Russia isn't renowned for its cuisine, but in my opinion it should be famous for its mushrooms.
Russians love both the idea and the reality of going into the forest and picking mushrooms. We learned about the mushroom culture from Scott in Russian 102, and of course I believed him, but it is really funny to see this fascination in person, in Russia.
I have gotten behind, no joke, at least 10 different men and women in the metro transporting baskets or buckets of fresh mushrooms, probably from dacha to city apartment. It is almost a time clash to see baskets of mushrooms going up the metro escalators. Even better, I noticed my host babushka pickling mushrooms the other night. I asked her, in Russian, if the mushrooms were from the supermarket? No, she told me with emphasis, from the forest! Duh! Anyway, I've had two bowls of mushroom soup and they are DELICIOUS!
Just thought I'd share. Пока! -Emily
I love mushrooms. See if your babushka will share recipes :)
ReplyDelete:) thanks for commenting mom. i will do that!
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