Chapter 1287 - Vodka (1/2)
Chapter 1287: Vodka
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio <i class="_hr">Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Li Du once heard a story, which was rooted in fact
As any Chinese of a certain age knew, China once had a three-year period of disaster, when there was fary
Li Du’s home county suffered too Many people starved to death, and those who survived experienced the torture of hunger He did not kno terrible the feeling of hunger was, but the protagonist of the story was a youth froes
After the natural disaster, the young man worked hard to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, and then after harvesting the crop, he removed the walls of his ho that there would be so to eat in the future when there was famine
This event er, so he could understand Ah Bai’s pursuit of food The little er
Therefore, even though the dish was spiced with horseradish andto the delicious broth and squeaking
In Russian cuisine, soup was the first course in addition to cold dishes, serving to moisten the throat and stimulate the appetite
There werevegetable soup, red vegetable soup, rice noodle soup, fish soup, mushroom soup, milk soup, cold soup, fruit soup, and the clear broth that Li Du ordered
This broth, while very clear, containedpot with fish, s Then the solids were taken out, leaving only the broth
It was sietables
Li Du took out Ah Bai’s bowl and scooped soulped the soup down After it drank the soup, its eyes moved to the alcoholic drink on the table
A meal in Russia was usually accompanied by vodka Vodka was Russia’s national liquor, with a long history of up to 800 years Vodka fro the most famous in Russia
The drink was brewed in tays: one way to rain alcohol, and the otheralcohol froht hours
Vorkuta’s vodka was commonly made with the latter method, because it was a harsh, cold place, with poor soil conditions for growing grain
The local winters were very cold, and people would suffer if they couldn’t warm up with a bit of vodka Grain was scarce, there was not enough of it even for food, so there was a need for alternative brewingpotatoes and corn
As all knew, vodka was a liquors Its alcohol content was very high, 40 to 50 degrees European and Arees as the upper boundary
Authentic vodka was clear, very pure, with al
Vorkuta’s vodka, which was originally made from corn and potatoes, was cloudy and tasted worse than ale, so at first, people would add a little juice to improve the taste
This wasn’t how people drank pure vodka Russian uys, and they liked throat-burning liquors It would be girlish to drink vodka with fruit juice
Nevertheless, it was a small local tradition that has survived Ah Bai sood, and pointed to the drink and squeaked
Li Du knehat it actually was Although he ordered a rees Ah Bai could not drink this
He shook his head at Ah Bai and said, “No, you can’t drink that”