You obviously missed the part where she said “ as a kid when your hungry things taste good and your happy to not be starving” That’s the nice way of saying “Communist/socialist rule resulted in us not having a lot of food so this one thing, which is now considered garbage poor people food, was amazing” Try not to dress up her memories of totalitarian murders and a command economy that failed with window dressings fam.
"Back when the trees were tall"... that is a really nice saying, describing exactly how you felt as a kid. And your grandmother must be a very good storyteller, so energetic. Great video!
It's a way better than in the old days, or when I was young... however in Eastern Europe, there's a lot of such sayings, if we look at what counts as Eastern and Western Europe, traditionally, and not in modern times, we'll see that Norway, Sweden, Finland also belong to Eastern Europe, alongside Russia, Poland, Baltics, etc. Everyone uses these kind of sayings, they're mostly dying out though. Finland have a lot of old Swedish sayings that they've kept alive. Such as "to the forest" which is basically to hell...
My mother was originally from El Salvador. Growing up, mortadella or bologna was a Christmastime treat, as it was more expensive than steak. Until her dying day, I would buy mortadella (especially with pistachio) and she would tell me how special it was for her and brought her back to the 1950s.
@@alexradice8163 I don't know what you're reading but I've not come across it before. A snearing comment like yours does inform me about your character however.
"The term "Doctor's Sausage" makes people feel nostalgic these days. It brings back memories of a place, a time, home, family... and a smell. Whenever my mom came home from grocery shopping, even before she unpacked the bags, we would sense that in there, there is Doktorskaya sausage. It has this very pleasant, but also very bold fragrance, which would not only fill up the kitchen, but the entire place. You had to shell out some cash if you wanted some, so we didn't always have it at home, but when we did - the party was on. Doktorskaya became a sign of its time. When something wasn't of the best quality, we'd say: "It ain't no Doctor's Sausage..." One thing you have to keep in mind, is this one saying: "Back when the trees were tall". When you're a kid, anything can taste amazing, especially when you spent so much of your childhood hungry, when you were not only craving a treat, but just anything to eat. So I have this child-like joyful feeling about Doktorskaya. I remember the taste so well, it's like I can still taste it. Of course. Thing is, all the products got worse, and Doktorskaya lost its magic. The original Doctor's Sausage could easily compete with a fancy ham roast. It also came "with a tear" - that's how juicy it was, drip-drop-dripping. Up until the early to mid 60's, that's when things went downhill. That's not an opinion - everyone said it. It wasn't the same. Doktorskaya didn't come "with a tear" any longer. The best way to eat it, is a Buterbrod. First, you need a nice and fresh loaf of white bread. It's the only way. The springy kind, you know. Smear it with a good layer of good butter, not the salty type. Not salted. And on top, you place a good piece of Doktorskaya. And then, like this... Take a bite. And chew it in Slo-Mo. So the aftertaste can linger..." Don't mind me, just transcribing this gem real quick.
I was born in 1991, in NZ. But somehow your description transported me to Soviet Russia, nostalgic for this "Dr's sausage". Never tasted, but strangely, all too familiar.
I.. was a heretic and preferred my doctorskaya with rye bread and no butter. you should have seen the expression of horror on a face of my friend when I brought my preferred sandwiches to our first shared picnic and her lecture how it HAD to be white bread and where was the butter??? (as kids we used to hang out for pretty much entire day outside, so our moms would pack lunch for us to eat. boiled eggs and apples also featured heavily and occasionally a tomato depending on a season, but I digress). I ended up having to bring 2 kinds of sandwiches to all subsequent hangouts, so that I'd have something to eat. she didn't. in retrospect it wasn't a very even friendship O_O but anyways, it was also the ONLY sausage my mom would ever use in olivie salad. no hot dogs, no cheaper varieties, it had to be special - it had to be doctorskaya.
@@slouberiee I used his videos to start cooking with my Russian room mate and he loves the fact that now our outside fridge has home brewed kavas on tap lol.
Asking a German to describe Jägerschnitzel is the quickest way to find out whether they're from the East or the West. If they say it's a Schnitzel with a creamy mushroom sauce they're from the West. If they describe the one you made in the video they're definitely from the East.
Baba Arsch I will have to disagree. I ate both regularly while growing up the mushroom sauce adds something onto a good thing while the eastern version was born out of necessity and replaces a great thing(veal) with a let’s be honest still good but worse alternative.
Hey guys, both is comfort food, but not really delicious. Why would you put creamy mushroom sauce on a crispy schnitzel? Why would you put a panade on a sausage. Sorry for spoiling the party, but there is better things to eat. For instance tasty Bratwurst from Thüringen or Franken.
I was born in Russia and moved at a young age, after couple of years my grandmother moved to live with us too, she raised me and her voice and manner of speaking is very simmiler to your grandmother. She have alzheimer for around 5 years now, she beraly talks or do anything , the only thing she still do is asking about work and read, but she doesn't recognize us or even notice us, a shallow shadow of what she used to be. hearing your grandma speak about the sausages I was eating with her many years ago really bought tears to my eyes, Thank you very much
@@PhilipNiedermann Good suggestion. Smell is the deepest and most primal of our senses. @sofi bonch I hope you can get your gm some and that she tells you about her memories of it.
"I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of Austrians cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced by the thought of a Schnitzel made from sausage. With tomato Tunke.
Hearing and seeing an elderly Russian woman reminiscing about foods of the Soviet era was something I didn't know I needed. Andong, your grandmother is an international treasure.
"When you're a kid, anything can taste amazing. Especially when you spent so much of your childhood hungry. When you were not only craving a treat. But just anything to eat." This hit me.
It's something most people don't understand today, food scarcity is a real problem. Hence why all of the environmentalists can go fuck themselves. The less people starving the better I say.
Have any of you eaten canned luncheon meat like the brand SPAM? They are made from all the left over low crappy quality meats, but the flavoring covers everything up and makes it taste good.
@@livedandletdie same team. Environmentalists are trying to prevent food scarcity. The people who profit from the coming food scarcity are the same ones who have tricked you into thinking Environmentalists are the enemy.
@@leovalenzuela8368 there's no food scarcity in the First World right now, only overproduction due to decreased demands from public institutions and culture of overconsumption. That being said, green-taxing and regulating producers into oblivion would hit lower class more than anyone else as they rely on "cheap and dirty" mass production to keep normal calorie intake affordable.
@@livedandletdie Enviromentalists are literally the ones you should be supporting. Food scarcity is not an issue, food waste is, we, being the first world, throw away most of our food, not just the stuff we bring home too. Farmers and grocers throw away a huge percentage of food crops that dont look appetising, or are misshapen, or etc. In poor agrarian nations, the soil is poorly managed and overtaxed, leading to reduced crop yields where they need it most. Environmentalism is 100% the way to prevent most of these issues, not over farming.
This was just replica for hi-quality USA ice-cream. Tastes good only compared to completely greyness outside. There was any quality in food, except ice-cream, kolbasa and vodka. but this quality lower than original products. Even vodka
@@SirBojo4 here in Ukraine most valuable ice-cream are same and above level of quality than ussr. And french or belguim import much better. I'm old enough to remember plombir, cremebrulle or fruit ones and can compare
Can we take a moment to acknowledge how absolutely delightful and lively his grandmother is? Wholesome content right there and bless his grandmom with more happiness. I loved this video
A a former Russian citizen, I completely understand the "feEEEelz" you get after the BUTTERBROD bite. Even though I never tried the original pre 60s era one, I was born in 87, but still. Your grandma nails it. Awesome video essay on a socialist classic.
"so here we have some finely preserved Mortadella from Pompei... ca. 300 BC.... great condition on the hardened ash casing.... lets get it onto a tray. Nice.... really smells of roman cuisine, slight hint of sulfur though..."
The passion you have for food is amazing, to make 18 minutes of sausage history so captivating and entertaining takes talent for sure! And the subtitles dude... I just imagined my grandma saying "fo shizzle" and laughed out loud. 😀 Great job Andong!
You could've make it even longer, referring to Fleischwurst/Lyoner/Gelbwurst, not to mention Fleisch-/Leberkäse, which all of this is at least another kind of derivat of Mortadella, I guess...
