russian accent, the language it'self and the culture. my first language is English and my second language is French, I'm currently trying to learn Russian

If someone in Russia invites you over, be prepared that there will be a meal waiting for you. Most likely, the hosts will be waiting for you to arrive before they eat, too, so if you decline their offer of a meal, you might also be denying them the opportunity to have theirs. I wouldn't say that Russian cuisine is completely void of spices. They are just less exotic. Mostly, common stuff that grows in Russia itself, i.e. pepper (black and sweet), garlic, horseradish, ginger, cinnamon, saffron, plus various spicy mixes borrowed from other areas that used to be part of the USSR. For example, adjika - borrowed from Georgian cuisine. Kefir - it's sorta like a milk smoothy. There is a company here in the US, called Lifeway, that makes it. Though, they mostly sell fruit-flavored varieties, rather than just the plain old kefir. Just don't buy it at Russian stores - it's always expired there and just tastes sour. Cub foods carries it (at least, in my state) and it's always fresh. Sguschenka, i.e. condensed sweetened milk - sold in most US grocery stores, in the baking section. Tvorog - pretty similar to cottage cheese, just drier/more clumpy. Pelmeni - similar to Chinese dumplings, but doesn't have anything to do with China. Many countries have similar foods. For example, the Italians have the ravioli.

@brownieboy8405

5 жыл бұрын

i like your profile picture and name.

@HouseOfHam

5 жыл бұрын

@@brownieboy8405 Thank you.

Imagine being lactose intolerant

@user-sz1co7nj1l

5 жыл бұрын

I love milk and hate it at the same time. How many times I told myself - do not drink, but still drink. Fortunately, dairy products are not covered. I can't live without kefir.

@Katya_Lastochka

4 жыл бұрын

I think raw milk is harder to digest, and these are all cooked, boiled, or fermented. Some people with L.I. can handle them.

@veziik8552

4 жыл бұрын

You can handle it if you want too

@codyminecrack248

3 жыл бұрын

Dan V.S Great show, he is lactose intolerant.

@WHOAMI-vi1xr

3 жыл бұрын

For IBS ( irritable bowel syndrome ) patients its a nightmare to go russia.

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS VIDEO! MY FAVORITE PART WERE THE PICTURES! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR CULUTRE WITH US :*

😂😂😂I will bring my Picante sauce with me!! I'm from Texas, we like SPIIICCEEY! Thanks for the heads up and the cultural lessons! Love this channel. Just subbed!❤️

Thank you! Seeing a longer video from you in my subscription list was exciting!

Kefir is basically liquid yogurt. It's amazing and you need it in your life.

@romanal.1738

5 жыл бұрын

Similar, but with very specific taste. :)

@nickniehaus1763

4 жыл бұрын

It's appallingly bad

@niharika12111

4 жыл бұрын

In India it is called 'chaas' or buttermilk.

@supramur

Жыл бұрын

@@nickniehaus1763 appalingly bad is kholodets. But kefir is tasty and healthy.

@terrence8634

Жыл бұрын

@@supramur Kholodets is an abomination

Thank you for the meal etiquette lesson :D Some great information! :D I would love to try these dishes someday! :D

That phrase is used in America too. The way to a mans heart is through his stomach 😂

@camradrip3730

4 жыл бұрын

It's true. If you try to go straight there is a rib cage. %-))

@ceceblooms8666

3 жыл бұрын

It's an African proverb

@chrismc410

3 жыл бұрын

@@ceceblooms8666 its used everywhere

@rachelpatraca8876

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

@livics610

3 жыл бұрын

In my country as well

Это очень хорошо, спасибо. This is an excellent video. Thank you. Fedor Shirin, I have received your notes through the post. I value it very much. Thank you. #Be Fluent.

@andrewkoshelev8765

5 жыл бұрын

Let me correct you: We don't use the sequence of words "это" and "хорошо" this way. This construction can be used only if you're talking about something, what was mentioned right before the phrase in text or conversation. You need to specify, what actually is good. For example: "Это очень хорошее видео, спасибо." ("This is very good video, thank you."). Or you can skip specification completely (because it's obvious, that you are talking about the video, you are commenting): "Хорошее видео, спасибо." ("Good video, thank you."). P.s. Sorry for this lecture, I just like to help people to learn details of russian language. =) BTW, feel free to correct me if I write something wrong, cause I'm just studying english right now, and I would like to get some recommendations from native speaker. =)

@user-mf3un7ov6d

4 жыл бұрын

It's beat root that makes it red

Wow, a household offering a meal to every visitor! You are a very generous people!

