I thought I knew the answer to the question, then I thought I didn't know. Now I think I thought I ... oh shoot.
One thing I know for sure is reading the cuisine portion of this thread has made me sick to my stomach!
To quote Chichikov (from Gogol's
Dead Souls)
"
I will not eat abominations!"
Or at least that's to the best of my memory what he said. And no, I didn't read it in Russian although I imagine someone here did! 