OMG i just fell in love with your grandma! she is precious..... I have lost mine a long time ago and just watching brought back all the childhood memories... thank you for sharing this video
I've always wondered what this "Doktors Sosig" stuff was that kept appearing in Life of Boris's videos, neat. Also, your grandmother is a _very_ expressive person: a natural born storyteller. I think we're all in agreement that we'd like her to be a recurring character on your channel.
a lot of babyshkas from slavic countries are like this. the different language also amplifies this effect Being bilingual and watching a lot of movies and listening to russian stuff from soviet times (or even modern times) makes me realise that its not just a different language, but the temperament, the melody of the voice and the temperament in expression is so different from english that it makes foreign listeners notice the expressions and mannerisms. It's a shame that the "typical russian persona" has been made so shallow by western popular media that when actually listening to an average russian person it is a very different experience
@@tonyvice6661616 Yes, from living in a country almost next door to Russia, people here know almost nothing but old western warpopaganda about russia. Most people here are a lot more familiar with the US and Britain than with the eastern side (Britain may indeed hawe some geologic explanations in the very southern part of my country due to the shiptrading, but still, people here does not even know Finish culture, despite Finland being a part of the Nordic uinon for hundreds of Years now).
"... and chew it slo-mo." xD Now I wasn't expecting a skit about a sausage to be the best, most expansive AND intersting history lesson I've ever had. Good job!
The way she speaks and move when talking about her experience ...... it really really reminds me of how my grandmother talks about her childhood in 1940's and early 1950's rural Tuscany. There's something so sweet about that, these small details spoken like they just became children again experiencing the amazement they felt as kids all over again decades later, it makes me feel nostalgic for a time I didn't live through
The storytelling/history part is probably the biggest reason why i come back to your videos. They are great! P.S. i first thought, that this would be a some kind of collab with Life of Boris, as doctor sausage is basically his main budget ingredient.
“Look I understand that a processed sausage doesn’t look super appealing to someone from a rich western country these days” Sir, I am deeply offended. SPAM is the meat block of gods, and i’d LOVE to have access to Doctor Sausage here in Canada
Curing salt (nitrite) doesn't just prevent botulism and make a pink color, it changes the flavor, this is the main difference between a ham and smoked pork.
Sadly, it's also a carcinogen, which is why Andong's not the only one looking at beet juice as an alternative way of giving pork product a pink colour. But proper Parma ham doesn't contain either nitrites or nitrates and somehow manages to be dark pink (and delicious).
@@JohnMoseley Well, the classification of carcinogens is kinda blury sometimes. It's pretty vague, essentially boiling down to "will this thing give me cancer" and that's really hard to test. Most carcinogenic products are pretty blury and, if I'm not mistaken, only really poses risk to factory workers rather than the average consumer. Granted, that doesn't make it better, but plenty of things will give you cancer before nitrite.
@@alexisblackledge2972 Thanks, I admit I hadn't looked into it that deeply. A BBC article I've just read tells me, ironically, that nitrates are actually in beets and beet juices too. It also says that in and of themselves these are less likely to be harmful - and may even be beneificial - than those use in process meats, because in combination with protein, especially cooked protein, nitrates and nitrites are more likely to convert to nitrosamine in the gut, which is the substance that can actually be cancer causing. Still, even if the original source is beets, if there are nitrates in your bacon, I guess the effect is likely to be about the same. That article also says the risk is _relatively_ low and, as you say, still somewhat hard to attribute compared to other possible causes in processed meats.
@@alexisblackledge2972 On the other hand, that same BBC article links to another on their news site that says this: "MPs and doctors said there was a 'consensus of scientific opinion' that, when cooked and eaten, nitrites produce nitrosamines - chemicals which can cause cancer. "They said producers of Parma ham had not used nitrites for 25 years and more recently Nestle in France and Finnebrogue in the UK had produced mass-market products such as bacon and ham that did not use chemical additives. "They point to a 2015 World Health Organization report that said chemicals involved in processing could increase the risk of colorectal cancer as well as research from Glasgow University that suggested eating processed meat could increase the chance of developing breast cancer." Unfortunately, I think the UK company they site is the one using beet juice as an alternative, so not quite right to say "no chemical additives," or even, probably, no nitrites/nitrates.
@@JohnMoseley Erythorbic and ascorbic acid (stereoisomers) are often used to inhibit nitrosamine formation in vivo. If you read the labels, you'll often find that Vitamin C is added to surprising foods. Celery juice is often used in "uncured" meats, yet it also contains nitrates -NO3 and nitrites -NO2. It's just marketing material. They dont use curing salt. I'm not sure about beet juice.
How enthusiastic his grandma is about this sausage. I love the energy she has about it. So cute Edit: I wish he would have showed her the sausage he Made 🥺 I really hope he did that off Camera
I’m right there with you, I wish we could have seen it but that moment might have been more special without the camera to warp the genuine emotion they show for such a special food.
This video, as a combination of historical and gastronomic research, is one of the best contents youtube could ever offer me. I find it very hard to find informations on food history, as it is often frowned upon by historians and scientists in general. This video provides historical context, interwiews with those who remember, intercultural comparisons as well as recipes, all in an entertaining way, it is IMHO truly the top thing internet can offer and I thank you for it very much. Keep up the great work!
Watching your Grandmother relive her best childhood moments was beyond sweet man! I love talking with my Grandma about her youth and what it was like growing up, you can learn a lot from them. Great video as always! Take care!
This video filled me with more happiness than any other, and I'm in Australia. Nice guy, excellent presentation, and I want your Granny to be my Granny. Tell your Grandma the world loves her, if you haven't already. Cheers
Here's my story: I was 16 years old in 1967. In Montréal , that year, was held there an international exposition, called Expo 67. More than 50 countries offered showcase pavillions on a huge exposition site where they offered to the visitors their realisations. It was a fantastic opportunity for a young boy like myself to travel the world and experience a cultural adventure. I happened to find a job at...the Soviet Union pavillion. What an experience, I was assigned a position at a refreshemnt food counter that was serving, guess what? Soviet ice cream and Fanta lemonade. Our meals where supplied free of charge by the employer at a workers cafeteria. The food there was prepared and served by russian ladies dressed in white with those round bonnets that were not in use in North America. The cooks had, I think, all the best food supplies in quantities that they didn't have access at back home. I say this because, as an example, the mashed potatoes and rice were drenched in butter, so much it was intensly yellow, the Gulash was full of tender beef and the Borscht was made with real heavy cream. I still remember this from 1967. Tea was served in a Samovar, since then I have been drinking tea, no coffee. One thing I can say is that I never saw this "doctored" sausage being served at the cafeteria. Thank you Andong for bringing those memories back.
Why would you say "...all the best food supplies in quantities that they didn't have access at back home"? Are you by any chance a closet Nazi? They are the ones who hated USSR the most and would come up with an idiotic lie like that.
@@ryanchungus8972 You need to check it with your doctor, if you can afford one. You smell dirty brown that was left after the Hitler. There is a smear right under your nose.
You have to grow up in the former USSR to really be able to tell what kind of family Andong comes from. His grandma speaks an extremely eloquent and "intelligent" Russian. Not one spoken by the "common" folk in a line to the beer kiosk. If I had to guess, she used to be a teacher or in an arts/culture-related field. Breath of nostalgy.
As one of Russia's savviest characters Cat Matroskin said: "You are eating the buterbrod incorrectly, Uncle Fyodor. You are holding it with the kolbasa on top. You should turn it over so that the kolbasa touches your tongue. It's tastier that way.
As someone who grew up in former East Germany; you really nailed that kind of food. I remember that all my friends knew that tomato sauce with sausage from their home; while my parents just moved in the Area, and i was so confused by that food. To be fair there is way more that this tomato sauce pasta. East Germany "invented" a lot of "competitors" to the American/west german fast food dishes. Instead of the (beef)Burger, there was the Grilleta; instead of a Hot Dog, they ate Ketwurst. Nowadays it's kinda strange that they went so far to create their own foods instead of adapting the western, but hey I guess that was part of their mentality back then.
Imitating is not inventing. Just as you just proved, instead of coming up with own ideas they copied Western style food. And the "Rationalisierungs- und Forschungszentrum Gaststätten" managed to make horrible McDonalds burger and yucky hot dogs suck even more.
Damn. "Ketwurst" seems to be the same thing commonly called a hotdog in Slovakia. I was always wondering why other countries cut the bun lengthwise instead of making a hole in the top. Might be nostalgia, but I definitely prefer the "páro v rožku"
I'm from Poland and when I was a kid, my mum was making Schnitzel's from mortadella sometimes (it wasn't the original one obviously, looked more like Doktorskaya and was of much lower quality). She don't make them anymore, but I'm sure there are people here, who still do this today. And the pasta you've made - this is what we called "spaghetti" for a long time :D The only difference is, that we were adding sliced kiełbasa into the sauce. I still do this "spaghetti" from time to time, so I can go back to my childhood
In Romania it was called "parizer" and, as I got to live 9 years in socialism, I was not familiar with cardamom or nutmeg, but I remember it having a slight garlic flavor that made it so recognizable through my mother's grocery bag. And as a cooking option I remember frying it directly above the gas stove using a fork.
