Sunday, November 26, 2006

Thanksgiving Scenes

I did very little cooking this Thanksgiving but I dutifully chronicled dinner at my parents'. Those not in on my blogging were amused that I took pictures of food instead of people.

Making seledka pod shuboi--herring in a fur coat. This may be the Russian version of seven layer salad. Diced smoked herring is on the bottom, topped with diced cooked potatoes, carrots, and beets, hardboiled eggs, a tart apple, and mayo/sour cream dressing.
The sides: marinated tomatoes, homemade sauerkraut (my parents' was better than mine), cranberry sauce, and pickles. The marinated tomatoes were awesome; I always buy them at the Russian store. I can't remember the name of the brand I like best--it's the one with a red-nosed, drunken-looking babushka on the label. I could eat these sweet and spicy tomatoes like candy.

The beast:

Does this say Thanksgiving to you? That's smoked mackarel, part of the appetizer spread. Fatty and yummy.
Dessert: An apple charlotte and curd cheese cake with grated apples (pictured below), recipe courtesy of the blog Nami-Nami. The curd cheese cake was excellent: light, fluffy, not too sweet; a great use of farmer's cheese.
After dinner entertainment: Russian pop songs. The only one I recognized was Dark Eyes.

8 comments:

mzn said...

Fantastic. I love the shot of the singing.

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Mrs. M. said...

mzn--Thanks for stopping by. You haven't updated your blog in a while; I'm glad you're still around.

Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said...

Nice blending of cultures at your Thanksgiving table.

Pille said...

Glad to hear that my apple cake suited your Thanksgiving feast! I'll put a link to your post under the recipe, too.

Anonymous said...

herring in a fur coat. that's extremely funny. :-]

Anonymous said...

I am going to try the 'seledka pod shuboi" during the holidays. I can get everything in the Milwaukee area except the smoked herring. Do you have a local source for smoked herring? If you do let us know.

Thank you, Joem.

Mrs. M. said...

Joem--Try one of the local Russian grocery stores. There's International Deli on Oakland in Shorewood, Spartak in Whitefish Bay, and another store in Fox Point or Mequon.

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