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. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
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.
