Day 117: Why the Pies Are Triangles
At a colleague's home in Kazan, a guest from Moscow on a business trip sits down to tea and sees an unfamiliar dish on the table.
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Dialogue
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Какие интересные пирожки! А почему они такой формы?
What interesting pies! Why are they that shape?
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B
Это эчпочмак. По-татарски это и значит «три угла».
It's echpochmak. In Tatar, that's exactly what it means: "three corners".
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A
А внутри что? Хотя пахнет так, что уже неважно.
And what's inside? Though it smells so good, it hardly matters.
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B
Мясо, лук и картошка. Жена их сегодня утром напекла.
Meat, onion and potatoes. My wife baked them this morning.
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A
Попробовав такое, я московские пирожки есть не смогу!
After tasting these, I won't be able to eat Moscow pies!
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B
Не волнуйтесь, десяток уже упакован вам в дорогу.
Don't worry, ten of them are already packed for your trip.
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