Russian cuisine is an important part of Russian culture. It foundations goes back to the peasant food, where a harsh climate, severe winter, and limited resources formed a very interesting and different type of cuisine. Surprisingly, though the huge territories, there are almost no regional differences in Russian national food.
Because of the long winters a lot of preserve food is present . There are various types of preserved vegetables, fruits, mushrooms. Mostly, Russian food comes from goods of forest; mushrooms, berries, and fern are very popular. Also, there are hundreds of different types of pies and evened bread products.
The central place of Russian food takes its rich “meaty” bread and numerous kind of soups. Every lunch or dinner usually starts with soup, followed by appetisers, main dish, and a desert. Russian soups are very different and use a wide variety of products from vegetables to a meat. The best known soups are ”borsh”, “shi”, and “salianka”.
For appetisers it is often a pancakes with caviar, salad with herring and red beet, cucumbers, cabbages, and other preserved vegetables. The main meal most often is a meat, chicken, or fish. Bread is always takes the center spot on the table. Suck alcohol as beer, vine, and vodka usually served on a table.
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