Thread: Домашние обязанности и традиции в разных странах

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Originally Posted by Joyan

The other pic is a simple potato salad (ham, boiled eggs, potatoes and mayo).

This reminds me of a salad that has always been the biggest hit on holiday tables in the former Soviet Union. Actually it remains extremely popular nowadays. I even cannot imagine a holiday without this salad. We call it “olivye” after the name of Belgian Lucien Olivier, the chef of the Hermitage, one of Moscow’s most celebrated restaurants. It is called Russian salad worldwide, though. It is made of sausage, potatoes, carrots, boiled eggs, canned peas, green and pickled cucumbers, spring and large onions, and it is dressed with mayonnaise.

Olivier salad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sorry, my post has nothing to do with Thanksgiving.

This thread reminds me of a funny experience I had when I was living in Russia. This was waaaaay back during Glasnost/Perestroika - so some of you younger folks may need to drag out the history books))).

Anyway, I decided to have a Thanksgiving dinner and I invited all my Russian friends. There were no turkeys available in St. Petersburg (Leningrad!!) at that time, so I bought the biggest chicken I could find and used that. I also couldn't find a pumpkin, so I found a squash that kinda looked like a pumpkin - except it was green - and made quasi-pumpkin pie out of that.

Then after we had all eaten the sumptuous feast, I informed the men that it was American tradition for the men to wash the dishes on Thanksgiving, since the women prepare the food. But all of the men refused! They said it was "women's work" and that Russian men NEVER do dishes! Yes, seriously.

Ahhh, fun times!

Originally Posted by Deborski

This thread reminds me of a funny experience I had when I was living in Russia. This was waaaaay back during Glasnost/Perestroika - so some of you younger folks may need to drag out the history books))).

Anyway, I decided to have a Thanksgiving dinner and I invited all my Russian friends. There were no turkeys available in St. Petersburg (Leningrad!!) at that time, so I bought the biggest chicken I could find and used that. I also couldn't find a pumpkin, so I found a squash that kinda looked like a pumpkin - except it was green - and made quasi-pumpkin pie out of that.

Then after we had all eaten the sumptuous feast, I informed the men that it was American tradition for the men to wash the dishes on Thanksgiving, since the women prepare the food. But all of the men refused! They said it was "women's work" and that Russian men NEVER do dishes! Yes, seriously.

Ahhh, fun times!

Do you really think Russian men have changed since then?

Originally Posted by Helenej

Do you really think Russian men have changed since then?

I don't know!! Have they....?

Originally Posted by Deborski

I don't know!! Have they....?

Evolution is not a fast process, as far as I know.

Originally Posted by Helenej

Evolution is not a fast process, as far as I know.

Hehehe, I guess some things never change

Originally Posted by Deborski

Hehehe, I guess some things never change

I know that even cats can be trained, though they are very stubborn and independent animals. Perhaps man is not a tougher animal. Do you think women can make doing dishes a male’s conditioned reflex by using reinforcing stimulus each time like, let’s say, sex?

Originally Posted by Helenej

I know that even cats can be trained, though they are very stubborn and independent animals. Perhaps man is not a tougher animal. Do you think women can make doing dishes a man’s conditioned reflex by using reinforcing stimulus each time like, let’s say, sex?

Well, I trained my cat to use the toilet! So there is hope for human males everywhere! If they are as smart as a cat, that is )) Of course, sex is always a good reward!

Originally Posted by rockzmom

You should start a thread and let us all know about PR.

o.O that would take a lot of thinking but I guess I could if more people are interested!

@Lena that salad sure sounds a little like it. I wouldn't be surprised if our potato salad had some roots in Europe.

On another note, this thread has certainly taken a funny turn.... (training cats to use the potty and men to do the dishes....)

Originally Posted by Deborski

Well, I trained my cat to use the toilet! So there is hope for human males everywhere! If they are as smart as a cat, that is )) Of course, sex is always a good reward!

The fact that women all over the world think alike gladdens me a lot.

Originally Posted by Joyan

On another note, this thread has certainly taken a funny turn.... (training cats to use the potty and men to do the dishes....)

Don't eavesdrop on what girls say.

Originally Posted by Lena

Don't eavesdrop on what girls say.

Joy's a girl too ))

Originally Posted by Lena

Do you really think Russian men have changed since then?

I do the washing up every day and consider it the easiest and the most pleasant work.

Маркус - какой ты молодец!!! Твоя жена наверное очень благодарная!

Originally Posted by Marcus

I do the washing up every day and consider it the easiest and the most pleasant work.

Your wife must've perfectly trained you to do that, and even more - to enjoy that. May I ask her to share her experiences?

Originally Posted by Deborski

Joy's a girl too ))

Oh, I have to apologize, Joy. That's perhaps the only thing I I don't like about this site. People are faceless here. I definitely feel uncomfortable being unaware of a person's gender, country of living, native language, target language, age (at least approximately, like 20-30 or 30-40).

Btw, the Russian language has its advantages over English in this regard. If Joy were Russian she would say in her post #13

После того, как я вчера вернулась, я думаю, я так наелась, что заснула.

instead of the original

After I got back last night I think I ate so much that I was falling asleep.

And I would be certain of her gender.

Originally Posted by Lena

Your wife must've perfectly trained you to do that, and even more - to enjoy that. May I ask her to share her experiences?

yes! I am also curious as to how she accomplished this!!! I can't even get my husband to take his shoes off in the house!

Originally Posted by Lena

Your wife must've perfectly trained you to do that, and even more - to enjoy that. May I ask her to share her experiences?

‘Бить сковородкой по башке’ is both a popular ‘quick fix’ and long-term conditioning method practiced by some loving women out there. You may give it a go.

Ответы@Mail.Ru: Если жена бьёт мужа сковородкой по голове - значит сильно любит?

‘Заехать по морде чайником’ may be considered as its less common counterpart yet perpetuated in the popular street song performed below.

Originally Posted by diogen_

‘Бить сковородкой по башке’ is both a popular ‘quick fix’ and long-term conditioning method practiced by some loving women out there. You may give it a go.

I don’t think Marcus’s wife sticks to such brutal methods. I’m sure she motivates him in a more delicate way.