/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.10922798]

Has anyone made Kvass? thoughts? experiences?

[Anonymous No.10923611]

>>10922798
ITSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BORIS

[Anonymous No.10923751]

>>10922798

>went to Moscow
>bought kvass from a street vendor
>it was okay, nothing special but not bad

Well atleast the grill selling it was cute.

[Anonymous No.10923787]

Cheaper, easier, and quicker to make than most home brews.

low alcohol content (1-2%, up to 3.5% if you nail the yeast, temperature, etc.) but its about the easiest entry point for home made booze.

[Anonymous No.10923816]

Been watching a lot of Boris lately. Genuinely love his reviews of slav foods. There are a lot of polish food shops around my city. Pretty tempted to pick some stuff up tbqh

[Anonymous No.10923893]

>>10922798
I've never made it myself, but a friend of mine whipped up a batch and it was delicious. Then I ordered it later at a Russian café in my hometown and it was hardly better than carbonated water. It can be great, but it seems to really depend on the batch. Good luck

[Anonymous No.10923894]

>>10923816
his recipes are actually pretty legit. Hes no master chef but hes probably got the best slavic cooking tutorials on youtube.

I've been running through a bunch of his dishes. I tweaked his "cheap shashlyk vs expensive" recently. amazing summer grillin food.

and his recipe for plov is the truth and the word. I highly recommend giving his dishes a try.

[Anonymous No.10924144]

>>10922798
My live-in prostitute from Ukrain makes kvas sometimes. She says it reminds her of her dad who used to drink it. It just tastes like sweet non-alcoholic beer to me.

[Anonymous No.10924156]

>>10924144
>My live-in prostitute

[Anonymous No.10924188]

>>10924156
Well technically she's my wife. I met her online and she asked if I'd marry her so that she could get a green card. I said I'd do it but only if we regularly "consummated" our marriage if you catch my drift, heh. She agreed and came here and now she has to live with me for a few years before she can get residency.

[Anonymous No.10924206]

>>10924188
What would compel you to come on an anonymous image board and make up such an outrageous story?

[Anonymous No.10924225]

>>10923816
Cheburek is legit delicious.
Don't skimp on the dill, also, pre-cook the meat to drain the fat.

[Anonymous No.10924990]

>>10924225
drain the fat? why on earth would you want to reduce the fat?

[Anonymous No.10925244]

>>10924144

>Live-in prostitute

Explain, anon.

[Anonymous No.10925264]

You're the anon who blew up his ceiling this morning, aren't you?

[Anonymous No.10925525]

Link to this boris channel, I'm interested in making kvass.

[Anonymous No.10925688]

Can you use instant bread yeast for making kvass or should I go and get brewers yeast? And 2 slices of bread doesnt seem like that much for how much water there was.

[Anonymous No.10925916]

>>10925688
I've done it with regular baking yeast and brewers yeast. Both work, but you'll get better results with brewers yeast. Baking yeast turns out cloudy, and the alcohol content will be lower.

2 slices doesn't seem like enough but it is as a minimum. You can add an extra slice and more raisins if you want yours to be more flavourful though.

[Anonymous No.10925943]

>>10925264
I need a link to a thread anon.

[Anonymous No.10926309]

>>10923611
Boris is a spider.
The Who - Boris the Spider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFuUaCe8eY

[Anonymous No.10926353]

>>10922798
No but I tried some storebought stuff. It tasted like liquid mämmi and I hate that stuff so I can say I didn't like it.

[Anonymous No.10926362]

>>10925943
>>10919695

[Anonymous No.10926366]

>>10925525
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1UTJKBMvgc

[Anonymous No.10926376]

Yeah I made it (3 liters batch) and it was good. Next time I will put more rye bread in and beetroot slices maybe dried plums....

[Anonymous No.10926468]

>>10922798
A few Russian friends tell me their goto bathtub stuff is "samogon."

[Anonymous No.10926551]

>>10924188
Sounds like anime.

[Anonymous No.10926588]

>>10923751
>the grill selling it was cute
In Soviet Russia, food cart sell to you

[Anonymous No.10926654]

>>10926468
that's hard booze, a generic moonshine though.

[Anonymous No.10926693]

>>10923894
I've tried his Pelmeni and Kampot recipes. The Pelmini are amazing. Curry powder also works well with them, and you can use mashed potatoes (with copious amounts of butter) instead of meat. I've found that while the meat ones taste better than the potato ones fresh, the potato ones taste better than the meat ones after they've been in the fridge for a few days. As for the Kampot... it's not bad, but it basically just tastes like sweet fruit tea. I don't like tea. So yeah, if you're a tea lover, make it because it'll probably be great, but for me it's just meh. Maybe it tastes better with a different fruit combination. I used fuji apples and Rainier cherries.

Also tried his super-cheap pan fried bachelor chows, both with macaroni and potatoes. They're alright, wouldn't want to live on them though. Could definitely use some thousand island or at the very least some mayo and ketchup

[Anonymous No.10926709]

>>10926693
Kompot from pears and apricots is really good but way too sweet for me....as for the kompot, we usually eat just small amount along with main course dishes. Picture related.

[Anonymous No.10926713]

>>10922798
"Soft drinks? Beer? Nah man, I don't drink that manufactured poison. I quench my thirst with homemade KVASSSSSS! It's fermented and really good for you. And look at the presentation! Mason jars! Isn't it amazingly A U T H E N T I C?"

[Anonymous No.10927063]

>>10926693
Pelmeni (or perogies as I am more accustomed to saying) stuffed with saurkraut is the truth and the word

[Anonymous No.10927181]

Kvass tastes like Maekkol, a South Korean soft drink.

[Anonymous No.10927253]

>>10926693
I just made some kompot from strawberries and blueberries last night
It tastes like a sort of drinkable jam
Pretty nice, but I wouldn't drink it for every meal

[Anonymous No.10927280]

>>10922798
i dont like the taste