Meanings
- alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of blintsi.
The 1000 people ate 30 large lambs, cooked and processed in the Russian way into blintsy, borsh, shashlik, and various other minor dishes, plus coffee brewed by the tubfull.^([sic])
1940 June 24, “1000 People Eat Russian Food at Anderson Ranch: Sunday Party in Ways of Old World Is Held Delightful Affair”, in Corvallis Gazette-Times, volume XXXII, number 46, Corvallis, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 52 more examples
After being seated we took our time looking over the menu which was foreign to us since we were not familiar with Russian food. Tanya had the Borsch which is beet soup made Russian style for $2.99. She really enjoyed the soup. Eric had the Blintsy with meat for $4.99.
1997 March 20, “Dining Out the College Way with Trish, Roula and Friends”, in Dave Spencer, editor, The Student Voice, volume XXX, number 22, Worcester, Mass.: Worcester State College, →OCLC, “Arts & Entertainment” section, page 8, columns 1–2Three more minutes are allocated for Stalin’s successor Malenkov, starting with a popular joke of the period, “prishel Malenkov, poeli blinkov” [Malenkov came, we ate some blintsy] […]
2025, Yelena Zotova, “From Parodies to Parades: How Post-Soviet TV Promoted Ur-Nostalgia”, in Tetyana Dzyadevych, editor, Nostalgia, Anxiety, Politics: Media and Performing Arts in Egypt, Central-Eastern Europe, and Russia (Series in Critical Media Studies), Wilmington, Del.; Málaga, Andalusia: Vernon Press, →ISBN
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