Anastasia: The Lost Princess Recipes
FOOD
We have two dishes this month:
Cabbage Soup [Click here for the Recipe Card]
We chose cabbage soup because it was close to the more historically Ukrainian / Russian Borsch, but this recipe has been a bit more Americanized for the palate of our subscribers.
For dessert we have Kartoshka Perozhina - no bake cookies. When looking for desserts for this box, this was the favorite one we found. We adapted the recipe card from the Girl and the Kitchen blog, found HERE if you want to see pictures. We thought these were super cool our of the deserts we tried, because of the importance of potatoes in Russia during this period, and essentially these are cookies called chocolate potatoes.
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DRINKS
Two adult drinks you may want to try during the adventure (if you are of age to drink!) Neither of the recipe cards have any game play components included:
We chose the mule because it’s popularity right now, while we chose the White Russian for the history behind the name and drink. Both are quick to make, and like many Russian drinks, made with Vodka.
The name of the White Russian refers to the “White” faction that were the semi-elected government of Russia after the Tsar abdicated in 1917, their revolution began in 1917, but the Bolsheviks (who were part of the original Russian revolution brought about a second more violent revolution in November of 1917. This is where Vladimir Lenin and the Communist Party took over the country and created the Soviet Union. Those who fought against him were nicknamed the “Whites” as the Communists were the “Reds.” Even the United States sent troops to help the “White” Russians, the famed “Polar Bears” or American Expeditionary Force, North Russia. Things did not go so well, so in 1919, the Americans and other allied forces pulled out of Northern Russia leaving the White Russians to fight for themselves.