Talk:Pelmeni

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[edit] Vinegar

I made a small fix in the article, based on direct experience.

A true pelmeni story. I visited Saratov in 1970s. Walking down a street, I wandered into a liquor shop and was surprized to see that in addition to usual bottled sale, vodka was served in small glasses to be consumed on the spot. I went further, entered a pelmennaya (a cafe that serves pelmeni), ordered some pelmeni, and noticed that each table has a semi-full corked retort-like bottle, the one used to store vodka and called "grafin" in Russian. You may easily guess what immediately came to my mind. I asked "how much" and was surprized even more when I was told it was free! I helped myself liberally,... only to learn that it was vinegar to sprinkle over pelmeni. Mikkalai 22:13, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The page might want to mention that every Russian I've met has insisted that pel'meni made with anything but meat (or generously, fish) are actually vareniki, especially with fruits and sweet fillings. At lake Baikal we were served Omul pelmeni, a real treat.

It might also be mentioned that the Mongolian buuz and bansh essentially correpond to the pozi and pel'meni of at least Siberia (I can't speak for the rest of Russia). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.46.121.202 (talk • contribs • WHOIS) .