# Tell Me About Russian Food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [February 28, 2023, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466 "2023-02-28T02:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/61 "2023-03-01T01:14:43Z")
I"ve never made them fresh, just the frozen kinds, so I am by no means an expert. Here’s a link to Baba’s Homestyle Perogies in Saskatoon: [https://babasperogies.com/menu/](https://babasperogies.com/menu/) And Peg’s Kitchen in Regina: [https://www.pegskitchen.ca/products](https://www.pegskitchen.ca/products) **Perogies** > Bet you can’t eat just one! Quality and taste are second to none in the business. Whether you’re a perogie rookie or a perogie connoisseur, we’ve got something for everyone. Try one of these fantastic flavors: Cheddar Cheese & Potato Potato, Bacon & Romano Cheese Cottage Cheese & Potato Potato & Onion Cottage Cheese Sauerkraut & potato Saskatoon Plum Four dozen to a box. Also we have 18 cooked in a tray (cheddar cheese only) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/62 "2023-03-01T01:17:39Z")
I believe the word _vareniki_ is derived from the verb _varit’_, “to boil.” The ones I’ve had all had some kind of fruit in them. Whether they’re ever sauteed in butter like pierogi, I can’t say. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/63 "2023-03-01T01:18:11Z")
Ok those look similar. When you said “small” I thought you meant something like penny or quarter sized. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/64 "2023-03-01T01:20:09Z")
We rarely served our pierogi sautéed. Usually only boil for us, though you may toss in butter. Meat pierogi we would often fry a bit with bacon, though. Fruit pierogi served with sour cream beaten with sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/65 "2023-03-01T01:21:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Ok those look similar. When you said “small” I thought you meant something like penny or quarter sized. You evidently have not seen my apple dumplings. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/66 "2023-03-01T01:22:47Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Whether they’re ever sauteed in butter like pierogi, I can’t say. That’s a popular way to make them, with butter, bacon and chopped onions. (Topped off with sour cream to plug any gaps in the arteries left by the bacon and butter.) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/67 "2023-03-01T15:09:34Z")
Has it been mentioned that Chicken Kiev is NOT Russian except it has a Russian word in the name? ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/68 "2023-03-01T16:31:56Z")
Latvian piragi. Bacon turnovers is a better description than bacon buns. My grandmother’s were amazing. These are small, like about 4" long crescents. > **[Pīrāgi (Bacon buns) – Latvian Eats](https://latvianeats.com/piragi/)** ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/69 "2023-03-01T16:39:38Z")
We had the Lithuanian version here, _lasineciai_, which went by “bacon buns” in English, but were quite bun-like. They were divine. At one particular bakery known for them, you had to show up by 8 am to have any chance of snagging them. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/70 "2023-03-01T19:22:04Z")
thank you for the reminder of the horrour of finding holodets in the fridge. my mum loved this stuff. i found it oogie. it could be used as a discipline devise, "behave or you get the “holodets!”. of the popular slavic food i usually eat vareniki, blini, latkas, and upon occasion kielbasa. i could eat a 5 pound loaf of really good rye bread all by myself. sour cream is a life giving food. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/71 "2023-03-03T00:07:24Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > In Ukrainian, they are called _varenyky_. But people borrow whatever term is more familiar in North America This. And I love them. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466/72 "2023-03-03T01:04:29Z")
I just remembered that McDonald’s in Russia sold deep-fried mashed potato pirozhki for a while back in the ‘90s. Nothin’ like having a ball of hot lead in your stomach at lunchtime! 🤢 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-russian-food/980466.md?page=3)