Pelmeni

I looked at a presentation of 2 classmates about a food tradition. Abdellah and Berkant talked about a food tradition that Russians celebrate. It’s called Pelmeni. Pelmeni is a tradition and it means Ear bread. So the name of this food tradition is given to the food self. Pelmeni is a type of dumpling filled with meat and wrapped in thin, uneven dough. It’s very spicy but it depends on the amount of herbs and pepper that they put in it. Because of that, Pelmeni bread can last a few days. That is what they eat that day. Pelmeni may not look very tasty but it’s important in the Russian culture and a very popular dish. They haven’t got a particular reason for making Pelmeni, it’s just a tradition. This bread is accompanied with vodka and a lot of sour cream. They only celebrate it in Russia but they actually said that this tradition has been copied of Chinese people. This food tradition is celebrated the day after New Year.

This presentation was generally good and informative but there were some mistakes. When they talked, it was like they weren’t sure about themselves. They were hesitating and that gives a bad visual of the presentation. What I also noticed is that they just give a lot of information about the food. Of course it is the purpose of the presentation but it’s better to give more information to the tradition itself. It’s a pity that their Powerpoint contains a lot of text. It would have been better to show more pictures because like that you can get the attention of the classmates. The information about the food was good and detailed, I learned a lot.

Pelmeni was a food tradition that I didn’t know. Thanks to Abdellah and Berkant I learned what is is and what they do on this day. I think it is a special day, because it’s the only tradition that eats something like that bread. I would like to eat that bread one day. It seems tasty.