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 [...]
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Easter Today
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 [...]
New Year’s Again?
Yes it’s true. In Russia, the New Year comes once again. On Monday January 14, 2008 the Old New Year will be upon us. What is the old New Year? Back before Soviet times, Russia used the old Julian calendar and it was off by a couple weeks. So, January 7th is Christmas and January [...]
Happy New Year!
Wanted to wish everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year. I’m off to a Russian New Year’s Eve Party. If you have nothing else to do, go to Memocast.com and watch Irony of Fate. This the traditional New Year’s movie shown every year on New Year’s Eve. Happy New Year!
Christmas and New Years in Russia
Christmas is a little different, but not a lot. Here in the USA and most of the world, Christmas is connected with the birth of Christ. Now, I am not much into religion these days, but this is just a fact. Nowadays, Russia believes in this same tradition, but the actual holiday for Christmas falls [...]
