different and is also what makes us a culture. Every culture has its favorite dishes and its inherent feast

customs. Rich natural resources favored making particular national dishes. In Russia the first recipes were

written by monk-chroniclers. The monks lived by their own labors and by the fruit of their labors. They

cultivated the land, fished, gathered herbs, kept bee-hives, made wine, made mead, and baked breads as well

as smoked and preserved meats, fruits, and vegetables (Volokh, Mavis 55). For this reason, monastery

libraries contained chronicles of cooking recipes which later became cook books, medicinal compounding,

and herbals as well. In this way, monasteries played a very important role in the conservation of the cuisine

Since the sixteenth century, it has been possible to select out royal, country, and monastery

cuisine (Volokh, Mavis 62). In monastery cuisine, vegetables, herbs, greens, fruits were of greatest

importance. They were used for base dishes during the fasts. Country cuisine was not very rich and diverse,

but it was always tasty and nourishing. Dinner parties were supp

everyday zakuski are composed of light salads and pickles. Then comes soup. Soup with meat pieces in

The evening meal is served around seven o'clock p.m. or later. It is called uzhin in Russian (Yanozu

dishes. The principal meal was dinner. The dinner was usually served in 4 courses: cold appetizer, first

(Alfanza 1) Most of Russia's cities and towns are connected by air. The Russian Federation may be

was either state-owned or collectivized (Alfanza 1). All economic planning was done by government

with a flavored meat mixture. Two salads that appear at every Russian festival are a meat salad and a herring

size, much of the country lacks proper soils and climates for agriculture(Alfanza 1). It is either too cold, or

During the Soviet era, religious holidays were frowned upon. Instead there was a prolonged winter

patties. Tea is offered after every meal. (Yanozu 1)

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