SC - Re: Ruzzige cake

[Elaine Koogler]

Dunno.  I was always under the impression that they were the same thing...could
be mistaken, however!

Kiri

Nanna Rognvaldardottir wrote:

> 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
>
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