To be fair, genuine Russian cuisine is as diverse as any European cuisine... Until the Iron Curtain came up and the state tried to homogenize the whole country's food (in the name of efficiency). It's been a long road to rediscovering all the old pre-Stalin cuisines and having it catch up with the rest of the world.
Just for fun, I googled "Borscht Pasta" and found a recipe from Good Housekeeping magazine which adds ground beef. If you're curious, check it out here.
Pasta itself is, though. But for some strange reason, every possible kind of pasta is called macaroni (макароны) in Russian. To the point that "macaroni spaghetti" is a perfectly legal word, and people would be more surprised at someone saying "pasta spaghetti". The most popular macaroni is macaroni (duh!)
Pasta itself is, though. But for some strange reason, every possible kind of pasta is called macaroni (макароны) in Russian. To the point that "macaroni spaghetti" is a perfectly legal word, and people would be more surprised at someone saying "pasta spaghetti". The most popular macaroni is macaroni (duh!)
Who are you by nationality? I'm interested. But in Russia, almost no one has seen macaroni, but we call any pasta "macaroni". Real macaroni is almost not sold. The most popular are spaghetti.
In the former Soviet republics of Central Asia (including Uzbekistan with the capital Tashkent) with Turkic tribes as majority, there are similar dishes under the general name "Lagman". The list of ingredients is quite extensive.
"You are actually Jewish, aren't you, Stierlitz?" - Müller suddenly asked. "Your face is Jewish! I'm Russian!" - Stierlitz retorted, and thought: "I didn't blurt out anything that could blow my cover, did I?.."
Anybisan said:
But in Russia, almost no one has seen macaroni, but we call any pasta "macaroni". Real macaroni is almost not sold. The most popular are spaghetti.
Well, that just means I never saw real macaroni.
FedorSh said:
similar dishes under the general name "Lagman"
I'd say it's more like a ramen's very distant relative; I heard both words have the same origin. For those who don't know, while both dishes have broth, noodles and meat, lagman tastes very differently from ramen, with a rich flavor due to immense amount of cumin. Absolutely love it.
How was it?WHAT?!
Don't break the pasta!Whoa, scary!
What brought that on?
SNAP!
If it tastes good, it's fine, no?
No matter what it is. But... It didn't feel like Italian or Russian cuisine alike... What did I just...
*SNAPPO*
I heard something tasty, Comrade! It seems that you like Italian food, da? In the space between Italian and Russian ...
It was good.Then, tonight, I shall make pasta for us!Damn you, Aoba...Deluxe!!
Borscht Pasta~★