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Stews and soups are some of the most common and best Russian food, originally being favoured because they were easy to cook and store in large quantities. Famous soups that are a regular feature in Russian family dinners include pea soup, bean soup with walnuts, okroshka made from kvass and vegetables and solyanka which is both spicy and salty, and can be made with meat, fish, sausage of mushrooms.