Food

Where do you get your drinking water in Yakutsk?

February 6, 2011

A never-frozen brook in the Verkhoyansk Range, East Yakutia, Siberia

A never-frozen brook in the Verkhoyansk Range, East Yakutia, Siberia

One day I received two inquiries regarding drinking water in Yakutsk. The first one arrived from India saying, “What about your food habits (including drinking water)during winter?” The second request was asked by an American teacher, who was writing a paper on the use of drinking water in the Siberian city of Yakutsk. The latter contained more questions that the first one had.

Below see questions and my answers.

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Stroganina, a traditional cold dish in Yakutia

December 16, 2009

One of the first questions I hear from new non-Yakutian friends of mine is “What are your traditional meals?” I started my answer from the short sentence “We love frozen horse meat and frozen Arctic fishes.”

Well, I decided to start publishing posts about traditional cuisine in Yakutia. The one is dedicated to stroganina.

Stroganina is the traditional cold dish in Yakutia.

Stroganina is the traditional cold dish in Yakutia.

Stroganina is the first traditional dish that will be offered you to try in Yakutia in winter. It is thin long slices of frozen fresh Arctic river fishes, i.e. broad whitefishes, whitefishes, and white salmons. Read more…