shi with Vera

Vera was an English tutor. The degree she was working toward was one in teaching. Anyway, she sometimes took me along to her lessons with her students. So I had the opportunity to meet them and their families. I told Vera I was curious about Shi, which is cabbage soup. So Vera talked to her student Yana’s mother, Sveta. We wound up making it one afternoon. Vera did all the translating, since the mother did not know English. She knew right away that I couldn’t cook either. So I learned in Russia, pretty quick. We cut up vegetables, the meat etc. An hour later it was ready. Vera also wrote down the recipe for me, I still have it somewhere.

I will update this entry with the recipe once i find it.