For the guys that have brought over a lady

[wsbill]

Did you wifes have any adverse reactions to certain foods and drinks that we americans are accustom to.  For instance did they shy away from drinking water from your tap vs insisting on bottled water.

No doubt, our food is packed full of preservative and is called spicy.
Is there any thing we should avoid.

And what about her childrens.

For the guys married do you find yourselfs eating alot more Ukrainian/Russian meals or is she more in to experimenting with making western meals ?

[DanM]

... in response to For the guys that have brought over a la..., posted by wsbill on Apr 25, 2003

Like Svanos1, my wife is big into making sure everything is natural whenever possible. We eat lots of fresh vegitables and fruits every day. With every meal in fact.

I am not sure if its a trend with Russian women preferring natural foods, but I am pretty sure its adding years to my life.

[SteveM]

... in response to Re: For the guys that have brought over ..., posted by DanM on Apr 28, 2003

Part of it is that fresh fruit and vegetables were nearly impossible to get during the winter months when most of our wives/fiances were growing up.  So, in addition to the health reasons, part of the attraction is just the ability to get them all the time.

[DanM]

... in response to Fruits and Vegetables, posted by SteveM on Apr 28, 2003

For my wife and her parents, it was mostly due to the advice of their doctor. He is pretty big on nutrition. My wife said he has been offered teaching positions in the USA so I guess he is fairly good.

[SteveM]

... in response to For the guys that have brought over a la..., posted by wsbill on Apr 25, 2003

As far as cooking Russian food, it varies.  Sometimes we go a week or more, but then we have a run of traditional dishes.  One that I have not seen mentioned is garshochki--small clay pots filled with potatoes, meat and vegetables.  Also, the soups really are great--sausage, shchee, and bean/split pea, in addition to borsch.  The salads rate a mention too--Olivier, rice with crab sticks or tuna, beet vinagrette, and baklazhan (roasted eggplant).

She has liked most of what I cook--roasts, corned beef, barbequed ribs/chicken, grilled fish, and meatloaf come to mind.  Eating out, I got luckier than I ever hoped for.  Sushi and other Japanese food is her favorite, which is not surprising for someone who spent two years working in Tokyo.  Chinese and Thai is very popular; Indian, Ethiopian, and Middle Eastern also has gone over well.  Mexican is also on the regular list.

Can't get her inside an Italian restaurant to save my life, though.  Other than an occaisional diner, we don't wind up eating at American places very often, either--one thing that married life has not changed for me.

[Rags]

... in response to For the guys that have brought over a la..., posted by wsbill on Apr 25, 2003

Bottled water only. I think that the chlorine is as bad to them as anything that could possibly be in the water. Plus old habits die hard. It's really no big deal except filling the ice trays is kind of a pain.

My wife loves to try "interesting dishes" when we eat out but at home it's usually good old home cooking (Ukrainian style). No complaints from me there. She has fallen in love with Chinese food, Italian is O.K., but not really crazy about Mexican even though she likes spicy food (the only woman that I met in my search that did).

[oneiroknight]

... in response to For the guys that have brought over a la..., posted by wsbill on Apr 25, 2003

My wife was more interested in trying as much of the food here as possible, things that she hadn't been exposed to there.  She is pretty open minded, and came to really enjoy Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Japanese food.  She doesn't realy like Vietnamese foods, nor Mexican food, but most of the other Russian and Ukrainian immigrants I have met enjoy Mexican food.  Our American salads are something unexpected for them.  We have make a trip to the Russian deli periodically to get some smoked fish, sausage, Kefir, and Pelmini, or whatever else.  I get the craving for borsht now and again, and she prepares a "Russian" dish so often...  I'd say it's about half and half.  Many foods she found too spicy, but she is getting accustomed to it.  As far as the water goes...  well, I prefer bottled water also, just because tap water tastes nasty.

[Lynn]

... in response to Re: For the guys that have brought over ..., posted by oneiroknight on Apr 25, 2003

There is a reason for it to taste nasty-----it is. Check the "federally" acceptable limits on municipal water----especially "toilet paper" content. I am going to switch back over to my well and invest in a ozone generator.

[wsbill]

... in response to Re: Re: For the guys that have brought o..., posted by Lynn on Apr 26, 2003

Just make sure you use a floride rinse for your teeth.

