Ravioli-like large dumplings stuffed with fruit or cheese and served with soured cream (US: cultured sour cream) or sweet fruit sauce.
The dried spinal column, containing the marrow, of the sturgeon. This should be used in koulibiaca or coulibiac for authenticity.
Vodka is a distilled
spirit comprised of water, ethanol, and in some cases, various flavorings, such
as citrus. It was only in the 1960s, with the aggressive advertising campaign of
the Smirnoff company that Vodka emerged from behind the iron curtain in any
quantity to be drunk with regularity in the West. Before World War II, the spirit, while known, enjoyed little popularity outside Nordic and Eastern Europe and Russia. Famously used in Vodka Martinis,
Vodka was first made in Russia and Poland for medicinal purposes as an anesthetic and as a disinfectant for cleaning wounds.
For this reason, possibly, impurities needed to be removed.
