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The French have a saying: "The character of a nation is best manifested in politics, and feast in bed." Policy and bed we Russians have clearly had enough, and that's a feast - a completely unexplored area. And then, perhaps the story of the people going on only on the battlefield and at the negotiating table? Yes, at a banquet with abundant libations complex issue is solved much easier than in a formal setting! For example, you can guess how improved Russian-Polish relations after the reception in the Kremlin, the Polish ambassadors November 12th, 1667. On that day, according to historical documents, in the thirty guests were filed 94 buckets (!) Of wine, honey and beer! Sturdy, however, we drank our ancestors! .. According to some legends, Russia and the Christian faith, chosen in connection ... with the booze. When the Prince Vladimir the Red Sun came "agitators" from different religions, he almost converted to Islam: he liked very much polygamy. But the ban on wine! ..



As a result, the Greek Orthodox stories seemed more attractive prince. And at his wedding with Greek princess, he rolled out countless barrels of wine and honey and vodka ... Well, we had a hundred years later than inEurope, - during the reign of Basil I, son of Dmitry Donskoy. And immediately encountered resistance to the church. Therefore, first vodka in Russia persecuted, brought and used in secret. In 1478 it was introduced the first state wine monopoly. Since then the vodka in Russia is becoming 'liquid currency ", those who dared to tamper with it, how to punish counterfeiters. Drinking openly in pubs, Ivan the Terrible is permitted only to people from the royal circle and oprichniki. And the common people could "hang out" only at Christmas, Saturday, in Demetrius and the Holy Week.



Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, perhaps, was the most moderate in eating and drinking. his dinner was simple: buckwheat, rye loaf and a jug of wine. However, in-fasting days on the sovereign's table was served up to 70 meat and fish dishes, but all of them were sent to relatives or respectable people. Alexis strictly observing the fasts, and in addition to posts, did not eat anything meat on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. But his son, Peter, in the food itself is not limited to, I loved and have a snack and a drink. Although this would not tolerate drunkenness fierce and inveterate drinkers hung around his neck semikilogrammovuyu medal. However, it appeared under Peter are now widely known expressions like "penalty" and "bottoms up": in the time of Peter latecomer to the Assembly of the guest had to drain the nearly two-liter cup "Big Eagle" with wine.



And in what light is well-known figures of Russian art? Judging from the skinny figure of Nikolai Gogol, one might think that he was a complete ascetic habits. In fact, Nikolai oh how he loved to eat! His favorite dish he placed in the culinary dictionary - annex to the first edition of "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka." Writer adored Nezhin cucumbers, pickled in blackcurrant leaves with Khrenkov and garlic. Gogol introduced the fashion bring to the table Petersburg gruel. And by all means "smoky", which when cooking in a pan for a minute put the charred aspen wand. But especially I had a passion for Nikolai burgers, juicy and zazharistym. Friends advised to make burgers from a mixture of chaff chopped beef and pork, put the stuffing inside of an onion, chopped eggs and veal or foie gras with nutmeg and fry in the butter certainly. And Gogol was a passionate supporter of pasta.



However, all records for gluttony, perhaps, beat Ivan Krylov. At the beginning of the XIX century at dinner parties in Petersburg traditionally served four dishes, but when the table was also invited fabulist, prepared and fifth, and sixth. During one lunch Krylov usually ate three plates of fish soup and two dishes pies, at least four veal chops, roast turkey mate, pickles, pickled cranberries, cloudberries, plums, Antonovka, Strasbourg pie, Guriev porridge. Wine and vodka are not abused, but to lean on and brew coffee with cream in half. Finally I drank tea with cakes or baking. And at night "took" a plate of sauerkraut and a liter of kvass. Ivan Andreevich died from volvulus - after dinner party has eaten for the night infinite quantity of dry rubbed with oil grouse. Today physicians name such gluttony illness of "shark instinct": a shark in the body there is no so-called "satiety center", which "slows down" the desire to eat.



As for the rulers of the Soviet Rosii ... As you know, the Marxists have masked their party gatherings for picnics, parties with booze and glasses of Lenin refused. During the same references in Shusha he make do with "fruity raspberry liqueur" who are willing to personally Nadezhda. And at Christmas the couple certainly brewed punch or mulled wine. The food, too, Lenin was not an ascetic. In the same Shusha wife ate lamb for a week, plus a permanent hunting trophies.



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