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Blini (Russian Pancakes)
These filled pancakes are served during Russia's Pancake Week (Maslenitsa) celebration before Lent begins. Traditionally they're filled with caviar, jam, sour cream, or mushroom filling.
milk, eggs, salt, sugar, baking soda, citric acid, flour, vegetable oil, water, butter
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Quinine Syrup Recipe
Here is a recipe for homemade quinine syrup, which will take the staid gin and tonic up a few notches The syrup is made from cinchona, the bark of a shrub originally from Peru but now cultivated in various tropical climes worldwide, from which is extracted the alkaloid quinine, the original anti-malarial medication It is available at a well-stocked herb store or, as always, online.
water, syrup, citric acid, limes, lemons, oranges, lemongrass, allspice, cardamom pods, salt, lavender
