Nalistniki s varen'em

[Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr.]

Dear Robert, dear All,

I concur with Sasha: in the context of Grossman's writing, nalis(t)niki are blintzes. This is a Russian word specific to eastern and southern Ukraine and neighboring regions, derived from the Ukrainian nalys(t)nyky. Elsewhere (in Russia itself, for example), the same dish would more often than not be called blinchiki. It is a variation of stuffed crepes, like the Czech/Slovak/Hugarian/Austrian palačinky/palacsinta/Palatschinken. Sasha's first link supports the Russian word's specific linkage to Ukraine. Here are a few others:

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8

http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8

http://www.povarenok.ru/recipes/show/5683/

http://community.livejournal.com/ua_kyxap/187732.html

http://bloomingmarinka.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!315B12D2829FF992!3696.entry

Best,

Vitaly Chernetsky

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sasha Senderovich [senderov at FAS.HARVARD.EDU]
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Nalistniki s varen'em

Dear Robert,
I am afraid that the best English translation for "nalistniki" is not
English at all - "nalistniki" are pretty much "blintzes" (the latter being a
Yiddish word that has entered English to such an extent that it's not being
underlined as incorrect as I type it here). These come with different kinds
of fillings.

Here are sample recipes, with pictures:

http://shkolazhizni.ru/archive/0/n-17622/
http://dish.1001chudo.ru/ukraine_739.html

Best, Sasha Senderovich

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am particularly ignorant with regard to Russian deserts.  What are
> Œnalistniki¹?  Grossman has the guests in a very superior dom otdykha in
> the
> Crimea, in the late 1930s, being offered a choice of deserts: morozhennoye,
> krem or nalistniki s varen¹em.
>
> (The French translator has Œmillefeuilles a la confiture¹)
>
> All the best,
>
> Robert
>

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