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Unfortunately, as a loyal vassal of the United States.
It is also the first thing that springs to mind: foggy Albion, football, major financial center, Wales and Irish traditional music, the cradle of the Anglo-Saxon world.
Who is the mortal enemy of Russia? Germany or Poland?
"Enemy" is very strong word in the Russian language. The enemy must be destroyed by any means. Russian does not have enemies in the current moment, except terrorists.
Russian are respecting of Germans. Russian and Germans quickly find a common language. Poles behave more complicated. They want to be a major in Slavic family, but Russia does not allow them to do so.
Carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, beets and the seasonal fruits mostly. Most veggies I would eat raw and even craved at times.
I had PD (Per diem $40) that the boss paid and I also had access to the cafeteria at Ismailova rail yards when I was there. Otherwise I fended for myself and I was never far from a metro station and their little food kiosks during work times.
Smolensk train station had a small restaurant on the northwest side of the building on the platform. There was a smaller café inside that served coffee ect. Almost every train station had something.
I think it was local but I was impressed. None of that Tyson concentration camp chicken.
Seriously, you never ate raw carrots in the US? That's hard to believe. And now they've revived old "heritage" varieties, the purple carrots, which have 3 times the nutrient content. I can't imagine why you wouldn't eat raw carrots.
Some cafeterias/canteens are good. Others--not so much. Odd to compare those to American restaurants, though. I suppose you're comparing them to fast food in the US? That's not an appropriate comparison. Russia, too, has fast food shops that sell deep-fried snacks. That would be a more appropriate comparison. Otherwise, you should compare cafeterias to cafeterias, for example: hospital cafeterias and other worker-based cafeterias.
Every train station has "something", but it can hardly be called a restaurant. More like a snack bar. Suddenly, your goal posts are moving all over the place. If you want to make a fair comparison, say: Russian baked goods available in snack bars to American ones, then you can't lose.
I don't know anything about Tyson chicken. Apparently Russian chicken-raising techniques have changed a bit since they were faced with American imports in the 90's. If you'd had Russian chicken back then, you'd have a different view. However, Russian traditional cooking can work wonders. Institutional cooking--not so wondrous. Or hit and miss, at best, probably same as in the US.
The younger generation is gradually losing this feeling of hatred. But I remember how my grandmother felt the same.
I've run into both sides of this. Some people dislike Germans due to WWII memories. Others go farther back in history, and say that Germans have made wonderful contributions to Russian society and science/technology.
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