Day 6: Draniki Without a Drop of Flour
In a kitchen in Minsk an hour before the guests arrive, two friends grate potatoes for draniki and argue about how to make them.
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Dialogue
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A
Стоп, не три так мелко, это же не пюре. И сразу договоримся: муки ни грамма.
Stop, don't grate it so fine, it's not mash. And let's agree right now: not a gram of flour.
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B
Это ещё почему? Ложка муки и яйцо, чтобы держались, иначе они у тебя на сковородке развалятся.
Why ever not? A spoonful of flour and an egg to hold them together, or they'll fall apart in the pan.
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A
Мама всегда жарила без муки, и ничего не разваливалось. Отожми как следует и лук туда же натри.
My mum always fried them without flour, and nothing fell apart. Squeeze it out properly and grate the onion in too.
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B
Отжать-то отожму, но рисковать не буду: через час гости, а у нас вместо драников каша.
I'll squeeze it, sure, but I'm not taking chances: guests in an hour, and we'll have mush instead of draniki.
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A
Вот упёрся. Звони своей бабушке в Гродно, пусть рассудит: как скажет, так и сделаем.
So stubborn. Call your grandmother in Grodno, let her decide: whatever she says, we'll do.
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B
Бабуль, привет, рассуди нас: в драники мука нужна или нет? Угу... угу... понял, целую.
Hi, Gran, settle an argument for us: do draniki need flour or not? Uh-huh... uh-huh... got it, love you.
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A
Ну что, не томи, у меня уже руки от тёрки отваливаются: кто прав?
Well, don't keep me in suspense, my arms are about to drop off from grating: who's right?
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B
Говорит, мол, муку кладут те, кто драников в глаза не видел. И яйцо, дескать, баловство, зато тереть надо мелко.
She says, like, only people who've never set eyes on draniki put flour in. And eggs, she says, are nonsense too, but you have to grate fine.
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A
Погоди, то есть без муки, но мелко? Выходит, мы оба правы только наполовину.
Hang on, so no flour, but grated fine? So we're each only half right.
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B
И это не всё: без шкварок и сметаны, говорит, это не драники. Так что три мелко, а я побежал за салом.
And that's not all: without crackling and sour cream, she says, they're not draniki. So you grate fine, and I'm off to get some salo.
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