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Re: Bećarac

That is SO easy!!!!!!!!  Will definitely make it next time I have rice at home!!!  thank you for sharing!

Dix Love,

Re: Olivier (Russian) salad

This is interesting, we make this salad in Serbia too, and also call it Russian, but it is slightly different. I think I like both versions.

Re: Greek stuffed tomatoes and peppers

I tried it and I absolutely love it! Thank you!

Re: Bećarac

It is easy to make:
Sunflower seed oil   2 spoonfuls 
Yellow onions          2, big
Garlic                     3 cloves
Yellow bell peppers  2
Tomatoes                3, big
Rice                        200gr
Salt and pepper to taste

Sautee finely chopped and salted onions and garlic in sunflower seed oil until translucent. Add finely chopped peppers and sautee for 10 more minutes. Add rice and  gradually add water, stirring. When rice is almost cooked, peel tomatoes (you can place them in boiling water for a minute or two, it will be very easy to peel them), dice them (save the juice, you can dice them over a dish) and mix with rice. Keep stirring till the excess water evaporates. Add salt and pepper to taste.  Bon appetit! 

Bećarac

Bećarac, or bećar paprikaš or sataraš, is rice with onions, garlic, peppers and tomatoes. Here it is served with grilled chicken and spring onions. One of my childhood favorites.

Re: Greetings!

Yes please! I love food and love learning about different cultures! Please do start your lessons ♥ I look forward to learning, chef LeprechaunLily!

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Greetings!

Hello! I have been teaching Serbian (and Balkans region) cooking courses for a while.
The cuisine here is very versatile and influenced by many other European cuisines, but also hearty and with irresistible style.
So, if you really like or are interested in sarma, gibanica, čorbast pasulj (or prebranac), paprikaš, gulaš, musaka, ćevapi, pljeskavice, karađorđeve šnicle, riblja čorba, ajvar, and so many more tasty dishes, or even the traditional Serbian eating habits, like why Ruska salata is not really Russian and why is it a part of every celebration here or how to make the Slava "cake" even though it is not really a cake - and want to know how to make all those delicious meals, I am very happy to share family recipes, and talk about how they are different in different regions in Serbia (and why).

Follow me, and let's start the culinary adventure!

Re: [New Aristocrats: Exclusive Interview for Sanctuary of Mana] 2015

Your interviews are so well done. I have missed them. We need to have many more. I could read you interviewing a madman and be absolutely happy! 

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Re: Vampires & Legends: The dog and the corpse (Russia)

Is this a Russian story? RereRini san talks a lot. IM fun!
My daughter will study in Russia in September. I was able to read it with more interest. Van Payer, to addiction 😊

Vampires & Legends: The dog and the corpse (Russia)

A moujik went out in pursuit of game one day, and took a favorite dog with him. He walked and walked through woods and bogs, but got nothing for his pains. At last the darkness of night surprised him. At an uncanny hour he passed by a graveyard, and there, at a place where two roads met, he saw standing a corpse in a white shroud. The moujik was horrified, and knew not which way to go -- whether to keep on or to turn back.

"Well, whatever happens, I'll go on," he thought; and on he went, his dog running at his heels. When the corpse perceived him, it came to meet him; not touching the earth with its feet, but keeping about a foot above it -- the shroud fluttering after it. When it had come up with the sportsman, it made a rush at him; but the dog seized hold of it by its bare calves, and began a tussle with it. When the moujik saw his dog and the corpse grappling with each other, he was delighted that things had turned out so well for himself, and he set off running home with all his might. The dog kept up the struggle until cock-crow, when the corpse fell motionless to the ground. Then the dog ran off in pursuit of its master, caught him up just as he reached home, and rushed at him, furiously trying to bite and to rend him. So savage was it, and so persistent, that it was as much as the people of the house could do to beat it off.

"Whatever has come over the dog?" asked the moujik's old mother. "Why should it hate its master so?"

The moujik told her all that had happened.

"A bad piece of work, my son!" said the old woman. "The dog was disgusted at your not helping it. There it was fighting with the corpse -- and you deserted it, and thought only of saving yourself! Now it will owe you a grudge for ever so long."

Next morning, while the family were going about the farmyard, the dog was perfectly quiet. But the moment its master made his appearance, it began to growl like anything.

They fastened it to a chain; for a whole year they kept it chained up. But in spite of that, it never forgot how its master had offended it. One day it got loose, flew straight at him, and began trying to throttle him. So they had to kill it.

Dix Love,