Greg McNafferson ([info]mcnafferson) wrote,
@ 2002-12-17 11:43:00
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what do Russians eat: soup
Just read a recent issue of a Russian men's magazine and found out an interesting fact. During the summer here (which to me is like a mild winter), Russians refresh themselves with this cold soup made of ice-cold kvass (weird national drink most closely compared to non-alcoholic beer), sausage, cucumbers, onions, boiled eggs and sour cream - just imagine this horrendous concoction!!... And get what they call this "soup" ... They call it "ohkroshka"... pretty difficult to articulate, huh? And now get ready for a translation. "Ohkroshka" means "oh baby"!

Oh, baby, I'm hot! Make me "oh baby"!

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The Xmas Ohkroshka song
(Anonymous)
2002-12-17 08:22 am UTC (link)


The Xmas Ohkroshka song

Ring ting tingling too
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you,
Outside the snow is falling
And friends are calling "Yoo hoo Ohkroshku"
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you.

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
Let's go, Let's look at the show,
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
It's grand, Just holding your hand,
We're gliding along with a song
Of a wintry fairy land.

Our cheeks are nice and rosy
And comfy cozy are we
We're snuggled up together
Like two birds of a feather would be
Let's take that road before us
And sing a chorus or two
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you.

There's a birthday party
At the home of Farmer Gray
It'll be the perfect ending a perfect day
We'll be singing the songs
We love to sing without a single stop,
At the fireplace while we watch
The chestnuts pop.

Pop! pop! pop!

There's a happy feeling
Nothing in the world can buy,
When they pass around the vodka
And the Ohkroshka
It'll nearly be like a picture print
By Currier and Ives
These wonderful things are the things
We remember all through our lives!

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,
Ring ting tingling too
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you,
Outside the snow is falling
And friends are calling "Yoo hoo Ohkroshku,"

Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you.
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
Let's go, Let's look at the show,
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
It's grand, Just holding your hand,
We're gliding along with a song
Of a wintry fairy land.

Our cheeks are nice and rosy
And comfy cozy are we
We're snuggled up together
Like two birds of a feather would be
Let's take that road before us
And sing a chorus or two
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you
But never without hoo hooo Ohkroshku!



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(Anonymous)
2003-02-16 08:22 pm UTC (link)
both the taste and translation are much better than your HOT-DOG`s

Nash

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[info]6750km
2004-08-30 11:32 am UTC (link)
absolutely agree =))

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(no subject) - [info]trampeador, 2006-11-05 06:30 pm UTC
Kvas - (Anonymous), 2006-11-14 04:22 pm UTC
Comment from Russia, Kemerovo, Walter
(Anonymous)
2003-02-28 07:58 pm UTC (link)
"Okroshka" has derived from russian word "kroshit'" - "to cut"
And this much tasty, believe...

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Re: Comment from Russia, Kemerovo, Walter
[info]leeit
2003-03-19 12:46 am UTC (link)
And 'kvas' has very little to do with beer :) Tastes better :))

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Re: Comment from Russia, Kemerovo, Walter - [info]paraxboct, 2006-04-13 10:00 am UTC

(Anonymous)
2003-03-19 01:53 am UTC (link)
>>>>>>>>>"Ohkroshka" means "oh baby"!

Oh, yes. And "asphalt" means "haemorrhoids"...;-)

>>>>>>>>kvass (weird national drink most closely compared to non-alcoholic beer)

I'd say it tastes more like cheap non-alcoholic wine.

>>>>>>>>>During the summer here (which to me is like a mild winter)

It would be strange for any other continental country, but certainly not for Russia... ;-)

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(Anonymous)
2003-04-03 03:00 am UTC (link)
The kvas you tasted was not kvas but liquid shit for sure.