Yep, Romanian here and can confirm. I also have to add that we make parizer schnitzels, without the breadcrumbs though, just flour and eggs. I'm gonna try the whole recipe one of these days as I've never had parizer schnitzels(with breadcrumbs) with pasta. Looks amazing!
Hearing your Babushka/grossmutter speak made me feel really fortunate to have grown up in the West. A lovely woman, you can see she's positive even when reminiscing about what must've surely been hard times through her life.
Loved the interview with Grandma!! I wish I could've interviewed my grandparents about their childhoods, but I barely even knew them at all. It's just so interesting hearing their life stories.
In Sweden a "Parisare" is a hamburger with sausage instead of a patty. But doctor's sausage reminds me more of "Falukorv" (Sausage of Falun, a historical city in Sweden) in appearance. That said, a Pariser is essentially an extra thick Faluner. I've also had this Finnish sausage called "Lauantaimakkara" (Saturday sausage). From what I can recall it was similar to Pariser, but that's about it.
We had family friends who somehow had relatives who somehow had permission to visit the US now and then. I can affirm that Soviet chocolate was EPIC. I remember one thing they brought as a gift to family friends was a WHOLE FREAKING JEWELRY BOX MADE OF CHOCOLATE WITH CHOCOLATE CANDIES INSIDE.
visiting the US was not difficult if you could prove that you would come back, they likely put down some sort of collateral to the government to ensure they didn't sell secrets to the US government or illegally immigrate.
12:30 I know this is ridiculously specific, but that ringtone made me jump a little. People who are involved in the german Emergency Services might get it xD
This is how history should be taught! Amazing! And yes, your grand mother is a star. I bet she has tons of other stories, u should do a seperate series just with her 👍
Well come to think of it, those saying “them over there were gloomy” probably didn’t live anywhere near them, didnt know them at all. Hearsay, Biased second hand accounts to paint bad pictures, etc.,
Andong, your friendly demeanor and educational content has consistently brought a smile to this weary American during the never-ending hellscape that has been 2020. Thank you. Dankeschön.
Now we know where the excellent story telling skill comes from. Your grandma is an absolute sweetheart. Having grown up in Latvia, part of the USSR at the time, I certainly remember Doktorskaya in exactly the same way as told by your grandma. Thank you, спасибо!
There's still great Doktorskaya being made out there, but it's really hard to find. The high-grade stuff is truly amazing. My favourite variant is the boiled beef one. Just like Andong's grandmother, I can smell it taste it.
I’m from Hungary and we call bologna “parizer” and some school canteens still serve it fried, over a pottage like dish called “főzelék”. It was a popular dish during socialist times. The smiley bologna was also a staple in most households during the 90s, gave me serious nostalgia. Great video!!
Yeah, but I don't recall anyone talk about Parizer other than a low-quality food. Wonder if it was at one point as good as the early soviet version of it, mentioned in the video.
@@5roundsrapid263 BBQ bologna is a food of the Gods! I like to slice is 3/4th of an inch thick after smoking it and slapping the slices on a grill and lather it with my homemade BBQ sauce until it caramelizes and sticks onto it. Best sandwiches you'll ever eat!
I grew up in an eastern-european socialist country. Choice was slim, but what we had, was quality stuff actually. There were no mountains of additives in products. It tasted great. But then again, this is also a sentimental thing, just as the old lady pointed out correctly.
Never made it to any of the Soviet Bloc countries, but when I lived in Europe the entire family loved the meats, sausages, etc. etc. etc. Returning Stateside, it took us all at least a year to readjust to the taste of additive upon salt upon additive upon sugar upon additive in almost all the foods here. :-(
@@nairbvel American cuisine tends to be on the salty and definitely sweet side, indeed. And often, it's not even sugar, but corn syrup. You'll notice sour ingredients are a lot more popular out east.
Your grandma sure knows how to tell a story! The emotion and gestures give such a great flavor to the story itself, like spices do to food. Perfection! Now excuse me, as I get my eastern european behind ready to make that amazing meal. I've had bologna schnitzels before but never with breadcrumbs and ketchup pasta. Looks amazing!
Some areas of the US sale GARLIC bologna. It is in all caps for a reason. I loved this stuff as a kid. Best way to eat it was just a slice of garlic bologna on a couple of slices of white bread. The real great thing was. Just one sandwich and you would taste it for a week. There are those who would swear you would emit the odor from all body orifices for a week.
@@manueldelbusto725 I once was offered $20 to eat a whole bulb of garlic. Yes, drinking was involved. I only chewed the first few cloves before finding out it was way too hot, so I simply halved and swallowed the remainder. I can attest that every bodily fluid smelled of garlic for the next few days.
I grew up in South Australia. I worked in a service deli and offering kids "free mystery meat" was very normal. I grew up with it. Here we call it "smiley fritz"
When I grew up (in West Germany), a slice of Fleischwurst for every child entering the butcher was still the norm, although they didn't have any with faces yet at the time. I soon grew up to be a vegetarian, though.
I grew up in northwestern Canada, and the German deli we got our sandwich meat and cheeses at (sliced to order, and wrapped in brown paper :) ) the ladies would give my brother and me each a slice of Lyoner sausage. I'm in NS now, and they mostly haven't even heard of it here, which is too bad. It *looks* a lot like bologna, except maybe a bit paler? And the way the grandma says to eat the doktorsausage is very good with Lyoner, too. I'd love to know how similar they tasted! My kids were sad they weren't getting a slice themselves when we got our sandwich meat at the Sobey's' deli like I used to; but it ends up that (in the Before Times, when they would slice things to order for you) they --will-- would happily give us a sample slice if we ask, so we --do-- did that! Man, I still miss Hildegard and Ermgart, the super nice ladies at Bert's. They used to put a couple of little candies in the bag for the two of us, too.
It's easy to see where you got your love (and talent) for storytelling! Your grandmother is so obviously excited to talk about her memories of good food that it's infectious. She's fo shizzle adorable!
That "face sausage" is also very popular in Ireland where we all had it in our lunch boxes. It's sold under the name "Billy Roll". I don't know why the only places that appear to have it are Germany and Ireland but that does appear to be the case.
zaraak323i As an American, I can say that’s it’s only in European import shops. (I’ve seen it twice in an Irish import shop and an English import shop.) But never in everyday stores, and if the general populace ever saw it on display, we’d never buy it lmao. Faces are for ice cream and ice cream only! Edit: adding ‘n’ to my ‘a’s’
When you pronounced Doktorskaja Kolbasa so Russian, I was sitting shook for a few minutes! What the hell? I'm a Russian in Germany, see you speaking perfect English and wondering how you are so good at it, and then you speak perfect Russian too?!?!?1? Wow!
My grandmother fed her kids during the great depression in America. As a result, she was a wonderful woman who touched many lives. But she was an AWFUL cook.
Might sound a bit creepy, but listening to your gram talk about the quality of early soviet bologna touched a weird and special place in my heart and mind. My own grandparents, while American, were poor depression-era kids, and their stories/memories, often had a similar feeling. Bless you both, you took such a mundane subject and made a beautiful and charming video. And now I absolutely have to try homemade bologna schnitzel, it looks delicious.
I actually live in Bologna, and my first thought when I saw the pic of doctor sausage was that it looked a lot like mortadella. Also, the "Soviet" part made me think you would mention Bologna, as the city is also known as "la rossa" or the 'red' city, due to its former strong ties to the USSR and the Communist party. Love your Gran, she's amazing and I love your history lessons as well as your cooking.
4:35 It is a representation of a gambling board game. Each figurine represents a dice value, Bologna (which produces mortadella) is the jackpot, with three dices with value 6. We have bread from Padua ("pane di Padova"), sausagese from Modena ("Salcicia di Modena"), fruit jam cake from Reggio Emilia ("Spongate di Reggio"), cheese from Piacenza ("formaggio di Piacenza")... but "Bologna's mortadella wins over everybody else". The text can be approximately translated as: "Game of cucagna, which shows the most important culinary prerogative of many Italian cities, the game where some achieve a lower dice value and some higher. It is played with 3 dices. The first trow is for who starts first. At the end of the turn (I believe), who has the highest score takes all, the lowest has to pay 6 quattrini (a local currency). Fun fact: Nowdays, the term "cuccagna" often refers to something that looks too good to be true which implies that there must something wrong. The concept can be expressed as "there is no such thing as free money".
