Oats: 1 cup
Water (boiling): 1/2 cup
Mushrooms: 3 pieces
Potato: 1 piece
Onion: 1 piece
Garlic: 2 cloves
Herbs, salt, and pepper to taste,
Vegetable oil for frying
1. Place the oats in a bowl, pour boiling water over them, cover with a lid, and let them soak for 20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, peel the potato and grate it finely. Peel, wash, and grate the onion. Cut the mushrooms into small cubes, chop the herbs, and press the garlic through a garlic press.
3. Add the soaked oats to the bow…

Cottage Cheese Dumplings with Pumpkin
Ingredients:

Cottage cheese: 250g
Egg: 1
Pumpkin flesh: 200g
Salt and pepper to taste
Flour: 100g

Instructions:
Start by mashing the cottage cheese with the egg, then season with salt and pepper. Finely chop the pumpkin and either roast it in the oven until tender or boil it until soft. Once cooked, mash the pumpkin into a puree. Combine the pumpkin puree with the cottage cheese mixture.
Add the flour to the mixture and knead to form a dough. Shape the dou…

Ingredients:
– Ground chicken – 700-800 g (about 1.5-1.75 lbs)
– Chicken liver – 300 g (about 0.66 lbs)
– Egg – 1
– Onion – 1
– Bran – 5-6 tablespoons
– Breadcrumbs – 2-3 tablespoons
– Milk – 50 ml (about 3.4 tablespoons)
– Salt, black pepper, and spices to taste.
Instructions:
Add the bran soaked in milk, the egg, grated onion, salt, pepper, and spices to the ground chicken. Mix well.
Sauté the pieces of liver in oil over high heat, seasoning with salt.
Form the chicken mixture into balls, the…

Sausage Rolls
Ingredients:

Sausages: 6 pieces
Warm milk: 1 cup
Butter: 30 g (about 2 tablespoons)
Vegetable oil: 1 tablespoon
Egg: 1
Sugar: 1 teaspoon
Salt: 0.5 teaspoon
Dry yeast: 1 teaspoon
Flour: 2 cups

Instructions:

Dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm milk.
Beat the egg with salt, vegetable oil, and melted butter.
Add the egg mixture to the milk with the yeast and sugar.
Sift the flour and gradually add it to form a soft dough.
Shape the dough into a ball and coat it with vegetable o…

Ingredients:

Flour – as needed for the dough
1 cup of kefir
1 egg
14 oz (400 g) of ground meat
2-3 onions
Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions:

In a bowl, pour in the kefir, add the egg and salt. Whisk together with a fork.
Gradually add flour, mixing until combined. When the dough becomes thick, transfer it to a floured surface and knead it. The dough should be firm but not too soft.
Let the dough rest on the counter for 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Combine the ground …

History has preserved a statement from an American clergyman. In 1875, he proclaimed that science could not advance any further; it had discovered everything there was to discover. When he was told that humans would one day fly through the air, the clergyman flew into a rage.
“Only angels can fly! To suggest that humans could do so is to insult God!”
It’s worth noting that there were many such statements from clergymen of his time. We might not remember them if it weren’t for the clergyman’s la…