Thread: Russian Food

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Then there are the so-called "vegetable caviars" which can be made from finely chopped mushrooms, pumpkins, eggplants, etc. -- there are many variants using different vegetables. But "eggplant caviar" (баклажанная икра) is possibly the most common type.

there's also кабачковая икра (and just кабачки - bigger than eggplants and white or light green or dark green, are they called squash????) which is even more common than 'eggplant caviar'.