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[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My wife b!tches about the milk but the only thing she ever does with it is pours it into her coffee (when she's out of condensed milk) or into the cats' dishes. "See, event they not will be drink your fooooo milk like water. They not like eiser." Then I'll buy a gallon of whole milk and it'll go bad.

I drink a whole bunch of Nesquick and she hates that too. "FFFoooooooo! Too much kakoa! Too sweet! How you drink zis nasty sh!t?"

We went through a period of sampling just about every product in the grocery store. The buttermilk wasn't the right buttermilk, the cream wasn't creamy enough, milk wasn't milk.... the only thing that's been "right" has been Kefir and condensed milk in the cans - and we had to boil that for a while before it was acceptable.

Somehow you always manage to capture the Russian accent.

I have heard all the same sh*t. Even the milk from the cow..."There is something wrong with this milk" Alla! It is from the cow, what can they do to it?! "They make it cold too quickly" (he does have a "flash cooler") and she insists that sour milk tastes GOOD unless someone has "done something" to it, and she says this fresh milk does not taste good when it goes sour. I will take her word for it.

Alla uses Maple Syrup or Honey to sweeten her drinks, (coffee or tea) she does not like sugar.

Edited July 31, 2010 by Gary and Alla

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

The closest I've had to real milk in U.S. is "Organic Valley" D milk. It's thick enough and it has similar taste.

Other organic milks, however, tasted like ####### ("Horizon" brand, etc).

The farm I buy milk from uses Holstein cows. If you can find anyone that has a Jersey cow, they produce milk with 6-7% butterfat and it is thicker. I used to buy from a farm that had some Jersey cows. They are used for making other milk products, cheese etc. I do not know anyone around our new place with Jersey cows, but we are looking.

[slim 1,514]

I don't think the taste is quite right. It's akin to how our sour cream isn't quite right either; but they still go through butckets of our nasty sour cream anyway.

We have a "his and hers" assortment of products in our house. Mine taste "normal" and hers taste like they've shot waaaay past the expiration date.

Yea, Zhanna went on and on about how chicken doesn't taste like chicken.

Have you taken her to KFC or Popeyes? Church's, maybe? Chicken wings from a sports bar?

My wife's Achilles heel is fried chicken. She absolutely loves the stuff. When her sister came to visit I bet we went through about four buckets in the two weeks she was here. Now, if I'm tired of "healty food" I recommend fried chicken or chicken wings. Works every time.

I told her "Why don't you put it in the cupboard over night with you Kefir and then maybe it will taste like real chciken."

She didn't think it was as funny as I did....

That's awesome!

And there are several things she keeps telling me that are "Healthy" but common sense and having went to a health science college I tend to disagree w/ her.

"Sorry dear, Salo is not healthy"

My wife makes "healthy" salads and soups... and then loads them up with mayo or sour cream.

Salo. Yeah, not exactly "healthy." Probably about as healthy as chicken wings.

Alla not only has to have whole milk...she insists on personally knowing the COW

You guys better never leave Vermont. Either that, or you should set up a "get to know your cow" website where folks can watch live links of their cow giving milk and tracking shipments in realtime.

she insists that sour milk tastes GOOD unless someone has "done something" to it, and she says this fresh milk does not taste good when it goes sour. I will take her word for it.

I get that quite a bit with brand new products. Open it up and "fooooo. Somesing nasty." When I assure her it's packaged fresh and never been open she tells me "it's not fresh when they package. Nasty American stuff. Not natural and fresh."

Alla uses Maple Syrup or Honey to sweeten her drinks, (coffee or tea) she does not like sugar.

My wife doesn't use sugar either. Honey, condensed milk, maybe. Sparingly at that.

If you can find anyone that has a Jersey cow,

We have a pretty cool Jersey dairy not too far from us. They let visitors walk through the petting zoo and show how the milk is produced, etc. Then, the highlight of the trip is the ice cream. Wonderful, delicious ice cream from that fat milk!

