Quote Originally Posted by VendingMachine
was talking about St Petersburg, of course (cultural capital!)
That's all the same. Питер is the megapolis as well as Moscow and even worse in some ways for it's more cramped, narrow and crowded.

Not true. We cook. We love to cook.
I beleive, if you have a time. But how often do you have a dinner at home per week?

So what makes you lot so stuck-in-the-mud foodwise? Borsch, my foot. My grandmother doesn't remember the last time she had borsch and she's a very culinarilly frum lady.
Why do You think eating borsch is a sign of stucking-in-the-mud? Though... tastes differ. I don't care. I just prefere what i like. Of course i'm talking about everyday but not a holiday meal.

Do you know that beets make you pee red?
Tell me the truth, however horrible it be! I this so dangerous? Guess one must eat whole the root so as this misfortune to happen.

You're certainly right about kiosks. But I mean a good home-made food. People likes potato, they eat it, they plant it on their kitchen gardens, and have a good store of one in their cellars for the winter. That has really become a national food since was brought to Russia from America and Europe by Peter the First.


It is also called "второй хлеб".
>Is this some sort of idiom or something? Spuds called "second bread"? What's this supposed to mean?
That means that potato is rather a good substitute for bread which as you know "хлеб всему голова" in russian culture. Yes that's may be regarded as a proverb. Картошка- второй хлеб.