Any strong alcohol should be consumed with a good snack. In Russia, Russian Vodka Day is celebrated on January 31 . To this day, there are debates about who invented this drink and when, and whether it is truly considered originally Russian.
Vodka can be not only a strong drink, but also a home healer. It is used to make medicinal infusions and compresses, as a disinfectant, and for preparing certain dishes.
However, it should be remembered that drinking alcohol in excessive quantities leads to poisoning of the body. Therefore, during the event you need to drink it with a good snack. Below we will give you a selection of dishes that are best suited when drinking vodka.
Should I drink or snack on vodka?
There is no clear answer to this question: everyone has their own opinion, and debates about this occur at almost every party. It is important to consider what to drink or snack with. Thus, cold snacks weakly neutralize alcohol, and it enters the bloodstream at almost the same speed. About the same thing happens when drinking alcohol. Overall, this will just dilute the vodka, but it will absorb the same.
The situation with hot snacks is different: they contain a lot of fats and carbohydrates. This allows you to reduce the rate of absorption of alcohol into the blood, and intoxication occurs more slowly. Thus, hot snacks are the best option.
In addition, it is worth taking into account the individual characteristics of each person. For some, it may indeed be better to drink alcohol with juice.
Formation process and serving
How is the presented snack for vodka correctly formed? To do this, cups of radishes should be filled with aromatic minced meat and placed on slices of fresh cucumbers. In this form, the dish must be placed on a flat plate and placed on the festive table.
After processing the ingredients, in one bowl you need to mix the following ingredients: pickled shrimp and cucumbers, eggs, canned peas and sweet onions. All of these products must be seasoned with pepper and mayonnaise. After mixing the ingredients, the salad should be immediately distributed among tartlets and presented to the festive table.
Quick snacks with vodka
Marinated are excellent as a quick snack .
They can be purchased in stores or taken from bins. Moreover, they go great with boiled potatoes.
Sauerkraut. It is not only a snack while drinking alcohol, but also a storehouse of vitamins. There are a lot of cooking methods, so every housewife has her own. The most popular is coarsely chopped sauerkraut with carrots. It’s quite pleasant to eat alcohol with such a treat.
Salo . This is a high-fat product that goes well with alcohol. High-calorie lard does not allow alcohol to be quickly absorbed, so the state of intoxication occurs much more slowly. The most popular dish on the table is smoked lard, cut into small pieces.
Author: Two hours from Vladivostok to the border, and here it is, China! Many people go on weekends just to drink beer. They brew great beer in China. Personally, I like simple old varieties: “Harbin”, “Qingdao”, “Bear”. Young people are lured with “blue lion urine” bottled in shaped bottles (“Blue Lion”), as well as “Pineapple” and “Cherry”. There are many varieties, usually costing from 2 to 7 yuan per bottle - depending on where you get it and what kind, at night at the hotel it’s more expensive, in stores “for the Chinese” it’s cheaper. The yuan is now around 5 rubles.
Beer comes with an incredible amount of dried goodies - squid, fish, nuts, octopus, etc... Sometimes it’s not clear what’s in the bag, but it’s cool.
Smoked meats in tetrapacks are right there. Pig tails, ears, snouts, chicken feet and wings. (It’s a little wild at first, but then you get used to it).
As a matter of principle, I don’t buy shawarma (shawarma) in Russia - “I bought shawarma and helped Ben Laden.” The Chinese do something similar, but they don’t use pita bread, but huge buttery pancakes. They stuff meat, soy, pickles, and daikon into it (in the Primorye region it is called loboi). In general, it’s delicious. A snack like this costs 2.5 yuan.
The baked goods are amazing. Brushwood, bizet, biscuits, buns, flatbreads, puff pastry. Cookies – with everything you can and cannot use. With berries, nuts, herbs, meat, fish. They do it in front of you and put it on the counter.
Drinking... Russian tourists are often fooled by beautiful bottles - those who are new to alcohol or are not experienced in alcohol. They buy all sorts of “brandy” and “whiskey” - the design imitates famous world brands. They don’t know how to make all this henna, neither brandy nor wine in China (at least I haven’t met a good one).
China makes excellent corn vodka. Real moonshine, from 37 to 56 g. Sometimes harsh, sometimes soft, even with the taste of prunes - it all depends on the variety. Gaoliang is also used to produce booze. This is a grass, they say - the grains taste like corn, but are bitter. Therefore, in Primorye it is not cultivated, like a weed growing along the roads. Tall stems, and at the top there are red panicles. Translated as “high head”. The Chinese believe that it has healing properties. Russians don’t like this kind of vodka, they say it’s “too smelly.” It's a matter of habit, just like whiskey. I like.
Personally, I love this one:
Only in China I mix vodka with beer, and not only do you not get a headache afterwards, you practically don’t get drunk. High-quality swill is made by sublimation, as Mendeleev ordered. And the beer is natural, not chemical.
But I haven’t seen the good old “Anta” anymore. Maybe they won't let me out. But a lot of branded “bastards” appeared for 100g each. They are convenient to take with you on the plane. If anyone doesn’t know, according to generally accepted rules, “you can carry 10 containers of 100 ml per person on the plane,” and this is a liter. For 10 hours of summer, from the Far East to Vomkadye - normal.
