r/RussianFood 6d ago

Our monthly challenge for September is Kissel - Share your dish any day this month

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r/RussianFood Jun 19 '26

New Rules and a Few Changes

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Good morning everyone...

It's an ungodly hour before my coffee while I'm supposed to be on vacation, but I've been getting far too many reports lately, so it's time to clarify a few things.

What Is Russian Food?

r/RussianFood is for food that is traditionally associated with Russian cuisine. From regional dishes across the Russian Federation and foods that have long been integrated into Russian food culture.

Examples include:

  • Borscht (stop reporting this)
  • Pelmeni
  • Blini
  • Shchi
  • Solyanka
  • Beef Stroganoff
  • Olivier Salad
  • Syrniki
  • Pirozhki
  • Kholodets
  • etc

We'll also allow foods that may not have originated in Russia but have become a recognizable part of everyday life and dinning culture within the Russian Federation. The key question is not "Was this invented in Russia?" but rather "Is this something commonly associated with the Russian food experience?"

What Should Be Allowed on r/RussianFood?

Recommended content includes:

  • Homemade Russian dishes
  • Restaurants in Russia
  • Russian Restaurants outside of Russia
  • Historical Russian recipes
  • Vintage Soviet cookbooks and recipe discussions
  • Russian desserts, breads, drinks, and preserves
  • Ingredient discussions related to Russian cooking
  • Regional Russian foods and culinary traditions

Not allowed:

  • Random food with no connection to Russia
  • Food photos with no indication of what the dish actually is
  • Low-effort content that gives no context to readers

Every post must include the name of the dish in the title.

If you don't know the exact name, provide at least a description of what we're looking at.

Examples:

  • ✅ "Pelmeni with Sour Cream"
  • ✅ "Homemade Olivier Salad"
  • ✅ "Grandmother's Cabbage Pirozhki"
  • ✅ "Traditional Fish Soup (Need Help Identifying)"
  • ❌ "Dinner Tonight"
  • ❌ "Look What I Made"
  • ❌ "Thoughts?"

There's been a lot of questionable content recently, and I can't effectively moderate the subreddit if I have no idea what was posted in the first place. If you're sharing a dish, just help the community out by telling us what it is.


r/RussianFood 12h ago

Оцениваем мой обедик!!!

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r/RussianFood 1d ago

Пицца из кабачка

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r/RussianFood 1d ago

Бутерброд

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A sliced loaf is necessarily fresh and soft, butter is spread richly on bread, boiled or any other delicious sausage is on top, then we put your favorite cheese, better than Russian production (to make the taste more mundane, you need a type of pashhonskii or Russian, then the taste will be brighter) I also highly recommend adding mustard to the oil. But this version is for my daughter, she doesn't eat mustard! Enjoy your meal.


r/RussianFood 22h ago

Monthly Challenge Complete: Milk Kissel (Version 1)

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r/RussianFood 1d ago

Plof with apples

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r/RussianFood 2d ago

Бутерброды как произведение искусства (фото мои на этот раз)

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r/RussianFood 2d ago

Lulya-pork kebab with lamb rump, grilled vegetables for horovads salad (Armenian style).

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r/RussianFood 2d ago

Red fish soup (уха?) and fried potatoes with pork (жаренка?).

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r/RussianFood 2d ago

Sour cabbage soup (Щи).

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Sour cabbage soup (Щи) with beef on the bone and the remains of chanterelles.


r/RussianFood 4d ago

"Brewing of kissel in Belgorod" miniature from the Radziwiłt Chronicle.

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Kissel is mentioned in the Primary Chronicle, which tells the story of how it saved the city of Belgorod in Kievan Rus' when it was besieged by the nomadic Pechenegs in 997. I thought this was a neat little history since Kissel is September's Challenge.


r/RussianFood 5d ago

Oladii

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r/RussianFood 6d ago

Homemade tvorog

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Quick snack with homemade tvorog, sour cream and orange confiture on top.


r/RussianFood 6d ago

Настоящий звук свежего хлеба, хруст хлебной корочки

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r/RussianFood 8d ago

Breakfast is like in childhood, mannaya porridge and buterbrod with sausage and cheese.

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r/RussianFood 7d ago

Мегачебурек

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r/RussianFood 7d ago

Ваш любимый суп?

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2476 votes, 20h ago
310 Окрошка
212 Сырный
281 Грибной
493 Солянка
837 Борщ
343 Куриный

r/RussianFood 6d ago

What is drinking Chifir like?

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From what I’ve read it’s a popular drink in Russian prisons? Do any civies drink it? Thanks.


r/RussianFood 8d ago

Stewed vegetables with chicken fillet.

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r/RussianFood 8d ago

Для отварной моркови у меня отдельное место в сердечке💔

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r/RussianFood 8d ago

Супец овощной с бедрышком курочки

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r/RussianFood 8d ago

MEGATHREAD: Our 24th r/RussianFood Cooking Challenge + 2-Year Celebration & State of the Community Discussion (read below)

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Two years ago, we reopened this community after it had essentially been shut down. Since then, we’ve made quite a few changes. We’ve gained over 10,000 new users, introduced new rules, redesigned our community, and started our monthly cooking challenge.

Now that we’ve reached the two-year mark, how do you feel about the direction r/RussianFood has taken? What are we doing well, and what could we do better? Are there things you’d like to see more of, changes you’d like us to make, or ideas for improving the community? This is your opportunity to give honest feedback (positive or negative). And perhaps most importantly, this is your chance to tell us if we’re being too strict or not strict enough when it comes to the content posted here. Now for our 24th r/RussianFood Cooking Challenge Rules:

Comment your suggestions below!

From borscht to shchi, and blini to pelmeni, and everything in-between. What would you like to cook this month? Main dishes, snacks, desserts, drinks, etc. Just suggest something below, and the comment with the most upvotes by TUESDAY will be the dish we cook this month.

Even if you have no intentions in participating, you're still welcome to comment a suggestion below.

When?

Anytime in the month of September.

Do you have to participate?

No. Period. Post whatever you want, whenever you want. I just ask you all to please upvote the dishes our community members share.


r/RussianFood 8d ago

Dessert/food pairing questions

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Hello r/RussianFood

I don't know if this is the best place to ask but I need a recommendation for a dessert that pairs well with Caucasian food (Ossetian specifically) and was wondering if you all had any ideas?

I'm not a dessert kind of person and don't like sweets (even fruit) in general, so I'm drawing a complete blank.

Any thoughts/recommendations would be appreciated. Thank you :)


r/RussianFood 9d ago

Okroshka

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Suddenly was given a bottle of white rye kvas. I could not resist.