bliny

English

Noun

bliny (plural blinys or bliny)

1. Alternative form of blini
   • 1989, Josephine Bacon, “Buckwheat - Food for Peasants and Pheasants”, in Harlan Walker, editor, Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery, 1989: Staple Foods; Proceedings, Prospect Books, published 1990, →ISBN, page 40:

     In fact, buckwheat is most popular in pancakes, on its own or mixed with wheat, as in blinys.

   • 1989, Martin Walker, Soviet Union (Collins Independent Travellers Guide), William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, →ISBN, page 185:

     The Chainaya, or tea-room, used to be the place for a late supper of blinys and champagne after a ballet at the Bolshoy across the street, one of the few places in town where one could hope to eat that late.

   • 2009, Robert van Voren, On Dissidents and Madness: From the Soviet Union of Leonid Brezhnev to the “Soviet Union” of Vladimir Putin, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 210:

     When finished with the first helping, a refill or two was automatically provided, no questions asked. It was murderous, but there was no escape. We developed a new vocabulary, all evolving around the concept of “murder by blinys,” but it didn’t take away the obligation to eat until one’s pants couldn’t fit anymore and there was difficulty walking without constant belly pains.

   • 2019, Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon, Versify, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 373:

     Many of the villagers provided Mama with milk and cheese, and she made dozens and dozens of bliny for everyone.

Noun

bliny

1. plural of blin