Happy Hippo

Nothing says party like pancakes and butter.
Some families are in the midst of celebrating Maslenitsa those days.

Topped with sour cream, caviar, berries or jam, blinis are everywhere, anyway you like ‚em. Why blinis? Their round shape and warmth were meant to symbolize the sun. And they’re usually drenched in butter (the festival, whose name derives from „maslo,“ the Russian word for butter, is also known as „Butter Week“).

What about you? Did you eat pancakes those days?