Archives for: "July 2010"
Katyk
July 13th, 2010For breakfast today I drank катык, which the Tatars pronounce kah-tuhk and the Russians pronounce kah-tyk. Essentially it's another fermented milk drink, but this one is made of boiled milk. It's boiled down to about 1/3 of its original volume,… more »
Local kiosk, part 2
July 14th, 2010One thing you see a lot of in Russia are kiosks, that is, booths or stands that sell stuff. There are flower kiosks, beer kiosks, grocery kiosks, souvenir kiosks. They sort of have the same role as 7-11s or Circle-Ks in the US. Not far from my… more »
Cooking, soft drinks
July 15th, 2010Today we had a cooking class in my apartment where the students learned how to make borscht (beet-carrot-cabbage soup) and "triangle pastries" stuffed with meat and potatoes which are a Tatar dish called эчпочмак (pronounced ish-push-mak) in… more »
Trip to Sviyazhsk
July 16th, 2010Click here to see photos of our trip to Sviyazhsk. more »
What we missed in Sviyazhsk
July 16th, 2010Sadly, our trip to Sviyazhsk did not include a visit to the Church of the Dormition, which has frescoes dating back to the time of Ivan the Terrible. There is one picture I would have loved to have seen: a picture of St. Christopher with a horse's… more »
