SC - Re: Ruzzige cake

[Nanna Rognvaldardottir]

Kiri wrote:


>Thanks!  Though I must say, I've never had them stuffed with caviar, but
rather
>cheese or fruit.


Isn´t there some mix-up here? (I´m sorry if this has been discussed already
but my server has lost a bunch of messages I never saw.) I could be wrong
but I´ve always understood that blini and blintz are two different things.
Blin means "pancake" in Russian and can be either a small pancake or a crepe
but the blini best known outside Russia, at least, are small (10 centimeters
or less in diameter and 6-8 millimeters thick), leavened with yeast, and
usually eaten hot with butter and a savoury filling, frequently caviar and
sour cream. Traditionally they ara made of buckwheat, although there are
flour-only versions.

Blintz, on the other hand, is an eggy pancake/crepe of Jewish origin,
leavend with baking powder (or just with eggs) and can be either sweet or
savoury.

Nanna