Nalistniki s varen'em

[David Goldfarb]

Also "naleśniki" in Polish.

David A. Goldfarb
http://www.echonyc.com/~goldfarb

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr.
<chernev at muohio.edu> wrote:
> 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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