Quin Snyder, Sasha Kaun, and the story of 'meat jello' in Russia
Sasha Kaun is now a backup big man for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but thanks to his time playing in Russia, he formed a friendship with Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder, who served as an associate head coach for Kaun's CSKA Moscow team during the 2012-13 season.
As the two were reunited in Cleveland when their current teams faced each other on Tuesday, a story came out about a meal they shared overseas -- one which, according to ESPN's Dave McMenamin, Snyder described in about as unappetizing a way as possible.
"He was great for me," Snyder said. "On a personal level, he took me out to dinner a couple times."
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Snyder and Kaun would both bring their wives to the meals and get to know one another away from the court. The one rule: Kaun would have to order for the table.
Snyder was asked to recall what he ate. "Meat jello," Snyder said.
Yes, you read that right.
Kaun cracked up at the memory. He explained the meal is called "kholodets" in Russian, before going on to further describe the dish.
"It's a really weird thing," Kaun said (and I'm not sure if that was meant to be such an understatement by him or if it just got lost in translation). "There's gelatin used in it and they just boil pig legs for a really long time until you get a really nice piggy broth and then you just freeze it and it becomes jello-y. It's interesting, but I like it. It's really good. It's just weird."