My hometown in Siberia now :)

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  1. Sallyally

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    Can you tell me how these mushrooms are cooked please?
     
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    Yes, lady, it's easy.

    It's the marinated Lactarius.
    You need:
    - 1.5 kg of mushrooms
    - 50 ml of vinegar (9%)
    - pepper
    - carnation
    - salt

    1. First of all it's necessary to clean the mushrooms very carefully.
    2. Then keep the mushrooms in water during 24 hours.
    3. Drain the water.
    4. Boil the mushrooms in water during 20 min.
    5. Drain the water. Wash the mushrooms.
    6. Boil the mushrooms in water with pepper, carnation and salt during 20 min and add vinegar.
    7. Spread it on banks and close tightly with lids. Turn over banks and cover with towel for saving heat. Wait while it cool off.
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    Thank you
     
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    You might not like the dish but at least you'll know the mushrooms were clean? :roflol:
     
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    Dear English sir... I believe you are an Englishman. Only these persons never respect an opinion of natives (even if the native is a wild Siberian professor). As a result you lost all your lands and live on a small island near Europe... Buy the way, Russian ALWAYS listened of natives. Because of it we are the greatest state of the world. Understood? I am sure not.

    Look here.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius_turpis

    The Lactarius Turpis is not a edible mushroom. The processing that was described is not for fun. This mushroom contains toxins. We cook these mushrooms over 1000 years already and have no any problems. There is one more moment. It's the botulism. If soil remains on the mushroom you have a chance getting the botulism. I don't know a case of poisoning because of mushrooms, but I know cases of botulism in Omsk. Do you understand the mushroom processing now? We just obey the rules. You try to joke but don't study the object of your joking. I'd like you recall your joke such kind. It is named Brexit. The same way, you didn't study the object before you had joked over it. I mean the British people.
     
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    It was meant as a harmless joke. I'm quite aware that some forms of fungi are deadly.
     
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    The pure Siberian cuisine.
    My lady took shrimps, squids, carrot, onions. tomatoes, paprika.
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    Do you know that Omsk tomatoes are most delicious one in the world? It's opinion of Italians that live here. As for paprika. It's from Kazakhstan. It was planted several hundred miles south. We believe it's Siberia too. You never tried such tasty paprika :) Very tasty vegetables is a distinctive feature of Siberia. Carrot in Omsk is sweet. Onion is ... fierce :)
    Then she boiled and fried it.
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    As pasta I recommend to use Italian Barilla. When I worked in Bologna University I usually bought it only. I don't know why... Now in Omsk I take it too.
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    Below you can see a result. It's very tasty and easy to cook. The main thing is local ingredients. And the beautiful Siberian blonde :)
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    All that looks so good, except that I cannot eat pasta that has wheat gluten.


    As for those possibly toxic shrooms, it reminds me of cassava which is a big staple among those of us from the West Indies nd in other parts of the world:


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassava


    While it is definitely good food, it must be prepared properly and its toxic agents removed before consumption.
     
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    I strongly recommend you stuffed paprika! There is no bread. There is meat and vegetables only.
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    But paprika has to be from Siberia :) My wife buys it summer and frozen in refrigerator. And we can cook it winter. Of course, we can buy paprika in supermarket. It's usually from Israel or China. But it doesn't smell...

    As for musrooms. We have absolutely not poisonous mushrooms. You know champignons. We could buy them in a store and find in a forest. But we prefer such mushrooms
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    You can fry it only like usual potato. It's the gluten free diet.
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    Russians eat mushrooms if they can't consume gluten. It's a really delicious thing :)
     
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    I envy you!!!!
     
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    I envy you too because of your American weather :)
    Now snow melt quickly and there is a lot of mud on the streets. It happens every spring.
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    Actually, it's colder here in Minnesota than in many parts of Siberia.
     
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    What is temperature in Minnesota at winter? It's interesting because some people from Alaska wrote that their winters are really hard. Before I thought that because continental climate our winter temperatures are too cool for Americans. But it seems as not fully correct.
     
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    The varenye (Russian jam) is a brand of Russia and especially Siberia. I don't know why, but many things in Siberia taste better than in Europe. For example, Siberian strawberry that plant in our garden. Many Russian have private gardens.
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    If varenye of wild strawberry is amber then varenye of garden strawberry is dark red.
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    Other berry that we use for varenye is sour cherry. Sour cherry is not cherry. I never could buy it abroad.
    This berry is very tasty as fresh one and in varenye too.
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    Verenye of raspberry is very popular in Russia too. You can find it in a forest. You can plant in in a garden. Wild raspberry is very aromatic and we usually eat it only.
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    But for varenye we plant it in a garden.
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    Such varenye looks like this
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    It's very useful in case you catch cold. We often change antibiotics with this varenye. It really works.
     