What is the Ozone generator for ?

Electric pump is what I use.. LOL.

[Lynn]

... in response to Re:   Well water is what I drink..., posted by wsbill on Apr 26, 2003

Water purification---no chemicals---and it oxidizes all the harmful germs and bacteria, to say nothing of making your water taste great! You should do some reading on it. It's one of the best kept secrets in the medical field as well. If you are interested in that aspect, do not, I say do not read anything on any site that the gummit has anything to do with or the AMA for that matter, they are biased and you will see why if you go to this site;

http://www.geocities.com/ojoronen/OZ.HTM

It is a long read with a lot of links, but well worth the time. As I understand it, this has been used very successfully in eastern Europe for many years. Why isn't it mainstream here? In 1933 there was put forth mandates that medical treatments not involving "drug base treatment" to be shunned by board certified physicians. After all, if people aren't sick, why would we need doctors and drug companies?

[Rags]

... in response to Re: Re:   Well water is what I drink..., posted by Lynn on Apr 26, 2003

Being a water treatment professional I can address the ozone subject with a little background.

I have worked in several WTPs that used ozone as a PRIMARY disinfectant. The main advantage to using ozone is that it does not react with compounds in the raw water to form cancer causing byproducts such as trihalomethane (chlorine does). However it leaves no residual to protect from bacterial contamination in the distribution system therefore all public water systems are required to maintain a chlorine residual to the farthest reaches of their distribution system. Chlorine is added after the treatment processes to remove suspended and dissolved solids from the water so that the formation of THMs is lessened (not eliminated).

Ozone is only a disinfectant and does not "treat" the water aside from oxidizing some phenols and changing the radicals of some disolved metals to get them to precipitate more easily.

The use of ozone in wells (ground water as opposed to surface water) is not usually done except in some cases of high manganese content. It is very expensive to purchase and operate. It leaves no residual to react against bacteria that cause taste and odor problems in your pipes such as those that convert iron and sulpher compounds.

If you have taste/odor problems in well water, ozone is a poor choice for treatment (although there are many salesmen out there who would love to sell you a system). If you have a bacterial problem such as e.coli, you need the dig a new well into an uncontaminated aquafier.

[Lynn]

... in response to Re: Ozone, posted by Rags on Apr 27, 2003

My use of ozone would be a point of use system. Iron and maganase are present, but not to big of a problem. I plan to use the ozone treated water for drinking only.

[Rags]

... in response to Re: Re: Ozone, posted by Lynn on Apr 27, 2003

[This message has been edited by Rags]

That might work OK. You could get some precipitate but it should taste better if your taste problems are phenol based. I would see if you can get a "test" unit installed to check the results before buying.

For taste and/or precipitate problems and a limited use such as drinking water use only, an activated carbon canister and filter cartrige would be a better (and cheaper) option.

This is not really the intended use of ozone unless you have a well that is contaminated from ground water runoff or phenol intrusion. If your well is sealed and the aquefier is not contaminiated by runoff or seepage you should have no need for an oxidizer type disinfection system.

BTW, ozone has been used here in the US since the 40's. It's definitely not the "new" technology that many chemical and WT salesmen would lead you to believe. It has fairly recently (1980s) become more widely used in SURFACE water treatment (even though it is very expensive) because of mandates to lower THM (identified carcinogen) levels. I would say that it would be an extreme rarity to find it used in a well system but, these guys will try to sell you anything. I'd be certain of the results before I put any money down.

[Lynn]

... in response to Re: Point  of use, posted by Rags on Apr 28, 2003

Thanks for your imput. Actually disinfection is not my main interest (although it's a good perk), I am planning on buying a cold plasma generator (no nitrogen oxides output)large enough to use with a personal sauna cabinet and another smaller unit to ozanate drinking water just before use. Actually, I'm looking more toward a unit that will produce medical grade ozone--it's looking like 1,800---2,500 bucks for a good one, but it has a tranferable lifetime warantee.

[John K]

... in response to Re: Re:   Well water is what I drink..., posted by Lynn on Apr 26, 2003

Long read there.  It's gonna take some time to figure it all out.  So how does one ionize their water?  The article says put the North pole inward.  That doesn't make much sense to me...