What do people eat in Russia?

Diet

Common Russian foods include borsch (cabbage soup with beets), pirozhki (a small oblong pie filled with a variety of ingredients such as meat, mushrooms, potatoes or cabbage), and blini (pancakes) with black caviar. Pork, sausage, chicken, and cheeses are popular. Russians prefer tea to coffee. Russians drink far more vodka than wine.

Mealtime

Eating with a fork in the left hand and the knife in the right is standard, but many people use only a fork. Hands are kept above the table.

Popular Russia Recipes

BORSCHT FROM KIEV - Soup
Babka (Potato Casserole) - Main Dish
Baklazhannaia Ikra (Bread Spread) - Bread
Beet Salad - Soup
Borsch (Cabbage Soup) - Soup
Chvorost (Rum Cookies) - Dessert
Golubtsy (Fresh cabbage leaves eaten with tomato sauce and eaten with sour cream) - Main Dish
Kapoustnik Belorussky (Byelorussian sauerkraut soup) - Soup
Kasha (Buckwheat Casserole) - Side Dish
Kroucheniki (Beef Meat Dish) - Main Dish
Medianyk (Honey Cake) - Dessert
Pelmeni (Pasta Dish) - Main Dish
Pirozhki (Stuffed Rolls) Baklazhannaia Ikra (Bread Spread) - Bread
Russian Orange Spiced Tea - Beverage
Russian sausage - Main Dish
Shchi - Main Dish
Solyanka (Meat Soup) - Soup
Uzvar (Dried Fruit Compote) - Beverage
Voryonoye Miaso Po-Russki (Boiled Beef Russian-Style) - Main Dish

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