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your grandmother is a treasure
Came here to say this.
Same.
She’s obviously taken you sick creep
At the end you could really watch her going back in time to her first experiences of eating the sausage. ❤️
I was just about to say the same thing. And I can see where Andong got his storytelling skills from
Your grandmother talked about Doctor's Sausage like she was telling a fairy tale at night, such a precious lady.
Such as all Babushka i hear..
because good doktorskaya truly is amazing
I hear a good Babushka
You obviously missed the part where she said “ as a kid when your hungry things taste good and your happy to not be starving”
That’s the nice way of saying
“Communist/socialist rule resulted in us not having a lot of food so this one thing, which is now considered garbage poor people food, was amazing”
Try not to dress up her memories of totalitarian murders and a command economy that failed with window dressings fam.
I didnt missed it blyat
"Back when the trees were tall"... that is a really nice saying, describing exactly how you felt as a kid. And your grandmother must be a very good storyteller, so energetic. Great video!
Loved that expression 😍 The magic of childhood is hard to describe but that is a lovely way of saying it 😁
It's a way better than in the old days, or when I was young... however in Eastern Europe, there's a lot of such sayings, if we look at what counts as Eastern and Western Europe, traditionally, and not in modern times, we'll see that Norway, Sweden, Finland also belong to Eastern Europe, alongside Russia, Poland, Baltics, etc. Everyone uses these kind of sayings, they're mostly dying out though. Finland have a lot of old Swedish sayings that they've kept alive. Such as "to the forest" which is basically to hell...
I love this expression! ( and your Granma, wish she were mine ❤️)
My mother was originally from El Salvador. Growing up, mortadella or bologna was a Christmastime treat, as it was more expensive than steak. Until her dying day, I would buy mortadella (especially with pistachio) and she would tell me how special it was for her and brought her back to the 1950s.
and nutmeg.
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Jon can give up nutmeg any time he wants to! He just doesn't want to!
I was just thinking that he'd like to see this video!
ROFL I've found my people!
😆
It has to bee fresh nutmeg for him
"Back when trees were tall", what a wonderful and poetic expression for childhood.
Funny how I can tell you don't read often
@@alexradice8163 I don't know what you're reading but I've not come across it before. A snearing comment like yours does inform me about your character however.
also a reference to the title of a nostalgic film
@@Ralphieboy And the BeeGees - though they sang "When I was small and Christmas trees were tall"
I'm short so
"The term "Doctor's Sausage" makes people feel nostalgic these days. It brings back memories of a place, a time, home, family... and a smell. Whenever my mom came home from grocery shopping, even before she unpacked the bags, we would sense that in there, there is Doktorskaya sausage. It has this very pleasant, but also very bold fragrance, which would not only fill up the kitchen, but the entire place. You had to shell out some cash if you wanted some, so we didn't always have it at home, but when we did - the party was on. Doktorskaya became a sign of its time. When something wasn't of the best quality, we'd say: "It ain't no Doctor's Sausage..."
One thing you have to keep in mind, is this one saying: "Back when the trees were tall". When you're a kid, anything can taste amazing, especially when you spent so much of your childhood hungry, when you were not only craving a treat, but just anything to eat. So I have this child-like joyful feeling about Doktorskaya. I remember the taste so well, it's like I can still taste it.
Of course. Thing is, all the products got worse, and Doktorskaya lost its magic. The original Doctor's Sausage could easily compete with a fancy ham roast. It also came "with a tear" - that's how juicy it was, drip-drop-dripping. Up until the early to mid 60's, that's when things went downhill. That's not an opinion - everyone said it. It wasn't the same. Doktorskaya didn't come "with a tear" any longer.
The best way to eat it, is a Buterbrod. First, you need a nice and fresh loaf of white bread. It's the only way. The springy kind, you know. Smear it with a good layer of good butter, not the salty type. Not salted. And on top, you place a good piece of Doktorskaya. And then, like this...
Take a bite. And chew it in Slo-Mo. So the aftertaste can linger..."
Don't mind me, just transcribing this gem real quick.
I was born in 1991, in NZ. But somehow your description transported me to Soviet Russia, nostalgic for this "Dr's sausage". Never tasted, but strangely, all too familiar.
I.. was a heretic and preferred my doctorskaya with rye bread and no butter. you should have seen the expression of horror on a face of my friend when I brought my preferred sandwiches to our first shared picnic and her lecture how it HAD to be white bread and where was the butter??? (as kids we used to hang out for pretty much entire day outside, so our moms would pack lunch for us to eat. boiled eggs and apples also featured heavily and occasionally a tomato depending on a season, but I digress). I ended up having to bring 2 kinds of sandwiches to all subsequent hangouts, so that I'd have something to eat. she didn't. in retrospect it wasn't a very even friendship O_O
but anyways, it was also the ONLY sausage my mom would ever use in olivie salad. no hot dogs, no cheaper varieties, it had to be special - it had to be doctorskaya.
Bruh rye bread is the way to go
Yesh. Doctor's Sausage sounds like a porn title. Male patient goes to see his HOT female doctor...and then 'things' happen.
@@longshot7601 you mean the female doctor is the one with "sausage"??
This looks to me like:
Boris, but sophisticated.
Boris is a smart boy, he just does his stunts for fun. He usually educates people as well in his vids.
@@slouberiee I used his videos to start cooking with my Russian room mate and he loves the fact that now our outside fridge has home brewed kavas on tap lol.
PROTECC BABUSHKA
Da
Fo shizzle.
Si
compañera abuela
Ja
Asking a German to describe Jägerschnitzel is the quickest way to find out whether they're from the East or the West. If they say it's a Schnitzel with a creamy mushroom sauce they're from the West. If they describe the one you made in the video they're definitely from the East.
The east Jägerschnitzel is way better than the mushroom shit
Baba Arsch I will have to disagree. I ate both regularly while growing up the mushroom sauce adds something onto a good thing while the eastern version was born out of necessity and replaces a great thing(veal) with a let’s be honest still good but worse alternative.
I would say a waste of good food where ma i from?
the Mushroom Sauce Schnitzel .. is called "Schnitzel nach Jägerart" :) Jägerschnitzel is the EastGerman Version and ofc the best Version ;)
Hey guys,
both is comfort food, but not really delicious. Why would you put creamy mushroom sauce on a crispy schnitzel? Why would you put a panade on a sausage. Sorry for spoiling the party, but there is better things to eat. For instance tasty Bratwurst from Thüringen or Franken.
Finally: Babushka is back! ❤
It‘s the other Babushka this time! :)
Da bin ich nicht kleinlich... Hauptsache Babushka! Und schon hab ich instant Sehnsucht nach meiner Omma... 😊
Watching 20 minutes of medieval Italian and early soviet food history just to watch some guy make a bologna schnitzel. Worth it
im hungry now
Because of this video I now know that the people of Bologne have been pounding their meat for thousands of years 🤣
if you ever want a girlfriend, speak of her as this grandma speaks about Doctor Sausage.
"and so I sliced her up and put the slices on white buttered bread and ate it!"
Haha, exactly
But don’t mention the part where she declined in quality after the mid 60s
@@spectralv709 and.... "that's not an (my) opinion, everyone said it"
@@MyPhobo Sounds about right 😂
I was born in Russia and moved at a young age, after couple of years my grandmother moved to live with us too, she raised me and her voice and manner of speaking is very simmiler to your grandmother.
She have alzheimer for around 5 years now, she beraly talks or do anything , the only thing she still do is asking about work and read, but she doesn't recognize us or even notice us, a shallow shadow of what she used to be.
hearing your grandma speak about the sausages I was eating with her many years ago really bought tears to my eyes,
Thank you very much
Me too in tears just by reading your comment.
maybe bring her a piece of doctor sausage, this may be something she still recognizes.
I lost a grandmother to Alzheimer a couple years ago.. There is nothing I can say to comfort you but I feel your pain.
I’m so sorry. I lost my grandmother to Alzheimer’s, also.
@@PhilipNiedermann Good suggestion. Smell is the deepest and most primal of our senses. @sofi bonch I hope you can get your gm some and that she tells you about her memories of it.
