What they ate in the USSR for their birthday: a selection of iconic dishes

In the Soviet era, all birthdays were celebrated in large groups of friends. The home-cooked food was preferred. Some dishes were even traditional, and no feast was complete without them. These culinary masterpieces have become iconic, and they are still prepared today.

The OBOZREVATEL editorial team has prepared a selection of traditional dishes from the USSR that were prepared for birthdays.

Mimosa Salad. Idea by iriska_vitrovchak. Published on the Instagram page.

Ingredients:

• cod liver
• onion
• eggs
• carrots
• potatoes
• mayonnaise

Method of preparation:

1. Boil eggs, potatoes, carrots.

2. Make a small hole in the can and drain all the oil.

3. Finely chop the onion and scald it.

4. Put the salad in layers: cod liver, onion, mayonnaise, protein, grated carrots, mayonnaise, grated potatoes, mayonnaise, and egg yolk.

Fried fish in batter. Idea from edim_doma2019. Published on the Instagram page.

Ingredients:

• any fish (bream, crucian carp, carp, silver carp) ⠀
• eggs - 2 pcs.
• milk - 3 tbsp.
• salt, pepper - to taste
• flour for breading
• oil for frying

Method of preparation:

1. Clean the fish, remove the insides, and wash thoroughly. Cut and prepare it for frying.

2. Salt the fish with salt.

3. Beat the eggs with a fork, add milk, salt, and pepper (and, if desired, finely chopped onion with a little flour).

4. Put a frying pan with oil on medium heat.

5. Pour flour into the bag and add one piece of fish at a time. Then add it to the batter and to the frying pan.

6. Fry on both sides until cooked under the lid.

7. Remove excess fat with a kitchen towel.

Honey Cake by Ivanna Myroniuk. Published on Lilia Tsvit's Cakes and Recipes Facebook page.

Ingredients for the cakes:

• eggs - 5 pcs.
• honey - 1 cup
• sugar - 1 cup
• baking soda slaked with vinegar - 1 tsp
• flour - 500 g

Method of preparation:

1. Beat eggs, honey, sugar, and baking soda with a mixer.

2. Add a glass of flour and beat again to make the dough look like thick sour cream.

3. Divide into 4 cakes.

4. Bake at 180 degrees for 10 minutes, depending on the oven.

Ingredients for the cream:

• sour cream - 0.7
• sugar - 250 g
• vanilla sugar - 1 sachet
• cherries in their juice - 0.5 can

Method of preparation:

1. Whip the cream into a fluffy, thick mass.

2. The cooled cakes grease with cream, put the cherries.

3. Leave for at least 3 hours, preferably overnight.

Instead of cherries, you can use a banana, but you need to grease it with juice so that it does not turn black, as well as canned peach.