We have that same saying in the Netherlands as well. And also the flat pancakes. We call them pannenkoeken. It is so good. Never tried it with sour cream though, but im going to now! I was very curious about russian cuisine, thank you for your video!

When he said 0 spiciness in Russia, it made me super sad.

@user-je7og2sv4r

7 жыл бұрын

It's not correct. We have a lot of caucasian dishes. And they're rather spicy!

@kimhm92

7 жыл бұрын

well good then!

@vidar4eg

7 жыл бұрын

I dont now why he say that. Mb just his family and friends dont eat spiciness food, but mostly Russians like that.

@user-dz9ox9jy8c

7 жыл бұрын

I hate spices

@kimhm92

7 жыл бұрын

Я же не могу жить без острой еды.

I love your food culture

about the sour cream... "Thick" is the word you were looking for! :)

@CringeLord16

4 жыл бұрын

wheeler1 THICC ass sour cream in some CHUNKY ass borsch is my life.

charismatic...funny and informative...well done mate

Thank you so much, you helping me a lot. Btw nice T-shirt, greetings from İstanbul :)

Thanks for sharing! ! I start to love Russian food recently which is amazing.

I can't relate to people who like to talk a lot while eating. I like to focus on one thing at a time.

@customfantasyhotwheels

3 жыл бұрын

That typically means you have a one track mind.

Ahhhh Pelmeni and Chebureki best things ever

Gracias para tus videos Fedor! Ellos me ayudan con Russo

Wow, I remember a lot of these. My Russian grandmother used to make several of these! GREAT video.

I came here in 2021, and I say this video is amaizing! Thank you so much, Fedor for sharing your culture with all of us. Someday I hope to visit Russia and try these dishes myself c:

So wonderful! I love all of this! Russian food is so good, simple yet satisfying. I live in a midsized American city with so many Russian immigrants over the past 30 years. My neighborhood is dotted with all kinds of small Russian grocers, as well as Ukrainian, & other Eastern European countries. I enjoy going into the different markets. Thank you for making such fun & informative videos!

Dear Fedor, thank you so much for this video! I'm native Russian and can proof that all this information is true! Well done that you don't use any stereotypes, but say so many right and good things about our cuisine and eating tradition! Thank you! 🙌

I am learning alot thank you.

Great video! Keep it up!

In America we now have "keifer". My father drinks it. Within the last five years it became kinda popular here. I bet you could find at least one kind in any grocery store.

Wonderful food. I eat it when I was there and miss it. I have made pelmeni and love it. I like the freshness of their dinning.

Hello Fedor, interesting thoughts on cooking with "spice" but that word is debatable to me since the root word is from spice" and not all spices are "hot" such as nutmeg, garlic, honey or cinnamon,... you should say "hot spices" are what Russian cooking omits. All foods have some sort of spice which makes food taste good, just a thought you may want to clarify. Best wishes on your videos, they are truly informative. Thank you.

Kefir is available in the USA. It comes in several fruit flavors, and I don't think I've seen it unflavored/plain. It has a tart, clean, refreshing flavor, and doesn't leave residue in your mouth like milk does. It's thicker than milk, think "yogurt milkshake". Been drinking it since the 70s. It's not hard to find, most supermarkets have it, if not, try a health food or natural foods store.

Thank You.

imagine being lactose intolerant in Russia..

Kefir is available in most of the larger grocery stores here and I use it to make окрошка :)

Better than a standard American diet that's for sure! I love Borscht, I have tried it before! And pastjet. . Is also very good.

The proper way to describe the hardness in American sour cream is thick when describing a the consistency liquid/paste thick or thin and as for kefir we do have it in almost every grocery store in America I love it it’s becoming very common here now but a lot of people aren’t into it

Wow. That part about dining together applies same for a Croatian culture! And that thing with hosts too.

Interesenting topic. I'd love to try some of those dishes. I'm afraid in my city there aren't russian restaurants tho. I'll have to give a try on recipes then haha

You look just like my Swedish father when he was about 20 years old.....amazing!

Very interesting, I learned a lot. Interesting how there's no spicy food. But I recently saw a recipe for adjika, isn't that somewhat spicy?

