Wednesday evening walk
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The weather this week has been pretty nice, it got up to 70 degrees F today. We had noticed a small orthodox church on the way home from language study, so this evening after dinner we took a walk with Violet to go check it out. Here are some pictures.
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Some fall colors on the way
Micah went inside for a little bit, very beautiful.
Stopped at a playground on the way back, Violet could barely reach the wheel. =)
Cat Circus & Селёдка!
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On Saturday we were invited to attend кошек театре (cat theater) with some friends. It’s basically clowns doing tricks with cats! It was fun & cute. Afterwards, our friends came over our apartment and made us a traditional Russian dish called “селедка под шубой” which is translated to “Herring under a fur coat”. It’s a casserole of sorts with raw herring on the bottom, followed by raw onions, cooked – shredded potatoes, carrots, beets with mayonnaise in between and hard boiled eggs on top with dill as a garnish. Thanks to our friends Andrei & Julia for making great food! Here are some pictures from the day.
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Walking and talking
Bring on the cats!
Smallest bike in the world!
Hold on cat!
It was a race...Boris - the cat with the Russian flag, won.
Somebody is excited for селедка!
Preparing the herring
starting to layer ingredients in the pan
Carrots...
Beets!
Julia with the finished product
Ready to eat!
Siberian Pine – Сибирский кедр
Today during our break at class, our teacher brought out a pine cone from her stuff and asked us if we wanted to try it. I thought, “What… you can eat pine cones here?” Of course not, she was talking about the nuts inside the pine cone. A friend of hers had brought it back from Siberia. I had heard of pine nuts before, but I guess I had never thought about the nuts coming from pine cones.
the pine cone - home to pine nuts... now I know
When she handed the nut to Micah, he just tossed the whole thing in his mouth. Which was the wrong thing to do. He made quite an interesting face and said that he didn’t like it. But with further instructions, we figured out you need to open their shells first. Haha!
now it will taste better, Micah!
And maybe I have just never smelled a pine cone before, but this pine cone smelled great! Sorry that I can’t add smell here for you.
You can check out more about Siberian Pines here and about Pine Nuts here.
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