Sweet snacks for vodka
Honey is a non-standard but healthy snack for alcohol. It contains fructose, which accelerates the conversion of alcohol into harmless substances. For example, in Belarus, a popular type is cucumbers with honey or sandwiches (brown bread, a slice of pickled or fresh cucumber and honey).
Important! Pastries, chocolate and pies are strictly contraindicated at a feast, since our body will first begin to “eat” glucose, completely forgetting about alcohol.
Drinks and snacks
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Technologies are developing, time does not stand still, but the question of what is best to serve as a snack and what type of drink remains unresolved. Today we decided to sort this out, taking into account the opinions of experts!
It is believed that if you decide to serve fruit vodka, it must be cold. But do not contain pieces of ice, because supercooled fruit vodka loses its taste and smell. Normal vodka is vodka cooled to 7-10 C. If it is not cold enough, you can add ice, previously frozen in small forms. The main thing is not to overdo it! Such an unusual drink as fruit vodka is served with ordinary snacks in the form of salads with tomatoes and cucumbers, for spiciness with the addition of radishes or radishes, pickled mushrooms, olives, and smoked meats.
Champagne is always served cool (either chilled or cold according to your preference). In addition, as with wine (remember that champagne is sparkling wine), there are different types of hard cheeses, pastries, chocolate, and fruits. And if suddenly for a romantic date you need to buy champagne at night, then you can do it here - alcomarket24.ru.
Vermouth, a drink with such a strange name, is usually drunk chilled, diluted with soda, but modern technologies dictate to us that it can be consumed that way. For appetizers there are sandwiches with caviar, smoked meat, nuts, fried potatoes (french fries), and can be served with dry baked goods (cookies, muffins without filling, puff pastries).
The drink of kings, cognac, is served at room temperature or slightly chilled. As a complement to cognac there are: biscuits, cookies, almonds and oranges, as well as seafood - sandwiches with caviar, salad of mussels, squid, shrimp.
Gin is mixed with soft drink, tonic or soda. You can add ice as gin is usually served at room temperature. For a snack - dry pastries.
Whiskey is the favorite drink of aristocrats. Diluted with cola or soda. Ice can be added if desired, but it is worth remembering that if you leave ice with whiskey “to the mercy of fate,” then soon your whiskey will simply be diluted with water.. For a snack with whiskey, it is recommended to serve dark chocolate, nuts, and dry pastries.
Wine. White and rose wines are served with crabs, oysters, crayfish, shrimp, veal and poultry. Red wines go with beef, shish kebab, wild meat dishes, and baked poultry. White and rose wines are chilled, and red wines are served at room temperature or cooled by 1-2 C. However, sweet wines are served slightly chilled with the addition of soda.
Beer is served chilled. In addition to salted cheeses, smoked meats, salami and salty foods, you can also cook sausages and hot sandwiches.
Various desserts - cakes, pastries, cookies - go well with juices and lemonade.
Published: 11/14/2013 Tags: Vermouth, Wine, Whiskey, Booze, Gin, Snack, Cognac, Beer, Champagne
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How to choose a snack to accompany alcohol
First, you should decide what type of alcohol will be served at the table.
If it is white wine, then you can serve it with fruits, seafood or poultry dishes. Cheeses with noble mold, which the French love so much, will go well with wine. Red wine goes perfectly with meat dishes, especially lamb. Table wines can be paired with poultry, a variety of game and grilled vegetables. If you choose a popular rose wine, then it is better to serve it with cold meat appetizers, delicate cheeses and various desserts. Strong wines will serve as an excellent aperitif for various soups and meats. The best choice would be lamb. Salty cheeses will perfectly soften the taste of wine and awaken your appetite.
It is customary to serve fish dishes with champagne; it can be either river or sea. Just don’t overly season the fish with spices. Salads with seafood and chicken are also perfect for a meal with champagne.
Don’t forget about all kinds of pasta, sandwiches with caviar and fine cheeses. A romantic evening with champagne should be complemented with desserts: fruits, biscuits with berries, halva, dark chocolate or ice cream.
A royal addition will be oysters, mussels and snails, which should be served chilled on pieces of ice and with a special sauce.
Snacks for spirits
Male groups most often prefer cognac, vodka or gin. This is a very strong alcohol, which should definitely be served with an appetizer.
Cognac in the classic version is consumed without a snack. The tradition of drinking cognac with lemon or chocolate exists only in Russia. Abroad, it is exclusively a stand-alone drink, served at the end of the evening. However, to give an unsurpassed taste, you can serve milk, coffee, fruit juice, preferably orange, and ice cream with cognac.
Gin is most often used to make cocktails. You can serve them with olives, lemon slices and even pickled onion rings.
The choice is much simpler when choosing a snack for vodka. This is where your imagination can run wild. Dishes with fatty meats and spicy fish will be a wonderful appetizer. You can make pancakes stuffed with caviar or meat, dumplings and even solyanka.
The table where the vodka is placed should be supplemented with vegetable snacks based on pickles and tomatoes, sauerkraut, apples, and eggplants.
