https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-168726 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:37:59 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-168726 […] made way, way back at the beginning of Casa SaltShaker’s existence – and then the hit of the mushroom strudel that graced our Transnistrian dinner – you see where these things come together, right? Then it […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-127022 Fri, 23 May 2008 12:35:08 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-127022 […] menu started off with a mushroom strudel, a dish that I got raves about on our Transnistrian Independence Day celebration back in September. […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-65539 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:10:03 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-65539 I think I needed to make a left turn in Albuquerque.

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-65516 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:28:58 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-65516 Igor, you’re absolutely correct. I just got mixed up with that Romania used Moldova, and in particular Transnistria, as its concentration camp site, but Romania is actually the west side of Moldova and Transnistria separates eastern Moldova from the Ukraine.

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-65501 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:44:25 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20070904/declaration-of-dinner#comment-65501 Dan, I believe Transnistria or Pridnestrovie is between Moldavia and Ukraine, not Moldavia and Romania. Having heard the word “mamaliga” several times in russian movies, I have never had any idea what it means. Until now that is.

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