'Why do they eat like that?': Russians' eating habits that perplex Americans
'14.01.2020'
Source: Yandex Zen
It's easy enough to find things and habits that we and Americans look at the same way. But there are moments in which we are very different from each other. One of these obvious points is the attitude towards both food itself and the culture of food consumption, writes the author of the American MOTHER channel on "Yandex Zen". What causes bewilderment among US residents in how and what Russians eat?
1. When you want and what you want
In Russia, there is no clear separation of dishes and products by time. We can completely eat dumplings for breakfast and dinner. We can bake pancakes or muffins for dinner and eat them at breakfast. Some people eat soup quite calmly in the morning. In the USA, everything is completely different - for breakfast, lunch and dinner, it is customary to eat your own “set” of dishes.
2. Cook for a few days
Foreigners do not understand our other habit - to cook for a few days in advance. It is not clear to them how the next day, and even more so, every day there is one and the same dish. Our 5-liter borscht pans and huge frying pans with meatballs plunge them into cultural shock.
It seems to me that this is due to the fact that they buy more ready-made food that is not stored for longer than a day.
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3. Soup - the whole head
Daily use of soup is incomprehensible to any American. They are also very surprised at the number of varieties of soups that are prepared in Russia and the fact that we can eat them even several times a day. In other countries, there are soups or not at all accepted, or they prefer cream soup. But here such dishes are just unpopular.
4. These strange snacks
For Russians, appetizers are pickles on the table, with which you can "dispel" your appetite or eat a drink. Americans, looking at what we call appetizers, do not understand how it is possible not to consider this as a full meal and then put other food on the table afterwards. In the United States, snacks are something very unassuming that you certainly can't eat.
5. Drinking over food
For Americans, the process of drinking strong drinks is not related to food. They do not drink while eating. Our feasts amaze them immeasurably. A lot of food, a lot of alcohol. And every drink is decided to seize thoroughly. Our American friends say that the taste of the drink is lost in this way. I can not disagree with them on this.
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So, it would seem that things and habits that are quite usual for us can cause bewilderment and misunderstanding among representatives of other countries. What do you think? Do you have any other examples of misunderstanding of our food culture?
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