RUBbette Wives & Housework, si man

[james&olya 1,121]

Just out of curiosity for those of you whose wives cook...does she make enough food to feed a small army?!? My wife doesn't know how to prepare small meals...there's always enough leftovers to last for at least a week! No joke!!! And there are certain holidays (like Christmas) where she is compelled to cook something like 12 dishes...no one can eat all that! At least I finally managed to convince her to tailor what she cooks a little bit and leave out the sandwiches with stinky little fish...she'd have like dozens of those and no one ever touched them.

But it's my fault for not eating more!

[james&olya 1,121]

I got extremely homesick on New Years though, so while we were cooking, I was watching Russian TV online (even though I barely ever watch TV), shut the drapes, imagining there's snow outside and started celebrating New Years at 3 pm with my family in Russia via Skype.

We celebrated New Years at 3PM and again at midnight. No need to shut the drapes here to imagine snow! But no homesickness for Olga that I could see. That could be because her mother, brother, and his new wife all got visas and are here for the holidays! They did wonder why our president didn't go on TV just before midnight to make a little speech!

[slim 1,530]

They did wonder why our president didn't go on TV just before midnight to make a little speech!

It's because he's run out of people to apologize to.

[TBoneTX 45,649]

It's because he's run out of people to apologize to.

What? He ran out of Muslims?

[Amby 490]

The dishes. But Alla either has less dishes, pots and pans than you or has managed to learn how to use ALL of them for baking her "simple" four ingredient cake (flour, eggs, sugar, apples)

is that the one made of mostly apples? it's called harlot cake, right? that's what my uncle's russian wife calls it.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

is that the one made of mostly apples? it's called harlot cake, right? that's what my uncle's russian wife calls it.

Very simple. Cut the apples in pieces and put them in a baking pan with 2" high sides. Mix eggs and sugar and flour in a bowl, pour the mixture over the apples and bake (I do not know the exact quantities of ingredients but she makes these cakes like 2-3 times per week so I have seen her do it) She uses Grannysmith apples for this. She was actually baffled at the types of apples we have here and had to experiment to find the right ones for baking, for eating, etc. Ukriane usually offers two types of apples...yellow or red. In season there are more sometimes but nothing like the array of apples we have here...one of the "big pluses" of the USA.

I could do this with TWO dishes plus a measuring cup.

I have not heard her clal them a "harlit cake" but I can ask. She just calls it "apple cake" but I am sure it has a Russian name

[Amby 490]

Very simple. Cut the apples in pieces and put them in a baking pan with 2" high sides. Mix eggs and sugar and flour in a bowl, pour the mixture over the apples and bake (I do not know the exact quantities of ingredients but she makes these cakes like 2-3 times per week so I have seen her do it) She uses Grannysmith apples for this. She was actually baffled at the types of apples we have here and had to experiment to find the right ones for baking, for eating, etc. Ukriane usually offers two types of apples...yellow or red. In season there are more sometimes but nothing like the array of apples we have here...one of the "big pluses" of the USA.

I could do this with TWO dishes plus a measuring cup.

I have not heard her clal them a "harlit cake" but I can ask. She just calls it "apple cake" but I am sure it has a Russian name

Yeah I think that's the one I'm thinking about.

[ONA 133]

It's not a cake, it's a pie.

And it's called "Sharlotka"

[ONA 133]

Gary, I don't agree with the choice of apples in Ukraine (or Russia) either. There are all kinds of sorts of apples there - some are greener or more yellowish or red of different shades, different shapes, sizes, different taste, some are more firm than others etc. Both of my grandmas live in small towns and there are a bunch of apple gardens around them - people there know the names to every sort.

[TBoneTX 45,649]

people there know the names to every sort.

Well, how'd'yew like THEM apples?

[visaveteran1 33]

Is it me...

...or has this thread turned into a total boring sleep-a-thon?

I mean, who cares except Amby the ####### caretaker?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Kira makes an "apple cake" but it's more of a cake than a pie.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It's not a cake, it's a pie.

And it's called "Sharlotka"

Thats it. Must be where the "harlot" reference comes from. THAT's a pie? No. It has all the characterics of cake. I would call it a "coffee cake" in equivilent English, although what the British call "pudding" is hardly the same as what we call pudding.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Is it me...

...or has this thread turned into a total boring sleep-a-thon?

I mean, who cares except Amby the ####### caretaker?

But if the ####### caretaker cares...then it matters. At least that is how it works in this house.

[Amby 490]

It's not a cake, it's a pie.

And it's called "Sharlotka"

oh hahaha. I'm going to ask her specifically what she calls it. maybe I just misunderstood her lol