Posts under ‘Russian Traditions’

We went to a Russian birthday party this weekend. As I have said in the past, Russian women know how to have a good time! I shot some video on my iphone.

This pretty typical for a Russian party. Enjoy!

Yes, you heard me correctly - the season of parties. What am I implying? I think you know. The Russian New Year is coming. How is this different you ask? Are you kidding? This is like the best party of the whole year.
Since Soviet times when Christmas was banned due to it being a religious [...]

We’ve brought in another new year, and this one came in with a big bang. We threw a party at our house yesterday. We’re both paying for it today. A little too much vodka, beer, wine and champagne mixed together. Russians sure can party. We socialized, played charades, sung karaoke and drank. Unfortunately, I found [...]

Traditional Russian zakuski and vodka. Zakuski is a collection of different items that you eat when you are drinking vodka. It can be salted fish, tomatoes (I like pickled ones), cucumbers (with dill), chicken, mushrooms or maybe salads. But don’t expect to be able to sip your vodka while eating. The rule is to drink [...]

It’s Easter today. The in-laws like fish, so I offered to smoke fish today. Got some nice looking trout - they’ve never had trout in Russia. I actually smoke fish every couple of months. We really enjoy smoked fish, but I don’t really care for the smoked fish that you purchase in the store. And [...]