In Russia during Soviet rule, it was considered impolite to accept the offer of food as a guest because eating was a luxury due to the lack of resources after and during WWII, however the host would give food regardless of the guest’s answer to their offer
Olivier: Oliver is a salad based from potatoes but includes many other ingredients such as mayo, pickles, onions, peas, carrots, eggs, and chicken. It was very soft, and you could taste all of the individual ingredients which came together well. Normally it’s served at weddings or holidays.
Pelmeni: Pelmeni are small and circular boiled doughs with fillings inside of them. There are a variety of meat fillings they come with and can be eaten with sour cream on the side. I think out of all the foods we had those were my favorite because they’re very similar to dumplings and I like dumplings.
Ochakovskiy: Ochakovskiy is a soda that’s very similar to root beer. It smells like honey, but tastes like the smell of alcohol and tapioca. It wasn’t that fizzy, but overall I didn’t really like it because it wasn’t sugary or sweet. In Russia, they incorporate little sugar in their cuisine, which is why they eat things like dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate.
Russian Corn Puffs: These puffs are really light, and have an outer frosted, sugary coat. The puffs had the texture of Pirate’s Booty and tasted a little bit like honey and any kind of frosted cereal. These were one of my favorites.
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