Traditional CHIROPRACTOR EXPERIENCE in UKRAINE!! Cossack Village Food + Tour | Marynivka, Ukraine

Oh! Good afternoon everyone, this is David Hoffman from David's Been Here coming at you from Marinovka, Ukraine, a small village about a 45 minute drive north of Odessa. Today what I'm going to do is I'm going to show you a Cossack village. If you guys don't know what Cossacks are, these were like cowboys in the 1750s that were fending off the Ottomans and the Poles from their land. Here we're going to learn about how traditional life was back then. We're going to see pottery, blacksmith, horses, and we're going to eat some delicious food. Let's go inside, let's meet with our guide. Hey! Good afternoon! Hello! Natasha! Yes? So what's the plan? We're going to see inside how people lived, then we're going to try different things doing by themselves, and then we're trying local food. And she lives here and this house is over 130 years old. Yeah, this was made so you can bow, right? And this is a museum, so half of it's a museum, she still lives here as well. Whoa, look at this, this is all the clothing, right? In this room they have pottery, they have clothing, traditional clothing with beautiful embroidery. And this is from this area, right? I love it, everything is beautiful. In these old houses they always have a corner where they have the idols, right? Orthodox, that's sort of how it is, right? Beautiful. No, I love it. It's white, you have a little bit of color here, right, so flowers, more pottery. Really beautiful. And here we have the power, right here, look at this one, huge. Love it. Oh, this one's very nice. This one's incredible. Look at that. So this is a symbol of Ukraine right here, right? Just the craftsmanship, huh? You know, they carved this. I have one already, but you know, you can still use it as a back massage. No, I'm joking. So here we have their oven, okay? So they have this to put the bread in, right? Spade. And then they have different instruments here for weaving. So this house is 130 years old, it's completely original except the roof. That obviously collapsed. And in this room, like I showed you, so many different things, but they also have ceramics and more pottery, right? So that's all made in the village, like in this area. Careful. So right at the entrance, we have her bed, this is where she sleeps. Okay, let's keep going. When she came here five years ago, it was empty. Just these three walnut trees and all the gardens, she planted it herself. The flag of Ukraine, Slava Ukraine, Slava. So it looks like a huge barrel full of water. So what type of water is this? Touch it. Oh, it's like ice cold water. So this is like basically a sort of for the sauna, right? Yeah. Outdoor shower. Careful. Oh, ice. Oh, it's cold. We're going to fix my back. He has some, some ancient spinal therapy. Let's see. And next to that room, you have the sauna room, which just checked out. I mean, just one sauna in there, you know, a place where people can relax. There's a few people in there actually hanging out. So we just have to get out of there. Look at this. Beautiful. Wow. This is nice. Look at this. Oh, he's cutting some wood with the axe. Perfect day to be here. Look at the weather. I mean, sunny, really relaxing. Some couples here. There's some families here. Just hanging out, having like a mini barbecue, cutting some wood. And these are basically like, I guess like little cottages, right? Little bungalows. So you can sleep here, right? It's a hotel. They're going to fix you for life. For life. Okay. So my friend here is like, gotta just lay down and he's going to cut my spine. He's going to get me. He's going to destroy me. He's going to pinch me a bit. Pinch. Oh. Okay, okay, okay. What is that? Oh Don't be afraid Oh my gosh, he like pulled my neck out Definitely worth it He's having to be a little flushed, but I feel way better. It's already almost three. So we're going straight to lunch I am beyond hungry. I Love this place. Look at this Incredible beautiful nice It's like a wooden dining room. The whole thing is made of these Massive pieces of wood. It's like logs, right? This place is great and it's super cool in here outside It's hot in here. It's cool. I don't even see air conditioning So this is just like, you know circulation first from the breeze coming through and this is our traditional Ukrainian meal here Porsche always the best over here We have potatoes cucumber tomato salad, and I'm pretty sure this is a potato fritter with egg, right? If that I've had so many potato fritters on this trip and it reminds me of it but yeah, it's a chicken cutlet great chicken cutlet and we also have Who's bought Mmm, so who's bought made from fruit? Mmm. Oh, yeah, definitely cherries. So we're obviously gonna start off with the first Thing you have to which is the borscht and we also have a sauce here. It's sour cream always right, but but it reminds me of Mayo Look at this. Let it all just drizzle in Mix it and so this borscht soup cabbage onions and Is it pork and beef or just beef bell peppers as well, but there is a piece of meat in here Mm-hmm. Oh, it's pork. Remember don't call it borscht soup. Call it borscht Mmm. Oh Yeah Creamy this one's a little more soupy. Some of them are more stewy, you know bigger chunks. This one has more like liquidy, right? Mm-hmm. Mmm And this is a pork