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Re: Odds & Ends: shchi and kotlety (none / 1)

people raised on shchi and kotlety.

As part of my college (mis?)education I learned a little ditty: shchi da kasha, pischa nasha "Kotlety" seems like a big step up. Do you know the context of the little ditty I learned?

Wonderful diary, BTW.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Jul 27th, 2008 at 03:48:49 PM EST

Re: Odds &amp; Ends: shchi and kotlety (none / 1)

Standard meatless fare of peasants all over the word, nothing more, nothing less.

by Sargon on Sun Jul 27th, 2008 at 04:37:32 PM EST
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Re: Odds &amp;amp; Ends: shchi and kotlety (none / 0)

I was wondering if it was something specific to the civil war period or what. Our text books were published by the Soviet Union, but I think the ditty might have come from the instructor, but I can't remember.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Jul 27th, 2008 at 07:19:28 PM EST
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Re: Odds & Ends: shchi and kotlety (none / 0)

I think it's much earlier than the Civil War

by Sargon on Mon Jul 28th, 2008 at 04:51:04 PM EST
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Re: Odds &amp; Ends: shchi and kotlety (none / 0)

"Kotlety" seems like a big step up.

I don't know. At least you know what's in the shchi and kasha. FWIW, I love cabbage soup, so I don't judge anyone for their "peasant" food. And I think I'd have to have a bowl of borscht if I could choose my last meal. In fact, I could live off the stuff. I was recently talking to a friend of mine who is in cooking school, who was lamenting the popular attitude towards beets in in this country... But mystery meat cutlets freak me out!

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon Jul 28th, 2008 at 12:00:18 PM EST
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