"I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of Austrians cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced by the thought of a Schnitzel made from sausage. With tomato Tunke.
Not just Austrians
lolol so true!
Hey , dont knock our Jaegerschnitzel , lol , it was pretty good .
And noodles
@@sabrinaclarus6290 still is
I really love “back when the trees were tall” as an idiom for childhood. It has nostalgia woven right into it.
I agree. It's a beautiful turn of phrase.
Girls: "Say something Russian, Andong!"
Andong: "D O K T O R S K A Y A K O L B A S A"
For reference: Watch Dexter's Laboratory
Say it again Vanya: Poshul Blyat
girls probably also crave his doktorskaya kolbasa ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@halatcibarmen NO. STOP. BAD. SHUT
god i remember that scene
Your grandma was so sweet. It'd be cool to hear more about her food memories and nostalgia!
Definitely!
Thirded- some of us are enjoying having a "digital surrogate grandmother, vicariously through you". My family isn't even remotely European.
"Food Stories with Granny" WHEN!??
YWNBAW
It not granma its babushka!
I want that sweet old lady to have whatever she wants. What an absolute boss.
Hearing and seeing an elderly Russian woman reminiscing about foods of the Soviet era was something I didn't know I needed. Andong, your grandmother is an international treasure.
"When you're a kid, anything can taste amazing. Especially when you spent so much of your childhood hungry. When you were not only craving a treat. But just anything to eat."
This hit me.
It's something most people don't understand today, food scarcity is a real problem. Hence why all of the environmentalists can go fuck themselves. The less people starving the better I say.
Have any of you eaten canned luncheon meat like the brand SPAM? They are made from all the left over low crappy quality meats, but the flavoring covers everything up and makes it taste good.
@@livedandletdie same team. Environmentalists are trying to prevent food scarcity. The people who profit from the coming food scarcity are the same ones who have tricked you into thinking Environmentalists are the enemy.
@@leovalenzuela8368 there's no food scarcity in the First World right now, only overproduction due to decreased demands from public institutions and culture of overconsumption. That being said, green-taxing and regulating producers into oblivion would hit lower class more than anyone else as they rely on "cheap and dirty" mass production to keep normal calorie intake affordable.
@@livedandletdie Enviromentalists are literally the ones you should be supporting. Food scarcity is not an issue, food waste is, we, being the first world, throw away most of our food, not just the stuff we bring home too. Farmers and grocers throw away a huge percentage of food crops that dont look appetising, or are misshapen, or etc. In poor agrarian nations, the soil is poorly managed and overtaxed, leading to reduced crop yields where they need it most. Environmentalism is 100% the way to prevent most of these issues, not over farming.
Doctor sausage.
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Buterbrod
Ingredients:
-Buter
-Brod
@@bluprint27 thats wrong you need some Doctor sausage
nothing is good without doctor sausage
@@omerfarukugur7070 What about majonez
How do you say "cheeki breeki i v damke" in German?
Blyat
Damn, even translated from Russian to English, your grandma can weave a tapestry with her words
Strumming my pain with her fingers...
fo shizzle!
As a Russian I can confirm that she has a way with words :-)
Your grandmother is a joy and a delight. Bless her and thank you for sharing her with us. ❤️
"Please don't tell Steve"
Hm, let's get this mummified Roman sausage out onto a tray. Nice.
Haha, was looking for that :D
I thought I would be the only one to catch that. Nice!
Nope. Not the only fans around here! I love it
Oh no you didn't!
Let the excavation continue! Steve will find that mummified sausage amd eat it I tell you!!!
@@infoninja nice hisssssss. Hiya!
I've tried Soviet ice-cream, can confirm, nothing compares to it.
This was just replica for hi-quality USA ice-cream. Tastes good only compared to completely greyness outside. There was any quality in food, except ice-cream, kolbasa and vodka. but this quality lower than original products. Even vodka
It's godly in its total disregard of proper ice cream.
@@uauser-ez5ye8mf4m Is it as sweet as most ice cream you can find in the west?
@@uauser-ez5ye8mf4m It was very cheap though. If it was a replica of high quality ice-cream, it was a pretty efficient one
@@SirBojo4 here in Ukraine most valuable ice-cream are same and above level of quality than ussr. And french or belguim import much better. I'm old enough to remember plombir, cremebrulle or fruit ones and can compare
Andong: Ancient MRE, don’t tell Steve
Steve: Let get that out on a tray, NICE
no hiss
Steve's next episode : MRE from Ancient Roman along with carbonised loaf from Pompeii
@@RaccoonGrrrl
i hope the pompeii loaf has a pack of lucky strikes in it
I had my joke all ready. OF COURSE someone got here first. Great minds think alike. Or something.
Oh wow. The wrapping is just perfect.
Can we take a moment to acknowledge how absolutely delightful and lively his grandmother is? Wholesome content right there and bless his grandmom with more happiness. I loved this video
A a former Russian citizen, I completely understand the "feEEEelz" you get after the BUTTERBROD bite. Even though I never tried the original pre 60s era one, I was born in 87, but still.
Your grandma nails it.
Awesome video essay on a socialist classic.
"Let's get this Bologna out onto a tray. Nice."
-- Steve89BC
SteveMCMLXXXIX
darn you... beat me to it... :P
BONVM
"so here we have some finely preserved Mortadella from Pompei... ca. 300 BC.... great condition on the hardened ash casing.... lets get it onto a tray. Nice.... really smells of roman cuisine, slight hint of sulfur though..."
The passion you have for food is amazing, to make 18 minutes of sausage history so captivating and entertaining takes talent for sure! And the subtitles dude... I just imagined my grandma saying "fo shizzle" and laughed out loud. 😀 Great job Andong!
You could've make it even longer, referring to Fleischwurst/Lyoner/Gelbwurst, not to mention Fleisch-/Leberkäse, which all of this is at least another kind of derivat of Mortadella, I guess...
OMG i just fell in love with your grandma! she is precious..... I have lost mine a long time ago and just watching brought back all the childhood memories... thank you for sharing this video
I've always wondered what this "Doktors Sosig" stuff was that kept appearing in Life of Boris's videos, neat.
Also, your grandmother is a _very_ expressive person: a natural born storyteller. I think we're all in agreement that we'd like her to be a recurring character on your channel.
He has a video about making it, slightly different process that i think looks slightly harder
Both his grandmas are delightfy. ☺️
a lot of babyshkas from slavic countries are like this. the different language also amplifies this effect
Being bilingual and watching a lot of movies and listening to russian stuff from soviet times (or even modern times) makes me realise that its not just a different language, but the temperament, the melody of the voice and the temperament in expression is so different from english that it makes foreign listeners notice the expressions and mannerisms.
It's a shame that the "typical russian persona" has been made so shallow by western popular media that when actually listening to an average russian person it is a very different experience
@@tonyvice6661616
Yes, from living in a country almost next door to Russia, people here know almost nothing but old western warpopaganda about russia. Most people here are a lot more familiar with the US and Britain than with the eastern side (Britain may indeed hawe some geologic explanations in the very southern part of my country due to the shiptrading, but still, people here does not even know Finish culture, despite Finland being a part of the Nordic uinon for hundreds of Years now).
A fellow man of kulture I see
"Stalin's Wiener" almost cost me a new keyboard, after I spit my soup out laughing at it.
Hey! It's bigger than you think
Eastern Block's favorite
We should have kept it till today and have Boris say stalin's weiner
fun fact: stalins sex life was pretty uneventful
thank me later
lmao
>US early meat processing plants
>"highly regulated"
Andong, my boy...
The Jungle was released in 1906, later that same year the Meat Inspection Act was passed
@@cortes2j I sincerely hope so!! But even in The Jungle they had a meat inspector, for all the fat good it did anyone.
Phoney-balagoney isn't an idiom for nothing.
The sound of factory rats screeching as they're processed into a sausage.
NO BIAS, CALM DOWN !
CAPITALISM IS GOOD-STALIN IS BAD !
"... and chew it slo-mo." xD
Now I wasn't expecting a skit about a sausage to be the best, most expansive AND intersting history lesson I've ever had.
Good job!
Your grandma is incredibly charming. It's impossible not to smile while she's sharing those memories.
The way she speaks and move when talking about her experience ...... it really really reminds me of how my grandmother talks about her childhood in 1940's and early 1950's rural Tuscany. There's something so sweet about that, these small details spoken like they just became children again experiencing the amazement they felt as kids all over again decades later, it makes me feel nostalgic for a time I didn't live through
My grandma talks like that too
But I think almost every Russian grandma talks like that haha
The storytelling/history part is probably the biggest reason why i come back to your videos. They are great!