As a Canadian, try eating Блины with maple syrup. It’s the best thing you can put in this

Sound delicious!😍

The vegetable your referring to is Beets. :)

I too love Russian tradition food , especially home recipe. -Okrashka soup - Cold Borscht soup - Chicken jelly terrine - Beef Stroganoff with buckwheat and pickles ( best 👊👍 ) - Salo - Pelmini - Medovik - Blini - Stuffed Beef pepper bell - Zharkoe - Kvass - Chebureki All are my favourite, only chicken kotlety is too salty for me. Overall experiences with Russia 🇷🇺 food delicious and very filling when to bed u will be still thinking wat to eat next 😊

Me too I love eating and talking ❤️

Hi There! My favourite dish to make and eat is sharlotka! Yumm ))

The last food dish is actually called "Fried Dough". моя бабушка и тётя готовим его. (I think you use его here instead of это. IDK) In the spoon example, you were looking for the word "dense". American sour cream is denser than Russian American sour cream. You could also use the word "thick".

Kefir is milk where you put something like yeast and it ferments

Im really excited to try all these Russian dishes.

An observation I've made about Japanese food as it pertains to the culture is that they have a lot of unusual ingredients that we wouldn't really think of using such as lotus roots and pickled duck eggs. To me, that shows they are used to hard times and are very creative in finding food that is nutritious and (to them) tasty. In russian foods theres a lot of hardy vegetables such as potatoes, onion, and beets. I see in that a testament to hardiness coming from a difficult environment.

I am ready to go to your place Your video made me hungry!

Here in Brazil is the same! We love to eat and talk, get into a conversation during the lunch/dinner time! But we also do it when we eat out! hahahaha, so we often spend like 2-3 hours out in a restaurant! The rest is also very much like in Brazil! We also love to cook for our family/friends (not the "every-day food") and do home-made food to receive them and when we invite a friend to our home we do exactly the same (at least in general Brazilians offer a meal or brunch when invite/receive someone at home)! I personally don't like much of hotness-spice food, but not zero! hahaha! And I do like salt with some sweet food, like recipes with milk, past with cream/béchamel sauce, and so on! Brazilians also LOVE condensed milk! hahaha, I though Russia would not have, because in US is hard to find! So Russian can make "Brigadeiros" (chocolate balls) just like we brazilians do! Thanks for the video!

I live in a country where we don't like to eat sweet food. We always need around five red chillies on the side, and the food must be spicy enough. An English friend came to eat a meal with us and failed. In our country spicy food is life. Our national food is smashed mustard seeds with fish and of course our favourite food of all time, rice.

i have tried the dumplings at a Russian friends house. its delicious!

America does have kefir but it's more like a smoothie with different flavors like strawberry.

пельмени - at least what you've shown in the picture is tortellini (Italian) but in the Balcan region we use the same word for it.

So confused, the last video I watched of yours was you getting takeout food?

What kind of meat do you put in the dumplings

Ilive in the US & we have a Lot of Chinese & Italian Restaurants, ive always hoped for & wanted some European ones, Like Russian & Hungarian.

He's good looking!.!.

Oh btw! We have kefir in Norway, that is how we spell it though 'kefir'.

Food my farthers family always ate Russian food mostly soups and chicken and vegetables,my moms side family they eat alot of hot spicy herbs.chillis i love hot chillis all kinds of it.since i was a kid.coffee.lavender tea and chamomile tea,i mix it.anzhela masha,i ate a whole bag or 2 of chips hot chilli ones its good.

But i love Russian food i was raised in Russian food my grandma was the cook she was a pure Russian she didnt speak english only Russian,she was garden and a farmer,so learned her culture,helped her cooked even sour milk we made and Russian cheese very sour,soups we made its good fat free.but my grandmother past away at old age in her 90,very old age.im glade i learned from my family and keep it going.to my next family and friends.food recipes.very important.share it with your family and friends or community.recipes in food.

I'm in Slovakia at the moment on a trip, (from UK) the surprising fact about eating habits here, the big meal of the day is lunch - so much so that maybe you don't even eat again later. In the UK breakfast and lunch are small and we eat big meal on an evening. How is it in Russia?

@BeFluentinRussian

6 жыл бұрын

The same as in the UK I think. Lunch can be a snack even. But I think it really depends on a family.

" I love food and I love talking when im eating bc I love talking so much and food so much, so the Russian culture suits me ". Haha 😆

It’s good to know about Russian foods. Even Australians like dining with families. Indians will always offer food when their guest comes unexpectedly. I eat lots of spices and chillies in my food.

Can you do another one of these pleasr?