[1HappyGuy 45]

I've been listening to that same stuff for almost five years. It seems that all of the products here in America are just not as good as what was available in the FSU. I was really beginning to think that us poor Americans would soon die of food poisoning. What it looks like is we are all going to die from heart disease because of the excess we eat and of course, junk food.

Now I just let it roll off my back. "Yeah, sure honey, whatever you say." Our sour cream is just not good enough but she does buy the light sour cream since we can't make the trip to the Russian stores as often as she would like. I think I'll mention that we should buy cmatana next time and mix it with light sour cream and store as much as possible (does it freeze well?).

What I really don't understand is this salty fish baloney. If this is so good for us, why is she (and others) always telling to stop using so much salt on our food. I will agree, we do use too much salt, but the comparison seems to fall on deaf ears.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I've been listening to that same stuff for almost five years. It seems that all of the products here in America are just not as good as what was available in the FSU. I was really beginning to think that us poor Americans would soon die of food poisoning. What it looks like is we are all going to die from heart disease because of the excess we eat and of course, junk food.

Now I just let it roll off my back. "Yeah, sure honey, whatever you say." Our sour cream is just not good enough but she does buy the light sour cream since we can't make the trip to the Russian stores as often as she would like. I think I'll mention that we should buy cmatana next time and mix it with light sour cream and store as much as possible (does it freeze well?).

What I really don't understand is this salty fish baloney. If this is so good for us, why is she (and others) always telling to stop using so much salt on our food. I will agree, we do use too much salt, but the comparison seems to fall on deaf ears.

We found a very big aznd well stocked Russian store in Montreal while wandering around there the other day. OMG! It was like we hit the jackpot! I suppose we will be going there more often now. She bought, among other things...BUCKWHEAT!

[slim 1,514]

we should buy cmatana next time and mix it with light sour cream and store as much as possible (does it freeze well?).

Sometimes it freezes OK but others it comes out all soupy. Hit or miss.

Gary, you have to try the buckwheat with chunked up pieces of beef and pork mixed in. Spread some hot sauce around, and it's delicious!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Sometimes it freezes OK but others it comes out all soupy. Hit or miss.

Gary, you have to try the buckwheat with chunked up pieces of beef and pork mixed in. Spread some hot sauce around, and it's delicious!

I think I will just try the beef and pork with hot sauce. Sound delicious.

[Jonathan Matthies 1]

Is Grechka the same as buckwheat? Because the Grechka Katya has cooked since day 1 is downright tasty. I love it with some of the random bits of meat she heaps on top.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Is Grechka the same as buckwheat? Because the Grechka Katya has cooked since day 1 is downright tasty. I love it with some of the random bits of meat she heaps on top.

Da. There is just no accounting for taste

[slim 1,514]

I like grechka.

[Kotenochek 0]

She is pretty:)))Lucky guy:)Enjoy each other:)))

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I like grechka.

Alla rounded up a couple of her Russian/Ukrainian friends today and headed back up to Montreal to the "New Russian Store" I hope to hell that CBP confiscates any salt fish she tries to import into this country!

[AKguy 1]

Speaking of salty fish... I'm at the store yesterday and I spot some smoked oysters. I think, "Oh! Something we both will like!"... I ended up almost having to force her to try one, a tiny bite of one. I ate a fish egg for you, woman! She gagged a bite down, and that was it, no more, no how. Maybe if I dump a ton of salt on it next time.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Speaking of salty fish... I'm at the store yesterday and I spot some smoked oysters. I think, "Oh! Something we both will like!"... I ended up almost having to force her to try one, a tiny bite of one. I ate a fish egg for you, woman! She gagged a bite down, and that was it, no more, no how. Maybe if I dump a ton of salt on it next time.

I LOVE smoked oysters. (and raw oysters) Alla hates them. She likes smoked salmon. I like smoked salmon. Sometimes we eat smoked salmon together.

Alla has returned from Montreal with a bag of stinky fish! Damn border guys let anyone in! Plus she smells like every type of perfume in her favorite department store on Blvd. Maisonnueve! Ack!

Edited August 3, 2010 by Gary and Alla

[Martyshk 137]

I like grechka.

It's definitely good stuff when cooked right and served with meat or other things