P.S. i first thought, that this would be a some kind of collab with Life of Boris, as doctor sausage is basically his main budget ingredient.
Boris has already a video on how to make it.
Who doesn't need a half hour documentary about the historical significance of bologna?
“Look I understand that a processed sausage doesn’t look super appealing to someone from a rich western country these days”
Sir, I am deeply offended. SPAM is the meat block of gods, and i’d LOVE to have access to Doctor Sausage here in Canada
You sir are in luck.
The slavs aim to take down big sausage.
Enjoy comrade.
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He said a rich western country, not a fake economic zone with no food.
💀
I love spam fried in sugar and soy sauce over rice
Canada is fake economic Zone with no food?@@LunarLocust
Curing salt (nitrite) doesn't just prevent botulism and make a pink color, it changes the flavor, this is the main difference between a ham and smoked pork.
Sadly, it's also a carcinogen, which is why Andong's not the only one looking at beet juice as an alternative way of giving pork product a pink colour. But proper Parma ham doesn't contain either nitrites or nitrates and somehow manages to be dark pink (and delicious).
@@JohnMoseley Well, the classification of carcinogens is kinda blury sometimes. It's pretty vague, essentially boiling down to "will this thing give me cancer" and that's really hard to test. Most carcinogenic products are pretty blury and, if I'm not mistaken, only really poses risk to factory workers rather than the average consumer. Granted, that doesn't make it better, but plenty of things will give you cancer before nitrite.
@@alexisblackledge2972 Thanks, I admit I hadn't looked into it that deeply. A BBC article I've just read tells me, ironically, that nitrates are actually in beets and beet juices too. It also says that in and of themselves these are less likely to be harmful - and may even be beneificial - than those use in process meats, because in combination with protein, especially cooked protein, nitrates and nitrites are more likely to convert to nitrosamine in the gut, which is the substance that can actually be cancer causing. Still, even if the original source is beets, if there are nitrates in your bacon, I guess the effect is likely to be about the same. That article also says the risk is _relatively_ low and, as you say, still somewhat hard to attribute compared to other possible causes in processed meats.
@@alexisblackledge2972 On the other hand, that same BBC article links to another on their news site that says this:
"MPs and doctors said there was a 'consensus of scientific opinion' that, when cooked and eaten, nitrites produce nitrosamines - chemicals which can cause cancer.
"They said producers of Parma ham had not used nitrites for 25 years and more recently Nestle in France and Finnebrogue in the UK had produced mass-market products such as bacon and ham that did not use chemical additives.
"They point to a 2015 World Health Organization report that said chemicals involved in processing could increase the risk of colorectal cancer as well as research from Glasgow University that suggested eating processed meat could increase the chance of developing breast cancer."
Unfortunately, I think the UK company they site is the one using beet juice as an alternative, so not quite right to say "no chemical additives," or even, probably, no nitrites/nitrates.
@@JohnMoseley Erythorbic and ascorbic acid (stereoisomers) are often used to inhibit nitrosamine formation in vivo. If you read the labels, you'll often find that Vitamin C is added to surprising foods.
Celery juice is often used in "uncured" meats, yet it also contains nitrates -NO3 and nitrites -NO2. It's just marketing material. They dont use curing salt. I'm not sure about beet juice.
How enthusiastic his grandma is about this sausage. I love the energy she has about it. So cute
Edit: I wish he would have showed her the sausage he Made 🥺 I really hope he did that off Camera
I’m right there with you, I wish we could have seen it but that moment might have been more special without the camera to warp the genuine emotion they show for such a special food.
This video, as a combination of historical and gastronomic research, is one of the best contents youtube could ever offer me. I find it very hard to find informations on food history, as it is often frowned upon by historians and scientists in general. This video provides historical context, interwiews with those who remember, intercultural comparisons as well as recipes, all in an entertaining way, it is IMHO truly the top thing internet can offer and I thank you for it very much. Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much!! May I recommend a podcast called "Gastropod" to you. Seems like it's right down your alley!
Yes! Exactly these channels likes Andongs are in fact peak internet .... i hope not forever though
Watching your Grandmother relive her best childhood moments was beyond sweet man! I love talking with my Grandma about her youth and what it was like growing up, you can learn a lot from them. Great video as always! Take care!
This video filled me with more happiness than any other, and I'm in Australia. Nice guy, excellent presentation, and I want your Granny to be my Granny. Tell your Grandma the world loves her, if you haven't already.
Cheers
I'm glad to see your wholesome gran gran's okay in these COVID Days. Blessings to them!!!
Bless their hearts!
4:10 Steve: *"Let's get this 2000 year-old ration on a tray"*
Nice, okay.
nice hiss!
What's the dry pull gonna be like on 2000 year old sausage?
*musical clacking of spoons on a glass cup*
"oh man, it looks like it decomposed into dirt since it was put in to storage... just a quick bite"
Your Grandma is the best! I loved to hear her talk (even though I speak no Russian). She is so authentic. Kudos for a wonderful video.
Here's my story: I was 16 years old in 1967. In Montréal , that year, was held there an international exposition, called Expo 67. More than 50 countries offered showcase pavillions on a huge exposition site where they offered to the visitors their realisations. It was a fantastic opportunity for a young boy like myself to travel the world and experience a cultural adventure. I happened to find a job at...the Soviet Union pavillion. What an experience, I was assigned a position at a refreshemnt food counter that was serving, guess what? Soviet ice cream and Fanta lemonade. Our meals where supplied free of charge by the employer at a workers cafeteria. The food there was prepared and served by russian ladies dressed in white with those round bonnets that were not in use in North America. The cooks had, I think, all the best food supplies in quantities that they didn't have access at back home. I say this because, as an example, the mashed potatoes and rice were drenched in butter, so much it was intensly yellow, the Gulash was full of tender beef and the Borscht was made with real heavy cream. I still remember this from 1967. Tea was served in a Samovar, since then I have been drinking tea, no coffee. One thing I can say is that I never saw this "doctored" sausage being served at the cafeteria. Thank you Andong for bringing those memories back.
Thank you for sharing this lovely memory.
Why would you say "...all the best food supplies in quantities that they didn't have access at back home"? Are you by any chance a closet Nazi? They are the ones who hated USSR the most and would come up with an idiotic lie like that.
@@toomaskotkas4467 I smell a dirty low down red
@@ryanchungus8972 You need to check it with your doctor, if you can afford one. You smell dirty brown that was left after the Hitler. There is a smear right under your nose.
@@toomaskotkas4467 Cute bait. Schizoid.
Life of Boris already taught me how to make single serving Doctor Sausage.
80% Vadim, 20% poverty, блядь
Life of borris, helping for end of month
Could this be babishca?
CLASS
Life of Boris is cringey IMO.
SHE"S OUR GRANDMA NOW!
Glorious people’s babushka ❤️
DA, tavarish!
Grateful for the TH-cam algorithm that brought me to your channel. And watching your Grandma is such a treat. Great video!
"The doctor's sausage" really sounds a lot more disturbing in English
I could imagine if they stuck with "Stalin's weiner"...
The name Andong is a contender for sausage innuendo lol
Jon Stewart noticed that a lot of Russian phrases sound sinister when translated to English. "Has the borscht been prepared?" is my favorite.
@@Kahzu No, the tone works out fine even with bad translation
@@Kahzu absolutely, there are many
I should be writing my bachelor thesis but here I am watching a 26min long video about soviet sausages....
No regrets
you are not aloneeeee
I hope your thesis is already done 😅
How’s the thesis?
@@parkchimmin7913 Next week ill submit it
@@JoaniMaster niiiceee
You have to grow up in the former USSR to really be able to tell what kind of family Andong comes from. His grandma speaks an extremely eloquent and "intelligent" Russian. Not one spoken by the "common" folk in a line to the beer kiosk. If I had to guess, she used to be a teacher or in an arts/culture-related field. Breath of nostalgy.
would you say his grandma is kulturny
@@mahzorimipod I would say she's intеlligentnaya
Yes you are all right very soft spoken ...Stalin’s wiener omg... was she teacher?
jews..
Not really, just a normal talk, not attached to any region.
"Please don't tell Steve"
...
"Let's get this out onto a tray.. nice hiss!"
HAHAHAHA exactly what I was thinking. Somewhere there must be a well conserved sausage that he can review.
