Fish Head soup

Well, anyone who knows me, knows that when it comes to food, I'm not the most adventurous person, so I was a little nervous about coming to Russia and getting enough to eat. I have to say, I have been able to fill up at pretty much every meal I've eaten. You usually can't go wrong asking the interpreter to just order my some meat and fried potatoes (french fries).

That's not to say, I haven't eaten any meals that I probably won't be in a hurry to eat again. Take for example Fish Head Soup! We went out to see a smaller farmer in Voronezh (south of Moscow). When I say smaller, he was trying to squeeze out a living with about 8000 acres! Anyway, he was so excited that some Canadians from the Flexicoil Plant would come see him, he had to treat us to a Russian picnic. It was a little cold but a different experience.

On the table he had caviar, sausage, fruit, bread, Vodka (of course), juice (luckily) and on the fire was some pots. One pot had a rather tasty lamb soup and the other was, yes, Fish......Head.......Soup!

Believe it or not, I did try it. I figured I had to, since I wasn't sharing 4 shots of Vodka. You have to have at least 4 shots, each with a toast. The first to whatever, usually thanking us for coming. The second had to come immediately following. The third one is to the women and the fourth one is for the horse (or getting home safely). At most farms this was followed by another 4.....................................BOTTLES!

Any way, I tried the fish head soup and aside from the fish, it tasted not to bad. By the way, for those who are wondering, yes it is whole fish, they catch them cut them into about four pieces and throw them into the pot. I didn't have the guts to try the cavier. I probably would have if we could take just a little bit, but he already had it spread whole pieces of bread and I knew I wouldn't eat that much. The sausage was good and their fruit and juices was amazing.