Food

__**Ivan S. **__
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From the time of the Russian Revolution in 1997 until 1981, all of the restaurants in Russia were owned and operated by the government. Most stores were owned by the government, too. It was hard for people to gain access to foods and drinks. Since the food was owned by the government, stores would receive food supply not so often. This means the food would run out. Due to food shortages and inefficient store management, families had to stand in long lines to buy bread, meat, and other basic food items. The most famous dish for Europeans was fish. Fish was important in pre-revolutionary cuisine, especially on Russian Orthodox fast days when meat was forbidden, similar to the Catholic tradition of eating fish instead of meat on fridays. Europenas thought it would be easier for them to eat fish instead of other foods, because fihes are found really easy in the water. The drinks they used before are no longer used now in days due to Long since they were drunk as a complement to meat and poultry dishes, sweet porridge, and dessert. One of the most best known drink in europe was the myod. In which the name was taken by Honey. Myod is made of water with small amounts of honey and sometimes hops, "stavlenniy myod" is an alcoholic drink not unlike wine, based on large amount of honey and berry juices.



Citation http://www.traditional-russian-food.com/Recipes.html