Kazan — summer 2012

Just did my first real grocery shopping. First for breakfast I picked up

a package of katyk, which is a fermented milk product made from condensed milk. It's a Tatar drink. Fell in love with it last year.

Then I bought

your basic salami style sausage, although this is a bit moister and less dense.

Then I added

Adygeizskiy cheese, which is a lot like fresh mozzarella except lighter.

Then for dinner I picked up

frozen pelmeni, which are a like a thick ravioli, only much better, which must be served with

sour cream. That's right, you buy the sour cream in flexible plastic packets.

Only later did I discover the gas isn't working on my stove. Maybe the pelmeni won't work after all. You have to boil them to eat them.