rib Anyway, have my favorite bread of all time the rye bread so good here in the east. You're gonna eat this every day Eastern Europe Let the rye bread soak up That delicious soup. Mm-hmm. You gotta keep this away from me eat the whole thing. It's so good It is filling. It's chunky. I ate borscht every single day in Kyiv here in Odessa. I haven't so I'm super happy I'm eating it now So we got chicken cutlet we have some boiled potatoes I try this potato Mm-hmm the Ukraine they love the potatoes now, where's the vodka? Orylka Orylka, so you don't drink vodka you drink Orylka Mm-hmm This is a nice refreshing summer salad Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I would say it's almost it would almost be Greek if we had the feta cheese Mmm, and this is the chicken cutlet That chicken only a few times while I've been in the country, it's way more pork and beef I don't know what they're saying, but I love it Mmm, so the chicken has been pounded and lightly breaded. Oh, it's so good. It's a little oily Mm-hmm Mm-hmm. I'm sure this is village chicken right right here So fresh Everything here is farm-to-table But on top of that do that boom It's a thick sour cream. I've never seen it. That's why I thought it was like mayo Yeah, everything is homemade by the owner and her team. They're here chopping in the back here Mmm Cucumbers are so good. It's so fresh To be honest, I'm like awake like after getting that spine cracked and the neck stretched Slava Ukraine Slava Well, Jerry's like popping out of here The owner brought me here to the back to show me how she makes the chicken cutlet So basically she cuts chicken pounds it flips it pounds it again add salt pepper Then she puts it in flour egg, you know lightly both then fries it very simple, right? Very easy, but super delicious Cossack food right here outside of Odessa. Okay next let's go Right when you walk outside the restaurant you have the ponies with two beautiful ponies here It's just scared me because he came up to me like really fast. He's hungry, right? Besides being the husband of the owner. Well, he's also the owner. Obviously. He's a blacksmith and he's also a chiropractor He picks my back and now he's gonna light a fire. We're gonna make some stuff. Let's see He's gonna heat up that brass long like a stick, oh my gosh, this is insane I've only seen this like twice in India I also saw in key when went to another coast like village But I've never any other time in my life seen blacksmith, you know make beautiful works of art So he's doing now it keeps like, you know pounding this brass This brass stick and then he keeps eating it up and then he shapes it into whatever he's trying to make, right? He's really made like horseshoes, but they also make other things as well So he made me a gift. This is a poker for the chimney. Unfortunately, I don't have a chimney I live in a really hot place, but I'll still take it and right now it's still like super hot I'm letting it cool down a little bit. So you just gotta leave in water, right? So this is his bunnies house, it's like a pit you just go down there you leave the bunny For winter. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, and the bunnies right here And this is where he keeps some of his bunnies, I mean they're massive I haven't seen like this before I'd say 10 10 15 kilo Big big and this is the room where they store the hay during winter. I'm gonna go upstairs Whoo son Oh More hay and the second level of this barn is completely covered in hay stacks and stacks of hay Look at this so many so obviously this is used to feed animals But also from the barn you get epic views over the area. So over here we have the village You have another village the estuary and the day cannot be better. Look at that beautiful. It's already 4 p.m Look at this, so I thought it was a beehive. It's an entire house for bees. Oh, I gotta be really careful Yeah, be really careful. Yeah My daughter actually got bit by a bee the other day. We were really scared. I'm gonna walk away from this I don't like to be around the bees, especially if I don't have a whole entire suit covering myself You can actually go and sleep on top of where the bees are So he's telling me to lay down on top of the And next up we're gonna see how they make some pottery I haven't seen this here yet When I was in the Kossak village in Kyiv, it was closed. But here she's gonna do it for me She's needed this clay to remove all the air from it because if there's any air inside the Plate or whatever you make with rake when you are putting it into the fire And it's special white clay for making dishes Pots and stuff like that So from the look of it, it looks like she's making a small bowl, okay? Just like this one right here and this is still very fresh you did today still like drying All right, my friends that is it we explored this incredible Kossak village, how do you say it Sadiq? Sadiba Sadiba So we had a great experience right 45 minute drive from Odessa going north you come here You can have lunch. You can see how they make pottery. You can see the blacksmith. You can play with ponies They have the bees. You can relax here Doppelbaching if you guys love the video, please give me a thumbs up Leave me a comment below subscribe my channel for more awesome travel content. I'll see you in the next travel food adventure in Odessa