Russian Food

So I spent six hours today at UT's Russia Day. And one thing that talked about was Russian food. We also got to sample it. I got to try kavas, which is a Russia drink that is made from fermented wheat and other plants, and is actually really good. It has as a taste somewhere between apple and grape juice. Continuing on drinks I got to try current juice (which isn't so out of the ordinary) but was still really good and just sweet enough. I also got to try some Russian chocolate which was a lot darker chocolate (as in more coco nibs) and had hazelnuts. My other little things to impart you with about Russian and Slavic food, is that bread is really important to Russian culture and holidays, the make or buy it just about everyday. Also nomads in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan eat horse, and according to the person education us, its really really good. That's it for your culture lesson for today.

Donuts Anyone?

Every one has been noticing the new trend in Austin of serving snack food out of airstream trailers. There is one on a small lot on south Lamar really close to the Alamo south, called Gourdough's that serves donuts. They serve specialty donuts of their concoction. When I ordered the wait was a little long, but considering that the donuts came out hot and were obviously freshly fried I didn't mind. I had the strawberry shortcake (I think that is what its called) which came with fresh strawberries and some yummy icing. Everything else I tried (because I was there with my parents) was really good, like the rum cake and the Funky monkey. Just note if you want to go here, the hours are ridiculous. The just really odd, but over all, are awesome. Personally I would stay away from the meat covered donuts though.

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