'Oldest MRE yet! 2000 year old Roman sausage taste test!'
ahh the music spoon
this was amazing. love Steve1989 so much.....
As one of Russia's savviest characters Cat Matroskin said:
"You are eating the buterbrod incorrectly, Uncle Fyodor. You are holding it with the kolbasa on top. You should turn it over so that the kolbasa touches your tongue. It's tastier that way.
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Did it came from the same people who made Nu Pagadi?
@@mrshumancar Yes, most of movies/cartoons in USSR were produced by Soyuzmultfilm
@@mrshumancar lol, there was no private industry, so if you think about it, EVERYTHING in the USSR came from the same people who made Nu Pogodi 😂
@@valentinventures There was also Armenfilm, where some cool animated shorts were made, such as "Wow, a talking fish!"
Oh my god your grandmother is adorable, please include her in more videos. I would love to hear more Oma recipes/stories
As someone who grew up in former East Germany; you really nailed that kind of food.
I remember that all my friends knew that tomato sauce with sausage from their home; while my parents just moved in the Area, and i was so confused by that food.
To be fair there is way more that this tomato sauce pasta. East Germany "invented" a lot of "competitors" to the American/west german fast food dishes. Instead of the (beef)Burger, there was the Grilleta; instead of a Hot Dog, they ate Ketwurst. Nowadays it's kinda strange that they went so far to create their own foods instead of adapting the western, but hey I guess that was part of their mentality back then.
It was out of need... Grilletta and Ketwurst came about because you weren't allowed to sell burgers and hot dogs but people still wanted to have them.
Ketwurst Sounds like a hell of a party treat.
Imitating is not inventing. Just as you just proved, instead of coming up with own ideas they copied Western style food. And the "Rationalisierungs- und Forschungszentrum Gaststätten" managed to make horrible McDonalds burger and yucky hot dogs suck even more.
@@larswesterhausen7262 I'm only talking about seeing it as a kind of renaming, as one tells oneself about "Jahresendflügelfigur".
Damn. "Ketwurst" seems to be the same thing commonly called a hotdog in Slovakia. I was always wondering why other countries cut the bun lengthwise instead of making a hole in the top. Might be nostalgia, but I definitely prefer the "páro v rožku"
I'm from Poland and when I was a kid, my mum was making Schnitzel's from mortadella sometimes (it wasn't the original one obviously, looked more like Doktorskaya and was of much lower quality). She don't make them anymore, but I'm sure there are people here, who still do this today. And the pasta you've made - this is what we called "spaghetti" for a long time :D The only difference is, that we were adding sliced kiełbasa into the sauce. I still do this "spaghetti" from time to time, so I can go back to my childhood
It was/is called Student's schnitzel in Czech Republic
I didn't know it was a thing in the Czech Republic! But I'm not surprised :)
@@mynameisandong Yeah, made from the same kind of processed sausage. Served with potatoes (boiled or mashed) and of course some pickles
@@xerwin1337 My dislike for that dish is as large as my experience with it but at least it's a warm meal.:-)
@@mynameisandong My grandpa used to make it from the Gothaj sausage, well... he still does, 'cause that shit delicious :P :D
@@mynameisandong it still is! (unfortunately if you ask me lol) it was a thing even at my high school's cafeteria, which was like 3 years ago
Damn, that pronunciation of *Докторская колбаса* is TIGHT.
He has Russian roots so I guess that’s why
Да that's fax
agree
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In Romania it was called "parizer" and, as I got to live 9 years in socialism, I was not familiar with cardamom or nutmeg, but I remember it having a slight garlic flavor that made it so recognizable through my mother's grocery bag. And as a cooking option I remember frying it directly above the gas stove using a fork.
In Serbia we call it parizer and salama. But the "slang" term is "podriguša" 😂
We would do fried Bologna sandwiches in the US too. But usually on a cast iron griddle then placed between white bread toast.
Did that with Jagdwurst too. Still do it while hiking.
Yep, Romanian here and can confirm. I also have to add that we make parizer schnitzels, without the breadcrumbs though, just flour and eggs. I'm gonna try the whole recipe one of these days as I've never had parizer schnitzels(with breadcrumbs) with pasta. Looks amazing!
The same for me in Czech Republic. Nine years in communism, we called it "Pařížský salám" and it was often fried :)
Hearing your Babushka/grossmutter speak made me feel really fortunate to have grown up in the West.
A lovely woman, you can see she's positive even when reminiscing about what must've surely been hard times through her life.
5:06 "If you can ever get your hands on it try it"
Me: **Laughs in Italian**
23:40 **Ketchup in the pasta sauce**
Me: **Cries in Italian**
Deal with it.
There is a reason Italy didn't go socialist.
Italian Noodles vs Japanese Spagheti
which one tastes better ?
@@belalabusultan5911 Chinese Lamian
@@belalabusultan5911 Japanese Udon is best noodle-like pasta IMO.
Loved the interview with Grandma!! I wish I could've interviewed my grandparents about their childhoods, but I barely even knew them at all. It's just so interesting hearing their life stories.
in Romania we call this sausage "Parizer" and I used to eat it like your grandmother did just with the cheapest white bread and butter or margarine
Same for Hungary we call itt "Parizer" or "Párizsi" (which means from Paris)
Also known as Pariser amongst German Australians or Lyoner in Schwaben
In croatia it's parizer or salama
In Sweden a "Parisare" is a hamburger with sausage instead of a patty. But doctor's sausage reminds me more of "Falukorv" (Sausage of Falun, a historical city in Sweden) in appearance. That said, a Pariser is essentially an extra thick Faluner.
I've also had this Finnish sausage called "Lauantaimakkara" (Saturday sausage). From what I can recall it was similar to Pariser, but that's about it.
Parizer on white bread with margarine.... why I'm watching this in Lent?
Твоя бабушка - просто прелесть! Она так красиво рассказывает что мне прямо захотелось кусок докторской!
Andong, I take my hat off. Outstanding as usual!!! And cudos to your wonderful granny.
We had family friends who somehow had relatives who somehow had permission to visit the US now and then. I can affirm that Soviet chocolate was EPIC. I remember one thing they brought as a gift to family friends was a WHOLE FREAKING JEWELRY BOX MADE OF CHOCOLATE WITH CHOCOLATE CANDIES INSIDE.
visiting the US was not difficult if you could prove that you would come back, they likely put down some sort of collateral to the government to ensure they didn't sell secrets to the US government or illegally immigrate.
“Please don’t tell Steve” had me cracking up. I swear he just keeps getting way more popular. You earned a subscribe based on that line alone 😂
12:30 I know this is ridiculously specific, but that ringtone made me jump a little. People who are involved in the german Emergency Services might get it xD
This is how history should be taught! Amazing! And yes, your grand mother is a star. I bet she has tons of other stories, u should do a seperate series just with her 👍
"Stories with my babushka" definitively would watch them
@@kennedytheretard975 Totally agree and that's a great title! 👌
Your grandmother has to be the cheeriest, most expressive soviet babushka I've ever seen. And people say folk back then were gloomy.
Well come to think of it, those saying “them over there were gloomy” probably didn’t live anywhere near them, didnt know them at all. Hearsay, Biased second hand accounts to paint bad pictures, etc.,
This is one of my favourite videos Andong - something beautiful and unique about the story, the history, the family connection… thanks for sharing
Man, such a sausage as close to the original as possible, and you don't let grandma judge? We want to know what she said!
Perhaps she lives far away... You can't mail a fresh sausage...
@@ducomaritiem7160 But if/when he next goes to visit he should make a batch and do a follow up video for her opinion.
Andong, your friendly demeanor and educational content has consistently brought a smile to this weary American during the never-ending hellscape that has been 2020. Thank you. Dankeschön.
🤗
Now we know where the excellent story telling skill comes from. Your grandma is an absolute sweetheart. Having grown up in Latvia, part of the USSR at the time, I certainly remember Doktorskaya in exactly the same way as told by your grandma. Thank you, спасибо!
There's still great Doktorskaya being made out there, but it's really hard to find. The high-grade stuff is truly amazing. My favourite variant is the boiled beef one. Just like Andong's grandmother, I can smell it taste it.
I’m from Hungary and we call bologna “parizer” and some school canteens still serve it fried, over a pottage like dish called “főzelék”. It was a popular dish during socialist times. The smiley bologna was also a staple in most households during the 90s, gave me serious nostalgia. Great video!!
petrojuli that parizer still taste better than the American bologna... and than there was the good old "lecso kolbasz" - sausage...
