Funny holidays - Vodka Festival

The Ukrainian national alcoholic drink is made from spring water, wheat or other grains, and infused with red pepper Thanks to natural ingredients and “silver” filtration, vodka has a mild taste, a light aroma of bread and honey Unlike vodka, Ukrainian moonshine is a product of distillation, not rectification Therefore, the recipe for its preparation is more reminiscent of bitter, whiskey, cognac and brandy Ukrainians revere their traditional drink and celebrate the Vodka Festival every year on May 24th Drinking moonshine is unthinkable without the “right” snack - lard with garlic, fragrant bread, dumplings with sour cream Drinking traditions are mentioned in the literary works of many authors “Our Cossacks sat down, took bread, salt, tsibul from their bags they began to have dinner, sent for vodka - then the tavern was close,” AI described the meal Kuprin in the story "Wilderness" At NV Gogol in “Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka” the wealthy Cossack Chub and his godfather Panas not only actively drink moonshine that burns their throats, but also offer it to the Devil Gogol's Taras Bulba admonishes his wife, wanting to better treat his visiting sons " a larger burner, not with fancy burners, not with raisins and all sorts of rags, but a clean, foamy burner, so that it plays and hisses like mad" The drink was brought to Zaporozhye Sich in oak barrels from Ukraine, Crimea and Poland By "waste" Taras Bulba meant quirks - additives that in the first half of the 17th century were not considered traditional The scalding vodka with a strength of up to 70 degrees was very popular among the Zaporozhye Cossacks, who loved to take a wide walk and drink well In addition to moonshine, mead, liqueur, beer and “varenukha” (alcohol prepared with the addition of spices) were also favored Today, vodka recipes, produced both at home and on an industrial scale, are very diverse Pepper pods, mint, honey, viburnum and birch buds are added to moonshine, which is prepared from grain crops, beets and potatoes The homemade drink is the result of distillation, in contrast to store-bought peppers from the brands Nemiroff, Khortytsya, Khlebny Dar and others Factories use the rectification method to produce vodka Therefore, these drinks, even if infused with pepper, would still be more correctly called vodka “Eh, let’s drink vodka, it will make your heart feel better!” - said Mukhoyedov in one of the works of DN Mamin-Sibiryak The call of the hero of the essay will be happily accepted by everyone who loves traditional Ukrainian moonshine Connoisseurs of the scalding drink are happy to celebrate the Vodka Festival on May 24 with a good snack and invite everyone to join