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Cooking Around the World: Estonia

Every now and then this lone resident of the testosterone land called 'In the Land of the Manns' flexes her estrogen-fueled muscles and makes things a little bit frilly in the kitchen. Tonight's tabletop travel to Estonia is a case in point. I wanted everything to be pink...well, except the beer! Typical Estonian dishes include: Silgusoust (Baltic fish in acid sauce), Mulgikapsad (pork with sauerkraut and boiled potatoes), Verivorst (blood sausage and barley), Marineeritud angerjas (marinated eel), Sült (boiled pork in jelly), Keel Hernestega (tongue), Suitsukala (smoked fish) and Karask (a kind of dry cake-like barley bread). But none of those sound very girly or pink. I opted for... Rosolje Beet Salad Salad 4 potatoes, boiled and cooled 3 beets, boiled and cooled 3 eggs, boiled and cooled 2 apples, peeled, cored and chopped Garnish cornichon pickled herring 1/2 sweet onion, chopped 3/4 C sour cream Dressing 3/4 C sour...