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[info]9000
2003-03-21 04:46 am UTC (link)
And the most amazing is that some people actually believe McNafferson to be a foreigner :o)

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[info]gorgeous_yulia
2004-03-19 01:56 am UTC (link)
this boy McNafferson has got a brilliant sense of humour. Surely he is russian. но самое смешное - это по сути не сами рассказы, а комментарии русских :-))) это действительно забавно

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(no subject) - [info]crazy_sharp, 2004-08-30 07:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]kkirsanov, 2004-08-30 03:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]brotherflame, 2004-08-31 12:04 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]arilou, 2005-05-06 11:40 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]crazy_sharp, 2004-08-31 01:01 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-02-18 04:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]9000, 2005-02-18 04:55 pm UTC

[info]klo537
2003-03-21 05:16 am UTC (link)
""Ohkroshka" means "oh baby"!", -

phu@kin' A!

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[info]some_noise
2005-02-22 12:01 pm UTC (link)
shishkin! ))

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(Anonymous)
2003-05-28 06:28 am UTC (link)
Alexey from Russia
Who told U this shit? It's the same as hamburger means "oh, daddy!"

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(Anonymous)
2003-06-19 11:04 pm UTC (link)
Actually, yes!
It means Daddy dwelling in Hamburg.

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Just one question
[info]mithgol
2003-06-20 09:42 am UTC (link)
Have you ever tasted okroshka? It's really tasty!

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Re: Just one question
[info]mcnafferson
2003-06-20 09:51 am UTC (link)
sure it is. i cant wait for the late winter snow to melt so that the summer menu would be available.

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[info]tauriel
2003-06-20 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Hi. Just visited your website and it's... ROTFLMAO!!! :-)))) Though some places are a little too weird for my sense of humor, as a whole it's very amusing. :-)

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(Anonymous)
2003-06-21 05:38 pm UTC (link)
The West has a couple of weird national drinks
which they call "beer". One I think called
something like "ButtWeizer", the other -
"Coors Light".

I tried them once, they had less alcohol
then Russian Kvas, and tasted horrible...

Those Westerners must be really smart
to pay so much money only to find out
it's a non-alcoholic beverage...

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Your stupid stories
(Anonymous)
2003-06-23 04:37 pm UTC (link)
I have read some of your stories and they are so stupid!!!

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Okroshka
(Anonymous)
2003-07-29 12:24 am UTC (link)
Finally the real recipe

Boiled meat (beef) - 1/2 pounds or
boiled bird (hen) - 1/2 pounds
garden radish - 1/2 pounds
fresh cucumbers - 2 medium-sized pieces
cooked eggs - 4 pieces
green onions(bow) - 2 beams
parsley - 2 beams
fennel - 2 beams
mustard (Russian, instead of foreign dung) - 2 dining spoons
salt, sour cream to taste
KWAS - as you wish

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Re: Okroshka
(Anonymous)
2003-07-30 02:31 am UTC (link)
U can change kvas on 1 or 3,2% yogurt (kefir). It turns on "Okroshka na kefire"
May add white radish. Than okroshka gets sharp (hot) and a little bitter taste.

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And also - (Anonymous), 2004-06-23 08:57 pm UTC
Re: And also - (Anonymous), 2004-08-25 02:40 am UTC
Re: Okroshka - (Anonymous), 2003-07-31 07:40 am UTC

[info]teddee
2003-09-27 07:53 am UTC (link)
Nobody in Russia calls this "soup". Soup in Russia is not like europian, here is more meat and potatoes and other things but it is not okhroshka definetely, in a common conversation.

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(Anonymous)
2007-05-23 10:02 am UTC (link)
окрошка - это суп!

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[info]miram
2003-09-28 05:25 am UTC (link)
As "okroshka" does derive from "kroshit'" = 'to cut, chop, crumb[le]', I'd rather render it as "CUTTI-FRUTTI" :-P

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[info]1nce
2003-11-30 09:40 am UTC (link)
I can smell an american sence of humor (a humor with no sence)! Once i was asked by some happy_friendly_looking_nice_guy from Illinois:
- Hey, where are you from?
- I came from Latvia.
- Lesbia?? Hahahaha!

