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PancakesVAL!!

2007-02-18T10:58:00.000-08:00

While Europe is celebrating the carnaval,Russia's celebrating smth else called "Maslenitsa" or "pancakes week". Actually, in a way I may call it "Pancakes' carnaval" too :D

The word "maslenitsa" comes from rus word "maslo",which means "butter".

This "fiesta" dates back to the pagan times when people said good buy to winter and greeted spring. The thing is that a pancakes symbolises the sun because it's as round, golden and warm as The Sun (and soooooooo yammmyyyy...mmm.... I've never tried The Sun though ;D). Another ritual was to burn The Scarecrow which symbolised the winter. After Maslenitsa The Great Fast is followed which prohibits to eat meat and dairy products. So this "butter week" is to some extent "The Tummy Carnaval" before "hard times" ))))))))

So, in Moscow during the week you can visit Vasil'evski Spusk (the place near the dear Kremlin) and which is the most famous spot for that, where you can have unforgetable russian blini (rus for"pancakes") and participate to various contests there.

As for pancakes themselves and the food we like to eat them....mmm....First and foremost, CAVIAR (we literally spoons!), then various kinds of jam or.... (I'm not sure that there's an excat equivalent to it) "varyen'e",the thing which is close to jam with its consistency, but jam is more like "jelly" and varyen'ye (I mean a good one!) is more liquid, BUT full of fruit (according to the fruits it's made from); then among various various various different "fillings",such as, ham.mushrooms or cheeze etc, goes another purely russian thing called "sguschyonka" (which drives me nuts combines with pancakes..oh Gosh.... :S )..this is extremely sweet milk with thick consistency (I strongly recommend this one ;-))

As for me personally, i think I should RUN to the gym !!!

IDEA!!!!

2007-02-17T09:49:00.000-08:00

Hi,everybody!!!!

and thanx to all who's reading my blog ))) Actually I started it and dropped it long ago..Why? Well, because I could offer no interesting subject to discuss for I'm not that kind of person who's into personal revealations in front of the whole world,besides none is interested in them ;D but nonetheless Something was eager to jump out of me To Talk. To Talk about Something that might interest a multi-national auditory. So, today I've come with the following idea: the thing is that I'm from Moscow, RUSSIA. The country which has been always mysterious and which has always aroused curiousity among many many many many many ppl. The country which once was considered to the "Empire of Evil" , the country where white bears are supposed to walk....lol.... and where 100%populations is supposed to drink vodka 24-7....lol......lol....lol...... I'm not going to talk about politics here,since I'm not good at it and , honestly, it's soooooooooo boring for me!!! O:-) Besides, you can always read about that stuff in the press and hear smth on TV and make your own conclusions , which arenot going to be 100% right or 100% wrong . They're going to be ONLY YOUR Conclusions and Your Opinion which is to be ESTEEMED!(which are gladly discussed here)

The thing I'm going to share is just, let's just say, peculiarities , whether they're mental ones or social or WHATEVER they ARE! YOU ARE welcome with ANY questions!!!!! Whether they're daring or specific or just STUPID (which might seem to be so to you...lol) about ANYTHING!!!!!! About social life, family life("skeletons in the wardrobe" are tabu,sorry ;-) ), students life, eating (what yoghourts or juice brand we prefer..lol, drinking...I don'tknow...What's better, what is of "doubtful" quality).I'll try to answer or to share my thoughts. The thoughts from the viewpoint of 23 year middleclass (indeed, it's considered that in Russia THERE'S NONE) girl, living in Moscow, working as a professor at the university (and who dearly loves her students, by the way)))) ), having a classic family (mom, dad ,cat and dog) and other close relations ;-)

By the way, si vous avez des problemes concernantes l'anglais, alors on peut discuter en francais.

Tambien algunos temas se puede discutir en espanol ))))))

Well, BIG WELCOME!!!! Ou Gran Bienvenue o Bienvenido!!!!

listen to your heart

2006-08-18T09:13:00.000-07:00

don't deny yourself spritual (and intellectual)pleasures for your subconscience knows better what the future holds for you :-))))

My b/day

2006-08-17T04:50:00.000-07:00

Today is my 23d b/day :-) and some of my close relations wished me to dare dream of impossible so that it comes true against all odds... I WILL! I AM :-)