Hello everyone. I'm from Russia. I will answer your questions

What is your recommended Russian food for an american

Well that is shit.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_pancake

I would recommend a dish like soup. We call it the "first" and most people eat it. Soup is considered to be "borsch", "cabbage soup" and "chicken bully"

I don’t really like this dish, but it is quite satisfying and healthy (as the doctors say)

Yes.
However, we have affordable (in private clinics) medicine.

What are the ingredients? Or are you referring to soup in general

Soup at all.

That looks good, I think I will try to make some soon

What time is it for you? For me it's 4:43 AM

11:44

are you from DC1?