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Khachapuri? It's alluded to in the answers, but Khachapuri comes closest imho

082349872349872 2y ago
Makes sense; many take-away pizzerias here also sell the turkish variant (pide) of khachapuri. (Come to think of it, what about street food? I know kvass wagons were popular in summer, and there's a great drink machine scene in « Наваждение », but [apart from bologna(?) sandwiches at 90s discos] I'm blanking on food — maybe I should check train station scenes for aunties?) [No luck at the club scene in Courier (1986); IIUC the club only serves drinks and desserts like vermicelles? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvdlAgreRug&t=2585s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvdlAgreRug&t=2585s (EDIT4: no, not marroni, Мороженое. My bad)] EDIT: I think I need to move my YT bubble back over to runet; atm it's refusing to give me the original clip for Желтые тюльпаны (which I recall had various slice-of-life scenes: going to the bank, making a phone call, etc.) and insists on delivering only the Pesnya-90 performance. EDIT2: there's a tablecloth-covered table in the background at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXc8A6MbYY&t=252s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXc8A6MbYY&t=252s so in principle (when the kitchen is open?) that cabaret serves food, but unfortunately nothing else in the clip indicates that 1991 russians survived on more than tobacco and alcohol... EDIT3: think I found the kind of food that the previous establishment would've served: see the table at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI8T1h0ohcQ&t=29s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI8T1h0ohcQ&t=29s ... but in this case the bread and meats are served separately; no clue as to any cheese. Note the Pepsi-Cola! (also: some kind of street food at 1:30?)
- vinnyvichy 2y ago
  https://youtu.be/h9nhOEdXRfI https://youtu.be/h9nhOEdXRfI https://youtu.be/M0T1kxj5kjg?t=22s https://youtu.be/M0T1kxj5kjg?t=22s
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    I'd forgotten that business with Lydia's ice cream! (and sps for the clip as well) It turns out the oh-so-slavic фастфуд is a productive key word, which along with в СССР turns up all sorts of stuff, eg https://dzen.ru/a/ZMUdmvvciD8Z75RH https://dzen.ru/a/ZMUdmvvciD8Z75RH , http://lozhka-povarezhka.ru/vsyo-o-ede/5-ulichnyh-fastfudov-vo-vremena-sovetskogo-soyuza.html http://lozhka-povarezhka.ru/vsyo-o-ede/5-ulichnyh-fastfudov-... , and even https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9W5NJddmfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9W5NJddmfM (25 min worth?) [and TIL those roosters were lollipops; what d'y'know... One of these days maybe I'll learn what one could buy with the 3 kopeck coins?]
    - vinnyvichy 2y ago
      https://youtu.be/N1jhynHVMSw https://youtu.be/N1jhynHVMSw >http://lozhka-povarezhka.ru/vsyo-o-ede/5-ulichnyh-fastfudov-vo-vremena-sovetskogo-soyuza.html http://lozhka-povarezhka.ru/vsyo-o-ede/5-ulichnyh-fastfudov-... The algorithm there flashed me a macD clip of the Gorbachevian and it hit me like a flag pole why Pepsi was emblematic of the Yeltsinian. https://youtu.be/ckbfS99N6jY?t=2m14s https://youtu.be/ckbfS99N6jY?t=2m14s
      - 082349872349872 2y ago
        One of the small freedoms gained in leaving the Old Country is freedom from the "would you like fries with that" shiny happy service people smiles :-) EDIT: > https://youtu.be/N1jhynHVMSw https://youtu.be/N1jhynHVMSw The street fishmonger at 3:20 explains Gazmanov's « ... тебя как рыбу к пиву подают. » Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-CnWwbeetE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-CnWwbeetE EDIT: I see Pugacheva has vocal credits for "The Irony of Fate"; that means the Pugachevous period spans from the Brezhnevian through the Putinian epochs...
        throw-the-towel 2y ago
        > that means the Pugachevous period spans from the Brezhnevian through the Putinian epochs... An old Soviet joke said future encyclopedias will define Brezhnev as "a minor politician active during the Alla Pugacheva epoch".
        vinnyvichy 2y ago
        There is hopefully no lowerbound on the gap between bard and bagatyr
        082349872349872 2y ago
        Did anyone ever take ABP up on her suggestion they should brand her as a foreign agent? (Но что такое рыцарь без любви / И что такое рыцарь без удачи?) Пора пора порадуемся на своем веку Красавице и кубку счастливому клинку [is it just me, or do GEYK's Musketeers sound fairly close to advocating "Be excellent to each other and party on"?]
kdmtctl 2y ago
Indeed. It was widespread by the "cooperative" movement and the first fast food was shashlyki (even before the fall) and khachapuri. South Caucasus people were the first who started with food and flower markets. So the cuisine.
pimlottc 2y ago
It's definitely as delicious as pizza, mmm...
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  I'm a big fan of raclette, which also falls into the "lots of melted cheese over starch" equivalence class.

