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Dang I forgot to eat dinner last night. When I'm done with chores I'll make a ham and cheese omelette for breakfast.
When I worked in Russia and Kazakhstan I ate a lot of shashlik. I especially liked sturgeon shashlik with caviar sauce. But also liked the lamb and horse shashlik. And of course a lot of vodka and Baltika piva was a must.When I invite my Son and his Wife to my dacha, ...
Mitting..
They are preparing "shashlik".
This is not barbecue meat, but baked over a fire.
Then we put the Table.
We eat and drink some alcohol.
- Strong acogol (vodka, koyak) for men
. - Low alcohol (wine, champagne) for women.
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When I worked in Russia and Kazakhstan I ate a lot of shashlik. I especially liked sturgeon shashlik with caviar sauce. But also liked the lamb and horse shashlik. And of course a lot of vodka and Baltika piva was a must.
Cooking yourself not only saves money but more importantly is healthier. Also its tailored to your tastes. I love onion, garlic and pepper so use more of it in dishes.Good morning all, Yesterday was a 1:30 pm to 10 pm shift after a long tiring day at work I would normally just go through McDonald's drive through but just lately just got tired of eating fast foods. Not sure how other McDonald's are in other states but down here they try to kill people off with all that salt and grease. So I saved the money went home and made my wife and our son Spanish rice and tacos.
Cooking yourself not only saves money but more importantly is healthier. Also its tailored to your tastes. I love onion, garlic and pepper so use more of it in dishes.
Last night I had a meatloaf made with ground pork and beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet corn and green beans with black eyed peas. My wife felt good enough to make dinner for the first time in a while and makes the best meatloaf I’ve ever had. I’m good without cooking for a couple days at least now.
I won't deny that at times I have succumbed to "Big Mac Attacks" LOL, but they are few and far between. The only thing really worth going to the Golden Arches for is their Egg McMuffin.
Usually if I get a craving for a fast food burger I get either a Whopper Junior + bacon, or a Wendy's Junior Bacon Cheesburger. I can count on one hand how many I've had in the last few months.
Russia is a big country so there is many different ways that food is prepared. None of the sturgeon shaslik that I ate was ever fried. It was always cooked over hot coals on a stick.1. Russians don't drink beer when they meet with their families
2. Russians drink vodka with "закуска" (snack).
Americans drink vodka without a snack or make cocktails and get drunk quickly.
Therefore, a Russian will drink more vodka than an American.
It's true.
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To be honest, I don't like the "sturgeon shashlik" .. it's just fried fish that got spoiled. -
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Much better: "Royal sturgeon"
. Very expensive and very tasty.
I ate this dish in a gangster restaurant in Russia in 1995. Since then I have not seen how it is prepared
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- well well well...
Simple Russian food from the 19th century as well .. black caviar
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Victory for Jamie Oliver in the U.S. as McDonald's is forced to stop using 'pink slime' in its burger recipe. After years of trying to break America, Jamie Oliver has finally made his mark by persuading one of the biggest U.S fast food chains in the world to change their burger recipe.I like the Big Macs and their Egg McMuffins too. I get cravings for Whopper Junior + bacon too and Wendy's Junior Bacon Cheesburger but I am banded from my towns Wendy's cause I jumped the counter and beat the crap out of 1 of the employs for making racists comments towards me
56 years of eating like that have my heart gasping for air! It’s good though....Dinner for us was steak and cheese with both red and green pepper grinders and cheesy bacon french fries and a salad.
It's hard sometimes but I have been trying to get better about meal prepping so I don't feel like I have to buy fast food or eat out. I make something that I can eat for several days, and put some portions in the freezer as well, often times. That way I can choose something from the freezer when the meal-preps are gone, but I don't have time to cook again yet.That's true to we always had ordered out fast food alot. But gonna cut back drop all fast food chain restaurants and do maybe chilies or Texas roadhouse once or twice a month. Oh we love onions and all kinds of peppers too.
It's hard sometimes but I have been trying to get better about meal prepping so I don't feel like I have to buy fast food or eat out. I make something that I can eat for several days, and put some portions in the freezer as well, often times. That way I can choose something from the freezer when the meal-preps are gone, but I don't have time to cook again yet.
It doesn't mean I don't ever eat out or grab something but do try to be intentional about it, rather than just defaulting to "grab McD on the way home because I don't have anything I want to eat."
56 years of eating like that have my heart gasping for air! It’s good though....
I'm getting low on beef in the freezer too. But I did manage to find a couple steaks that I marinated for a couple days and grilled last night.I bought a whole sirloin today for 2.98 a pound On sale. I would have gotten two of them but my freezer is full and I really don’t need to keep eating so much. I will cut it up tomorrow for a roast, some thick steaks and some beef tips. Haven’t decided which will be for dinner tomorrow.
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