I guess Parizer is similar to Extrawurst? That's probably still Austria's most popular sausage
Here in Sweden we have something called Parisare which is a big sausage slice served on a hamburger bun
Yeah, but I don't recall anyone talk about Parizer other than a low-quality food. Wonder if it was at one point as good as the early soviet version of it, mentioned in the video.
You still get the sausage Schnitzel with sweet tomato sauce pasta in eastern German university cafeterias.
Me, a Newfoundlander: "That looks like bologna.."
Reveals it is bologna.
Me, a Newfoundlander: "OOOHHHH BOY TIME TO FRY UP SOME NEWFIE STEAKS."
Yet another option for flinging into your trainwreck, eh? 😌
Oh ya
Fried bologna is a delicacy in the American South, also. Sometimes it’s even smoked like barbecue.
@@5roundsrapid263 BBQ bologna is a food of the Gods! I like to slice is 3/4th of an inch thick after smoking it and slapping the slices on a grill and lather it with my homemade BBQ sauce until it caramelizes and sticks onto it. Best sandwiches you'll ever eat!
I wasn't hungry till I read this comment. Which is funny, cause the video's about food, why didn't that cause it?
I grew up in an eastern-european socialist country. Choice was slim, but what we had, was quality stuff actually. There were no mountains of additives in products. It tasted great. But then again, this is also a sentimental thing, just as the old lady pointed out correctly.
And then, they had this scandal in Poland where they had added toilet paper to the sausage.
@@boden_staendig WTF
Any Link?
Yeah, you were a kid of a child of a communist party activist, fully understand your nostalgia...
Never made it to any of the Soviet Bloc countries, but when I lived in Europe the entire family loved the meats, sausages, etc. etc. etc. Returning Stateside, it took us all at least a year to readjust to the taste of additive upon salt upon additive upon sugar upon additive in almost all the foods here. :-(
@@nairbvel American cuisine tends to be on the salty and definitely sweet side, indeed. And often, it's not even sugar, but corn syrup. You'll notice sour ingredients are a lot more popular out east.
Your grandma is so sweet. She resembles a lot my own chilean grandma.
Please, make sure you visit her often.
Also, I'm telling Steve. NICE.
Your grandma sure knows how to tell a story! The emotion and gestures give such a great flavor to the story itself, like spices do to food. Perfection!
Now excuse me, as I get my eastern european behind ready to make that amazing meal. I've had bologna schnitzels before but never with breadcrumbs and ketchup pasta. Looks amazing!
We have a saying here in Argentina: "Stronger than a mortadella burp"
Some areas of the US sale GARLIC bologna. It is in all caps for a reason. I loved this stuff as a kid. Best way to eat it was just a slice of garlic bologna on a couple of slices of white bread. The real great thing was. Just one sandwich and you would taste it for a week. There are those who would swear you would emit the odor from all body orifices for a week.
@@dadillen5902 you actually do, you can smell it when you pee and on your sweat. Onions do it too but the smell is not as strong.
@@manueldelbusto725 I once was offered $20 to eat a whole bulb of garlic. Yes, drinking was involved. I only chewed the first few cloves before finding out it was way too hot, so I simply halved and swallowed the remainder. I can attest that every bodily fluid smelled of garlic for the next few days.
@@michaelstorm91 "Bae why dont you wanna hang out?"
I grew up in South Australia. I worked in a service deli and offering kids "free mystery meat" was very normal. I grew up with it. Here we call it "smiley fritz"
Didn't think I'd find another German-Australian in this chat
I grew up in Melbourne and remember the smiley meat, I think it’s called Devon over here
Born and raised in Melbourne, my parents would call it clown beef or silly pork (we never figured out what it actually is)
When I grew up (in West Germany), a slice of Fleischwurst for every child entering the butcher was still the norm, although they didn't have any with faces yet at the time. I soon grew up to be a vegetarian, though.
I grew up in northwestern Canada, and the German deli we got our sandwich meat and cheeses at (sliced to order, and wrapped in brown paper :) ) the ladies would give my brother and me each a slice of Lyoner sausage. I'm in NS now, and they mostly haven't even heard of it here, which is too bad. It *looks* a lot like bologna, except maybe a bit paler? And the way the grandma says to eat the doktorsausage is very good with Lyoner, too. I'd love to know how similar they tasted!
My kids were sad they weren't getting a slice themselves when we got our sandwich meat at the Sobey's' deli like I used to; but it ends up that (in the Before Times, when they would slice things to order for you) they --will-- would happily give us a sample slice if we ask, so we --do-- did that!
Man, I still miss Hildegard and Ermgart, the super nice ladies at Bert's. They used to put a couple of little candies in the bag for the two of us, too.
It's easy to see where you got your love (and talent) for storytelling! Your grandmother is so obviously excited to talk about her memories of good food that it's infectious. She's fo shizzle adorable!
"it must be white bread?"
"fo shizzle."
A bit loose as translations go, but it gets the point across xP
Lollerskates
“Please don’t tell Steve” LMAO
He'd probably say something like "it doesn't taste rancid at all!"
nice hiss
I can't wait for 200B.C. mortadela review
lets get this out onto a tray
Not very, you know... Nice.
That "face sausage" is also very popular in Ireland where we all had it in our lunch boxes. It's sold under the name "Billy Roll". I don't know why the only places that appear to have it are Germany and Ireland but that does appear to be the case.
The sell it in Australia, as well. I don't think I ever saw it in the U.S.
zaraak323i As an American, I can say that’s it’s only in European import shops. (I’ve seen it twice in an Irish import shop and an English import shop.) But never in everyday stores, and if the general populace ever saw it on display, we’d never buy it lmao. Faces are for ice cream and ice cream only!
Edit: adding ‘n’ to my ‘a’s’
the netherlands also has that stuff
Smiley sausage in Australia.
Also in Belgium! I think we even have a version with the Smurfs !
Бабушка просто золото. Такую артикулированную речь давно не слышал.
Будто актриса классического кино говорит.
@@moron1138 It's very relaxing to listen to her, isn't it? Made me smile. Greetings from Berlin!
When you pronounced Doktorskaja Kolbasa so Russian, I was sitting shook for a few minutes! What the hell? I'm a Russian in Germany, see you speaking perfect English and wondering how you are so good at it, and then you speak perfect Russian too?!?!?1? Wow!
My grandmother fed her kids during the great depression in America.
As a result, she was a wonderful woman who touched many lives.
But she was an AWFUL cook.
Haha yeah, I feel you. Of my two grandmothers, one is an amazing cook, the other is pretty poor. It's just honest facts.
I'm from Bulgaria and I love that sausage! Never realized it was a Communist sausage though.
Edit: Your grandma is truly a treasure :)
Might sound a bit creepy, but listening to your gram talk about the quality of early soviet bologna touched a weird and special place in my heart and mind. My own grandparents, while American, were poor depression-era kids, and their stories/memories, often had a similar feeling. Bless you both, you took such a mundane subject and made a beautiful and charming video. And now I absolutely have to try homemade bologna schnitzel, it looks delicious.
Your grandma is such a sweetheart, she is so cute. I love her already 💕
I actually live in Bologna, and my first thought when I saw the pic of doctor sausage was that it looked a lot like mortadella. Also, the "Soviet" part made me think you would mention Bologna, as the city is also known as "la rossa" or the 'red' city, due to its former strong ties to the USSR and the Communist party.
Love your Gran, she's amazing and I love your history lessons as well as your cooking.
4:35 It is a representation of a gambling board game. Each figurine represents a dice value, Bologna (which produces mortadella) is the jackpot, with three dices with value 6.
We have bread from Padua ("pane di Padova"), sausagese from Modena ("Salcicia di Modena"), fruit jam cake from Reggio Emilia ("Spongate di Reggio"), cheese from Piacenza ("formaggio di Piacenza")... but "Bologna's mortadella wins over everybody else".
The text can be approximately translated as: "Game of cucagna, which shows the most important culinary prerogative of many Italian cities, the game where some achieve a lower dice value and some higher. It is played with 3 dices. The first trow is for who starts first. At the end of the turn (I believe), who has the highest score takes all, the lowest has to pay 6 quattrini (a local currency).
Fun fact:
Nowdays, the term "cuccagna" often refers to something that looks too good to be true which implies that there must something wrong. The concept can be expressed as "there is no such thing as free money".
As an Italian I found it mind blowing that ketchup pasta with fried wurstel like sausages is a dish rich in history, tradition, passion and emotions.