Who are russians u want to know? Yer looking in the wrong direction. Not kvas is weird here, but you probably are. U got no fucking clue who we are, and you won't have.

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[info]brotherflame
2004-08-31 12:01 am UTC (link)
:) This is not so funny m.b.
But grate respect to americans for Simpsons and Futurama !
(also for Tales From Crypt)

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Signs of Wierd Things or Just ppl to Sign - [info]blue_flame_hell, 2005-03-31 01:51 am UTC
Re: Signs of Wierd Things or Just ppl to Sign - [info]brotherflame, 2005-03-31 06:31 am UTC
Come all ages and sign my postment - [info]blue_flame_hell, 2005-04-02 02:01 am UTC
Beer to drink - [info]blue_flame_hell, 2005-04-06 12:00 am UTC
WTF is up with beer these day's well here r some brands in the USA area - [info]blue_flame_hell, 2005-04-13 10:56 pm UTC
Toxic Waste - [info]blue_flame_hell, 2005-04-15 09:37 pm UTC
Nothing to do - [info]blue_flame_hell, 2005-04-19 01:29 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-08-23 11:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]brotherflame, 2005-03-31 06:33 am UTC
Suggested recipe
(Anonymous)
2003-12-05 09:12 am UTC (link)
In America they can easily try to make own Okroshka on the base of a Root Beer. Bet this gonna be even weirder. (Root beers are generally sweet, though...)

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(Anonymous)
2004-02-14 12:54 pm UTC (link)
You are fucking bitch-ass nigger, who confuses his own naive, stupid Americans. What's the point?. Go back to your Stupidland.

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(Anonymous)
2004-03-09 08:10 pm UTC (link)
Guys, u know what? Seem like russia has no freaking sense of humor at all.
Вы воспринимаете всю эту херню всерьез? Чтож, говорит о вашей глупости. Будьте выше.

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oh, baby!!!!!
[info]ivanium
2004-06-07 02:37 pm UTC (link)
this is really genius. i've never imagine that before. it is really great!

oh baby!

my god! that is cool! now i understand that i truely learn russian

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great sense of humor!
(Anonymous)
2004-07-01 07:41 am UTC (link)
I don't know what's wrong with all the ppl without sense of humor who got offended about "okroshka" :)).
but your stories are the best!!!

-Russian-American friend WITH a sense of humor :)

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Re: great sense of humor!
(Anonymous)
2004-09-03 09:29 pm UTC (link)
Cool, Sir!
Good example of how things could be misinterpreted for fun.
Bad news are that in real life they're often misinterpreted *not* for fun.

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[info]brotherflame
2004-08-30 11:58 pm UTC (link)
:))) O, kroshka :)) Now I gonna put in you
By the way, heh, I've never tasted it (I'm from Moscow)
One more thing: kvas is not equal to beer at all.
And what about beer. We have almost best beer in the world :)

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[info]_jan_coo_
2004-10-25 10:23 pm UTC (link)
:)))))))))) Отличный стёб... :)
Зачитываюсь... :) Спасибо за многие часы здорового смеха... :)

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[info]azriman
2005-04-04 07:08 pm UTC (link)
хорошее чтиво :)

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[info]pld
2005-04-05 09:20 am UTC (link)
ахуеть, дайте две!

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[info]_fro_
2005-04-22 06:25 pm UTC (link)
Kvas is probably best compared to cider, if properly made. It's got quite a kick.

Translation skills aside (you've already been shown that yours pretty much suck), personal tastes vary. I've know very many expats who adored okroshka; on the other hand, I myself don't like it that much.

I suppose, however, occasionally one needs to bring something down to make oneself seem bigger, if only in his own eyes.

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MOSCOWgirl
(Anonymous)
2005-09-20 04:09 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, this article is another brilliant sample of AMERICAN STUPIDITY....

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Re: MOSCOWgirl - (Anonymous), 2009-07-30 10:01 pm UTC
Re: MOSCOWgirl - (Anonymous), 2009-08-02 09:54 pm UTC

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