Blini

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A blini (sometimes spelled bliny ) (Russian: ????? pl., Small: ????????, blinchiki ) or, sometimes, blin (more accurate as singleton noun), is a traditionally made Russian pancake of wheat or (more rarely) buckwheat and served with sour cream, quark, butter, caviar and other garnish. It is also known as blintzes , crepes or palatschinke.

Some English dictionaries note the use of the blink form as a single and blini or bliny as plural, which corresponds to the original Russian form, but some dictionaries consider the use this is very rare in English so they do not mention blin at all and just record the extensive modern use of regular blini for singular and blinis for plurals , such as American Heritage, MacMillan, and Vocabulary.com dictionaries. Some cookbooks and restaurants use blin and blintchick as in Russian to refer to crÃÆ'ªpes.

Blintz appears to be a branch (evolutionary form or variant) of blini. They are thin pancakes usually made from wheat flour (not whole wheat), folded to form a casing (like cheese or fruit) and then stir-fry or roast.

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Etymology

Blini is derived from the Russian word ?????? blinÃÆ'½ (plural of ???? blin ), referring on pancakes in general and derived from Old Russian mlin?, blin?, originating from Old Slavian mlin? , (cf. ??????? ( mlynets' ), Ukrainian for blin ).

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History

Blinis was considered by early Slavic people in pre-Christian times to be a symbol of the sun, because of its round shape. They are traditionally prepared at the end of winter in honor of the rebirth of the new sun (Sunday Butter, or Maslenitsa, also called "butter week" or "pancake week"). This tradition was adopted by the Orthodox church and continued to this day. Drochena, a blini, is also presented in the wake to commemorate the newly deceased.

Traditional Russian blinis are made with yeast dough, which is left up and then diluted with milk, sour milk, cold water or boiling water. When diluted with boiling water, they are referred to as zavarniye bliny. Lighter and thinner shapes made of unleavened dough (usually made from flour, egg, milk or sour milk, kefir, ryazhenka, varenet), are also common in Russia. Traditionally, blinis are baked in a Russian oven. The process of preparing the blinis is still referred to as a cake in Russian, although today they are fried, like a pancake. All types of flour can be used, from wheat and oats to oatmeal and millet, although wheat is currently the most popular.

Blinis were popularized in the United States by East European Jewish immigrants who used them in Jewish cuisine. Although not part of a particular religious ritual in Judaism, blinis are filled with cheese contents and then fried with oil served on holidays like Chanukah (because oil plays an important role in the magic of the Chanukah story) and Shavuot (when dairy dishes traditionally served in Ashkenazi > minhag ). Blini and blinchiki are usually filled before being fried for the second time, wrapped in stuffing and eaten without refrying or folded and eaten with sauce. Its contents include chocolate, mushrooms, meat, rice, mashed potatoes and cheese.

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Variety

Some ways that prepared and served blinis are as follows:

• Blinis are made of dough containing additives such as grated potatoes or apples and raisins. Such blinis are very common in Eastern Europe and Central Europe and are more dense than the pancakes normally eaten in North America.
• Blinis covered with butter, sour cream, jam, honey or caviar (traditional milkfish, salmon or kaviar sturgeon).

They can be folded or rolled into tubes with sweet or salty fillings such as varenye, berries, berries, mashed potatoes, quarks, cooked meats, cooked chicken, salmon, boiled chopped eggs with green onions or chopped mushrooms.

• Blinis made by pouring dough over chopped vegetables, meat or mushrooms placed in the previous fryers are called "blini s pripyokom".
• Blintzes. Contents such as peanut butter, fruit, potatoes, quarks, cottage cheese or peasant cheese, cooked meat, undercooked chicken, and even chopped mushrooms, bean sprouts, cabbage and onions (for Chinese eggroll blintz) rolled or enveloped into fried blintzes and then blintz fried, fried, or baked. Blintz like that is also called nalysnyky (Ukrainian: ?????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The caviar fillers are very popular during the Russian-style cocktail party.
• Buckwheat blinis are part of traditional Russian cuisine. They are also widespread in Ukraine, where they are sometimes known as hrechanyky (Ukraine: ????????? ), and Lithuanian Dz? Kija region, only the area in the country where buckwheat is grown, where they are called griki? blynai .

Blinis is considered a traditional food in Lithuanian culture at Shrove Tuesday.

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See also

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References

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External links

• Kidd, Sue (March 21, 2012). "Blintzapalooza: It's more than just blintz". The News Tribune . Tacoma, Washington . Retrieved April 18 2012 .
• The Blintz recipe (with detailed photos) (in Russian)
• BBR OkiDoki. "BLIN: Soviet Russia". BattleBit Studios . Soviet Russia.

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