Blin

nathemore for that spectacle bad, / Did th'other two their cruell vengeaunce blin [...].

One while the little foot page went, / And another while he ran; / Until he came to his journey's end / The little foot page never blan.

A child may cry for half an hour, and never blin ; it may rain all day, and never blin ; the train ran 100 miles, and never blinned.

Thus blinned their boast, as we well ken

The cook raised an immense amount of dough for the bliny. […] “Hey, a blin for me!” one would call, holding out an empty plate with a hand dripping with butter and sour cream.

Have a deep round buttered dish by the side of the stove and put each blin into this dish as it is ready; butter the blin, and place the next blin on top. When all the bliny are cooked, cover the dish with a cloth; it is not essential to serve them immediately.

No one ever eats just one blin. This is probably why the singular of blini is unknown to most food aficionados, though they do know that these little thin pancakes, of either wheat or buckwheat, often accompany caviar. You wrap them around a little mound of it and dab the blin with sour cream. Royal Gourmet prepares wheat blini on order to go.

“But Papa, art requires sacrifices,” Olenka would say, standing up for Benedikt. / “The first blin is always lumpy,” Mother-in-law comforted. / “There you go, talking about bliny again! How come you only talk about one thing: bliny and more bliny! . . .”