RUSSIA

EATING PATTERNS

• Russians like to eat at home
• They rarely buy prepared food at their stores
• Eat three times a day just like americans
• Russians prefer to eat potatoes at their meals

3 MEALS

• Zavtrak is the first meal
• Obed is the second
• And uzhin is the final meal

FIRST COURSE

• Eat around 7-8 am
• Kasha (porridge with different grains)
• Butterbrot (bread with either butter or ham)
• Boiled or fried eggs
• Trorog (cottage cheese)

SECOND COURSE

• Main meal
• Around 2pm
• Hot soup
• NépBoe (meat and potato soup)
• Pasta and chololates

THIRD MEAL

• With whole family
• 7-8 pm when everyone home from work and school
• Eat potatoes with meat or fish
• Afterwards drink tea with jam or sugar
• Common to drink vodka with meals

TOP TEN COMMONLY EATEN MEALS

• Salat olivier ( russian potato salad)
• Bling (pancakes)
• Cabbage pirozhki (pot pie)
• Selodka (herring with vinegar and oil dressings)
• Borscht (beet soup with sour cream)

TOP TEN CONT.

• Schi (cabbage soup)
• Pelmeni (meat filled dumplings)
• Beef stroganov
• Ukha (Russian fish soup)
• Caviar

RUSSIAN UTENSILS USED

• Turner- necessity for thier kitchens
• Spice mill- they use lots of spices
• Large stock pot- primarly used for soups
• Pech stove- also used for heating the house
• Latki- typical frying pan

METHODS OF FOOD PREPERATIONS

• Russians prefer to deep fry their food
• They love soup to so make that often
• Use old fashion stoves for soup to give it unique flavor

RUSSIAN DIET

• Lots of oils in food
• Rarely eat red meats and rice
• Alcohol used very often
• Mostly eat potatoes and fish
• Hate to eat out at fast food

U.S DIET

• Supposed to eat vegetables and grains
• Americans love fast food
• Eat more fatty foods then russians
• Eat about same amount of vegetables
• Alcohol occasionally

TRADITIONAL CELEBRATIONS

• Lots of sweets at celebrations often
• Red eggs for easter
• Red eggs resemble resurrection of jesus