Olga
As some of you know, Olga makes GREAT borsch, the traditional Russian beet soup. This is her recipe: Preparation time: 3 – 4 hours 3-4 medium sized beets 3 medium potatoes Half of a small green cabbage 1-2 chicken fillet breasts or the equivalent of beef or turkey (the meat can also be on the [...]
Victor Minakhin, Olga’s third cousin once removed, has created a family tree of people who will attend our family reunion in Narva, Estonia this August. I’ve cropped the entire tree to show the part that directly relates to Olga’s line. You can read about Olga’s grandfather, Orest Maximilianovich Grootten, here; and here is more info [...]
The other day I came home to a pleasant sight: Olga making jam from gooseberries she and babushka picked at dacha. We’ve done a lot of traveling this summer, and it’s nice to be back in Russia for a bit. We’ve recently spent time at Elama, been at dacha, and visited with teams from the [...]
Continue reading about A Postcard from Russia — Home Sweet Home
Can you tell that I’m learning how to post videos? Here are four short videos from our visits to Olga’s grandparents’ house. The Russian summer or country house is called the dacha (rhymes with gotcha). In usage we say things like, ‘I am going to dacha’ or, ‘how was dacha?’. These videos are pretty poor [...]
