Armenian cuisine breakfast dishes were hearty. They included: "Hash", sometimes colloquially called the "Armenian hangover cure", is a basic dish of simmered cow's hooves. "Hash" is mentioned in 12th century medieval Armenian texts. Meals in Armenia often start with a spread of appetizers served for "the table". Armenian appetizers include stuffed vine leaves (called "yalanchy sarma", a type of "dolma"), a fried cheese-stuffed pastry called "dabgadz banir boerag", stuffed mussels ("midye dolma") and several types of pickled vegetables generally known as "torshi". Toasted pumpkin seeds are a popular snack; Armenians call them "tutumi gud". Chickpea balls called "topik" are made by Turkey's
Nyanya (dish) Nyanya (dish) Nyanya or niania () is an ancient Russian dish. It consists of a sheep’s abomasum stuffed with mutton brains, head meat, legs, onion and buckwheat porridge. The dish is known from the 9th century. Nyanya was forbidden by the Russian Orthodox Church because pagan Slavs used the dish in their rituals. The nyanya is mentioned in "Dead Souls" by Nikolai Gogol: "My dear," said Sobakevitch, "the cabbage soup is excellent." With that he finished his portion, and helped himself to a generous measure of niania, the dish which follows shtchi and consists of a sheep's stomach stuffed with