Makes sense; many take-away pizzerias here also sell the turkish variant (pide) of khachapuri. (Come to think of it, what about street food? I know kvass wagons were popular in summer, and there's a great drink machine scene in « Наваждение », but [apart from bologna(?) sandwiches at 90s discos] I'm blanking on food — maybe I should check train station scenes for aunties?) [No luck at the club scene in Courier (1986); IIUC the club only serves drinks and desserts like vermicelles? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvdlAgreRug&t=2585s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvdlAgreRug&t=2585s (EDIT4: no, not marroni, Мороженое. My bad)] EDIT: I think I need to move my YT bubble back over to runet; atm it's refusing to give me the original clip for Желтые тюльпаны (which I recall had various slice-of-life scenes: going to the bank, making a phone call, etc.) and insists on delivering only the Pesnya-90 performance. EDIT2: there's a tablecloth-covered table in the background at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXc8A6MbYY&t=252s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXc8A6MbYY&t=252s so in principle (when the kitchen is open?) that cabaret serves food, but unfortunately nothing else in the clip indicates that 1991 russians survived on more than tobacco and alcohol... EDIT3: think I found the kind of food that the previous establishment would've served: see the table at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI8T1h0ohcQ&t=29s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI8T1h0ohcQ&t=29s ... but in this case the bread and meats are served separately; no clue as to any cheese. Note the Pepsi-Cola! (also: some kind of street food at 1:30?)

vinnyvichy 2y ago
https://youtu.be/h9nhOEdXRfI https://youtu.be/h9nhOEdXRfI https://youtu.be/M0T1kxj5kjg?t=22s https://youtu.be/M0T1kxj5kjg?t=22s
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  I'd forgotten that business with Lydia's ice cream! (and sps for the clip as well) It turns out the oh-so-slavic фастфуд is a productive key word, which along with в СССР turns up all sorts of stuff, eg https://dzen.ru/a/ZMUdmvvciD8Z75RH https://dzen.ru/a/ZMUdmvvciD8Z75RH , http://lozhka-povarezhka.ru/vsyo-o-ede/5-ulichnyh-fastfudov-vo-vremena-sovetskogo-soyuza.html http://lozhka-povarezhka.ru/vsyo-o-ede/5-ulichnyh-fastfudov-... , and even https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9W5NJddmfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9W5NJddmfM (25 min worth?) [and TIL those roosters were lollipops; what d'y'know... One of these days maybe I'll learn what one could buy with the 3 kopeck coins?]
  - vinnyvichy 2y ago
    https://youtu.be/N1jhynHVMSw https://youtu.be/N1jhynHVMSw >http://lozhka-povarezhka.ru/vsyo-o-ede/5-ulichnyh-fastfudov-vo-vremena-sovetskogo-soyuza.html http://lozhka-povarezhka.ru/vsyo-o-ede/5-ulichnyh-fastfudov-... The algorithm there flashed me a macD clip of the Gorbachevian and it hit me like a flag pole why Pepsi was emblematic of the Yeltsinian. https://youtu.be/ckbfS99N6jY?t=2m14s https://youtu.be/ckbfS99N6jY?t=2m14s
    - 082349872349872 2y ago
      One of the small freedoms gained in leaving the Old Country is freedom from the "would you like fries with that" shiny happy service people smiles :-) EDIT: > https://youtu.be/N1jhynHVMSw https://youtu.be/N1jhynHVMSw The street fishmonger at 3:20 explains Gazmanov's « ... тебя как рыбу к пиву подают. » Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-CnWwbeetE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-CnWwbeetE EDIT: I see Pugacheva has vocal credits for "The Irony of Fate"; that means the Pugachevous period spans from the Brezhnevian through the Putinian epochs...
      - throw-the-towel 2y ago
        > that means the Pugachevous period spans from the Brezhnevian through the Putinian epochs... An old Soviet joke said future encyclopedias will define Brezhnev as "a minor politician active during the Alla Pugacheva epoch".
        vinnyvichy 2y ago
        There is hopefully no lowerbound on the gap between bard and bagatyr
        082349872349872 2y ago
        Did anyone ever take ABP up on her suggestion they should brand her as a foreign agent? (Но что такое рыцарь без любви / И что такое рыцарь без удачи?) Пора пора порадуемся на своем веку Красавице и кубку счастливому клинку [is it just me, or do GEYK's Musketeers sound fairly close to advocating "Be excellent to each other and party on"?]

kdmtctl 2y ago

Indeed. It was widespread by the "cooperative" movement and the first fast food was shashlyki (even before the fall) and khachapuri. South Caucasus people were the first who started with food and flower markets. So the cuisine.

pimlottc 2y ago

It's definitely as delicious as pizza, mmm...

082349872349872 2y ago
I'm a big fan of raclette, which also falls into the "lots of melted cheese over starch" equivalence class.