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    For a two to three week period we had wind chill factor of -30 F to -53 F. It can get VERY cold hereabouts.
     
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    Did you use pesticides and chemical fertilizers?

    I think that answers the question :)

    Home grown produce is otherworldly in comparison to even the most expensive "Organically" farmed produce.
     
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    Sorry, lady. We, wild Siberians, even don't know what it is :)
    But taste of our fruits can be good because of another reason.It's soil. Yes, Siberian soil is very good. When I worked in Italy, local professors were surprised a lot I told them that Siberian soil is black.
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    Italian soil is yellow.
    And layer of soil is very deep in Omsk. When I had a garden soil layer was about 1 meter (3 feet).
     
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    I many times said Americans that to fight Russians is a bad idea. This video is a presentation of Russian style to American special force. In the middle of the footage a fight without contact is presented. It's not a trick.
     
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    Did you watch horror movies?
    I'd tell about this horror...
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    Scared?
    It's a usual tea mushroom - Kombucha. it's widely expanded in Russia.
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    We drink an infusion of Kombucha. It is a bit sparkling sweet and sour drink. We add sugar and tea in a bottle with this mushroom and It grows. When it becomes too big we split layers and leave a part only.
    Russian believe that Kombucha is a good medication. Others say it very harmful. I not believe not firsts nor the seconds.For me it's just a delicious drink.
     
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    I knew someone who made his own Kombucha...purely for health reasons. Personally I've never been adventurous enough to try it, but you can buy it in the shop here in Australia

    1 Litre is About A$11.67 which google tells me is about 500 rubles (I have no idea how that compares but our food & drinks are generally very expensive)... or 160 rubles for a small 300ml like below vvv

    I had no idea it was Russian in origin btw

    https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-vic-metro-hastings/product/remedy-organic-kombucha-ginger-lemon

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    The interesting moment...
    Below I wrote a price for some foods in Omsk.

    Chicken breast 200 RUB (3,11 USD) per kilo (2.2 lbs)
    Bread 30-40 RUB (0.47-0,62 USD) per kilo (2.2 lbs)
    Meat (beef) 270-450 RUB (4,19-6,99 USD) per kilo (2.2 lbs)
    Sugar 40-45 RUB (0,62-0,70 USD) per kilo (2.2 lbs)
    Eggs 55-65 RUB (0,85-1,01 USD) per kilo (2.2 lbs)
    Potato 20-36 RUB (0,31-0,56 USD) per kilo (2.2 lbs)

    I've taken all prices there
    http://tsenomer.ru/goroda/omsk/

    I believe its origin is China. We live together much time :)
     
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    There are no any stones in Omsk. Any stone is delivered in Omsk from other regions. Omsk stays on sedimentary rock (like clay) with layer of several kilometers thick. So, we had to build our houses with wood. We build houses with brick too but wood saves warm better.

    Several decades ago Omsk was a wood town. I lived among such building.
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    But a lifetime of wood building is about 100 years. Now these houses are dying... People prefer living in new buildings. It's a pity...
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    The ice drift in Omsk. At that moment temperature fall sharply. Next it's become warm again.
    Video from 15 Apr 2019
     
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    There is one vegetable that I couldn't buy abroad but it's very popular in Russia. It's a beet.
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    Sometimes I saw a boiled beet in a supermarket abroad, but what could you cook using the boiled beet? Nothing.
    Russian cook a borsch.Now we say Ukrainian borsch. But this soup was mentioned in antique Russian Chronicles before Ukrainians had appeared.
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    Other beet dishes are salads. Salads are the very Russian cousine. I didn't see such dishes in France, Italy or any country. Someday I will tell you more about salads.
    There are some examples below.
    The King Salad. It's a sweet. Igridients are beet, prunes, raisins, walnut, garlic, mayonnaise.
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    The vinaigrette. It is NOT a sweet salad!
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    The herring under fur coat. It is NOT a sweet salad!!! I don't know why, but all foreigners believe that this dish is a sweet :)
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    I grew up on beet, my mum used to cook it regularly, I have seen it in Australia on a menu couple of times, offered as an oddity in a very "gourmet style" preparation. Also in Queensland I had a burger once with beetroot in it... surprised me a bit to be honest lol.
     

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