{"id":10415,"date":"2017-11-30T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=10415"},"modified":"2017-11-30T01:23:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T01:23:52","slug":"3-quirks-of-russian-food-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/3-quirks-of-russian-food-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Quirks of Russian Food Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have often talked about Russian cuisine on this blog, from popular dishes<\/a> to unique foods<\/a>. Now let us look at 3 food-related conventions that may catch a visitor by surprise.<\/p>\n

Value of Liquid Food<\/h2>\n
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A typical larger Russian meal (so, \u043e\u0431\u0435<\/span>\u0434<\/strong> \u2014 2nd meal of the day; and \u0443<\/span>\u0436\u0438\u043d<\/strong> \u2014 last meal of the day) will feature some sort of liquid (\u0436\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u043a\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/strong>). Normally, that’s soup (\u0441\u0443\u043f<\/strong>), served as your first course (\u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0432\u043e\u0435<\/strong>). A meal consisting of only dry items like a sandwich is frowned upon as unbalanced. There is even an adverb to describe eating dry food \u2014 \u0432\u0441\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043c\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0443<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2015\u00a0\u0415\u0448\u044c\u0442\u0435\u00a0\u043f\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0301\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435\u00a0\u0441\u0443\u0301\u043f\u0430,\u00a0\u0432\u00a0\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0301\u0433\u0435\u00a0\u0434\u043e\u0301\u043b\u0433\u043e\u00a0\u0431\u0443\u0301\u0434\u0435\u043c\u00a0\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0301\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f\u00a0\u0432\u0441\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043c\u044f\u0301\u0442\u043a\u0443,\u00a0\u0433\u043e\u0440\u044f\u0301\u0447\u0435\u0433\u043e\u00a0\u043d\u0435\u00a0\u0443\u0432\u0438\u0301\u0434\u0438\u043c.
\n“Have more soup \u2014 we will be eating dry food for a while on the road and won’t be seeing any hot meals.”
\n[\u0412\u0430\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0439 \u0413\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0441\u043c\u0430\u043d. \u0416\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c \u0438 \u0441\u0443\u0434\u044c\u0431\u0430, \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c 3 (1960)]<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Savo(u)ry Dishes for Breakfast<\/h2>\n
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Another thing that may surprise visitors is the choice of breakfast food in some Russian families. Some people will have foods that we don’t immediately associate with breakfast (\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u0432\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043a<\/strong>), such as bologna (\u043a\u043e\u043b\u0431\u0430\u0441\u0430<\/span><\/strong>) or other “heavy” leftovers from yesterday’s lunch. More typically, however, people have savory foods for breakfast (\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043a<\/strong>), which may encompass oats, eggs, or dairy:<\/p>\n