The largest gross buckwheat consumption per capita is in Russia, with 15 kg (33 lb) per year followed by Ukraine, with 12 kg (26 lb) per year.
The share of buckwheat in the total consumption of cereals in Russia is 20%.

In Russian, buckwheat is referred to formally as гречиха (grechikha) and buckwheat grain and buckwheat groats as гречневая крупа (grechnevaya krupa) or гречневая каша (grechnevaya kasha).
Informally, buckwheat grain and buckwheat groats are called гречка (grechka).
Corresponding words in Yiddish are gretshkes/greytshkelach and retshkes/reytshkelach.

The most popular kasha recipe in Russia is that of crumbly cooked buckwheat seasoned with butter.
Buckwheat kasha can be eaten at any time of the day, either as a separate dish or as a side dish.
Other popular kasha recipes are made with millet, semolina (манная каша) and oatmeal.
Cooked with milk and sugar, they are often seen as a breakfast staple, especially for children.
Pearl barley porridge is less popular but also eaten.

Kasha is one of the Russian national dishes, together with shchi.
This fact is commemorated in the Russian saying, "щи да каша – пища наша" (shchi da kasha – pishcha nasha), which literally translates as "shchi and kasha are our food" or "cabbage soup and porridge are what we eat".
The expression has an implied figurative meaning of "it is enough to eat that two meals to live" or "it doesn't matter what happens in Russia at large, we still live the same way."

Butter is often eaten with most kasha recipes, hence another Russian saying: "you'll never spoil kasha with a lot of butter".
The largest gross buckwheat consumption per capita is in Russia, with 15 kg (33 lb) per year followed by Ukraine, with 12 kg (26 lb) per year. The share of buckwheat in the total consumption of cereals in Russia is 20%.
In Russian, buckwheat is referred to formally as гречиха (grechikha) and buckwheat grain and buckwheat groats as гречневая крупа (grechnevaya krupa) or гречневая каша (grechnevaya kasha). Informally, buckwheat grain and buckwheat groats are called гречка (grechka). Corresponding words in Yiddish are gretshkes/greytshkelach and retshkes/reytshkelach.
The most popular kasha recipe in Russia is that of crumbly cooked buckwheat seasoned with butter. Buckwheat kasha can be eaten at any time of the day, either as a separate dish or as a side dish. Other popular kasha recipes are made with millet, semolina (манная каша) and oatmeal. Cooked with milk and sugar, they are often seen as a breakfast staple, especially for children. Pearl barley porridge is less popular but also eaten.
Kasha is one of the Russian national dishes, together with shchi. This fact is commemorated in the Russian saying, "щи да каша – пища наша" (shchi da kasha – pishcha nasha), which literally translates as "shchi and kasha are our food" or "cabbage soup and porridge are what we eat". The expression has an implied figurative meaning of "it is enough to eat that two meals to live" or "it doesn't matter what happens in Russia at large, we still live the same way."
Butter is often eaten with most kasha recipes, hence another Russian saying: "you'll never spoil kasha with a lot of butter".
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