Can you recommend any Russian cook books for me to get authentic recipes please? I would appreciate :)

i love eating cause i love talking. well said

Just started drinking borscht from Amazon. Its AMAZING i need the real thing

South Africa we call that fermented milk inkomazi, stuffs good

I learned something new. I never knew that the Russian diet has a lot of milk in it. Now the only question is do you make or use milk from cows or does your milk product come from goat's milk? That's the only thing you did not mention. Also, what kind of meat do you put in your bilmidi? Is it pork (pig) meat or is it beef meat? ON THE SUBJECT OF KEFIR: We actually do have Kefir milk here in America. Although, it is in limited quantities and not often found with the regular milk aisle. Sometimes we have to look for it in the specialty food aisle or in the health food section of the regular grocery store. The American version of your Russian saying: "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach". Great Video Fedor!!

@valeriavagapova

5 жыл бұрын

It's basically always cow's milk, goat milk is quite rare:) Pelmeni are usually made with several kinds of meat mixed together, most commonly just pork and beef. hopefully it helped!

I like pelmeni and I can make pelmeni too... think I'm gonna make it (them) tomorrow.

You're handsome

@rachelpatraca8876

3 жыл бұрын

His wife thinks so too

fermented milk is called buttermilk in the US...

That's true! No spicy food. I love pilmeny but I couldn't used to sour cream on it. I would use spaghetti sauce.

Kefir is popular in Canada

I love eating and i love talking as well hah

I love eating because I love food x 'D

We have kefir here in America. My family thinks it's weird but I love it.

Good video! One question: how is the situation for vegetarians in Russia? This is my main problem, I don't eat meat. Whenever I get invited and somebody puts a lot of effort into cooking. And I am there like: sorry I don't eat meat. Tricky situation for both sides.

it would be amazing if you could speak russian with subtitles, i know its a lot of work, just an idea

@magellan8923

7 жыл бұрын

Начинай.

lol... How could you not bring up meat jello? Pelmeni is wonderful! My mother in law cooks that frequently when I visit.

I agree, homemade food is best. Fast food is overall bad for you. I like the dining customs. Good video! :)

Love to see you make a video about what a vegetarian eats in Russia.

this is a good video

Even though I'm finnish I love russian cuisine ..no doubt.

I love spicy food. I actually bring my own bottle with me to places because I am picky about hot sauce.

Fedor: No spicy food in Russia Horseradish mustard and jelly left the chat. (I really dont know how to translate this into english, so хреновина горчица и холодец вышли из чата) :D

Good!

Kefir is very similar to buttermilk, and I actually prefer the latter.

Nice Video, well done! But whats about аджика? My russian friend and her family loves it. They even buy it in a russian grocery store. And now I'm wondering 🤔

@BeFluentinRussian

5 жыл бұрын

I've seen it on the tables, but not that often. It's necessarily an absolute must on Russian tables.

@user-rp1jr2qo1k

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, I use to eat pelmeni with adzhika. Not very orthodox, but it tastes good. At least, I think so.

I wish my Russian boyfriend 25 years ago had explained this to me. He was a recent immigrant and the complex where he and his parents lived was basically little Russia. We would attend dinner parties at various apartments or stop by and visit friends living there. It would have made me look less rude as I refused almost every time we stopped by a friend's apartment. Looking back, I am saddened by some of the memories. I now understand the look of disappointment I recall seeing on his parents and friends faces when they offered me something to eat and I refused simply because I was shy or didn't want to look like they were a free meal ticket.

@Gypsyqueenbee

4 жыл бұрын

It's important to know and understand the culture if you're dating someone from another country. This is why caucasian Americans are perceived as being rude, too individualistic & being independent is sometimes viewed as negativity......

Hi brother. I’m from Afghanistan and even though we had a horrible war with Russia, I am learning that our cultures are somewhat connected. We even say “Sipas gozarm” as thank you. We are very hospitable when it comes to food. Everything you describe about the Russian food culture and cultural expectations is very similar. Although we do use more spice than the Russians :P but not as spicy as Indian cuisine. Also we say “aush” for soup which sounds like “bosh” we also use dairy a lot in our cuisine but mostly from yogurt, milk, and our cheese is not the same, it’s very bland and has almost no flavor. Also I notice you guys have dumplings like us which came from Uzbeks. We call them “mantu”

OMG, my friend has пельмени all the time but called it ravioli, can't wait to tell him what it really is.

I am lactose jntolerance, but whilst i went to Russia, it heal my stomach. Much better then before. And I have the best chicken, mash potatoes and cakes in Russia. So I live Russia food.