I should have done a better job at taking Photos, but what can you do?

After a grueling 30 hour plane trip, Andrey and Igor picked me up at the airport in Kemerovo, and dropped me off at my Flat.

Igor picked me up again after a nap, we walked around my flat getting oriented with my area. We went to Victory park, where there is a bunch of Tanks and Armored vehicles and Howitzers and such on display from WW2. Then we tried to get cash for me, which didn't work out so well.

Igor and I picked up Julia and his son, then went to Andrey's house, where Ana had cooked a magnificent table of Russian dishes. I will work with Andrey later to get the details of them all.

борщ	borscht	I love beets, so how could you go wrong?
блины с красной икрой	blini with red caviar	The blintz was very good. I can see why people like this, but for me, caviar is just too salty. That didn't stop me from eating several, though.
сало	Cured Bacon/Fat	This is kind of like raw bacon with no meat streaks in it.
холодец	kholodets	You ate this with spicy mustard (like English mustard, very horseradishy hot mustard).
сельдь солёная	Salted/Pickled Herring	She made this as slices of herring with some thinly sliced onions on top. I thought that was a tasty appetizer.
сёмга солёная	Salted Salmon	Slices of salt cured salmon
хреновина	Khrenovina sauce	I would refer to this as sort of a Siberian Salsa. It was really tasty served on small bread slices like you would use chips with salsa.
маринованные огурцы и помидоры	pickled cucumbers and tomatoes	Homemade from Andrey's garden
мясо со свининой запечённые	Baked Pork	This was kind of a casserole with pork, potatoes, cheese and onion. Really good.
компот из черноплодной рябины	Compote of Chokeberry	This was a drink, kind of a berry juice. Had a sort of blackberry kind of taste.

Then for Tea later...

блины со сметаной, вареньем и сгущённым молоком	blini with sour cream, jam and condensed milk	The Blini were served folded, but empty, you dollop Sour Cream, Jam, and/or Condensed Milk on your plate and dip your pancake in it. The condensed Milk was surprisingly good to me.
сушки	Sushki	These look like tiny bagel about the size of a quarter. They are kind of a cross between a pretzel and a bagel. The name means "Drying", and it's a apparently served with tea like biscuits are in England. I quite enjoyed these.
пряники	gingerbread	not gingerbread cookies, but actual ginger bread, like little sweet rolls.

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