Thread: Russian drinking traditions

I sometimes mix cheap vodka with orange juice..................... because I am health conscious and also because I would not want to burn my vibrant, mellow, intoxicatingly sweet vocal chords with a straight shot of vodka.

The last time I drank vodka with a russian female friend of mine we mixed it with lemon sirup and water (and then we played chess and I won! ) I had never drunk it this way before. The most part of my friends drink vodka with apple juice; it changes to drink it with the orange juice!

For those of you with an adventerous soul, try adding a couple of cloves of garlic in a glass of vodka, let it stay a couple of hours and drink it. Tastes fantastic!

And garlic is good for you, too!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

For those of you with an adventerous soul, try adding a couple of cloves of garlic in a glass of vodka, let it stay a couple of hours and drink it. Tastes fantastic!

Thanks for the tip! I'll try it one of these days.
And by the way, remember: I know where you live...

I think I prefer it with lemon lime skittles over garlic

Those, who are really interested in russian drinking traditions, will probably enjoy reading about the drinking games:

http://www.tazepam.ru/index.php?p=695

(in Russian)

Originally Posted by JB

Maybe I just hang out with a lightweight crowd but only the men drink vodka and only on special holidays or celebrations. A woman throwing back shots would be considered low culture.

Well, I guess my Russian female friends are "low culture" then!

Originally Posted by JKDMan

Originally Posted by JB

Maybe I just hang out with a lightweight crowd but only the men drink vodka and only on special holidays or celebrations. A woman throwing back shots would be considered low culture.

Well, I guess my Russian female friends are "low culture" then!

Russians are divided into snobs and slobs. Get use to it!

(I'm a slob, f.ex.)

Well, in many ways one of my friends would be considered a snob, but she likes to have FUN!

Originally Posted by JKDMan

Well, in many ways one of my friends would be considered a snob, but she likes to have FUN!

Rare and precious tipe of Russians. Cherish your relationship!

A girl getting snockered on shots of vodka is fun?

Ohhhhh, it definitely can be! (If you can cut her off at the precise moment, that is!)
-Fantom

And 9 months after the party she'll remember why Mama warned her not to drink with the boys!

Get your mind out of the gutter, JB! I was only talking about drawing a mustache on her face after she passed out!

Good try, fantom, but why would you cut her off at the right moment if she has already passed out?

Touch

So, Russians are divided into snobs and slobs? VM - snob or slob?

Originally Posted by VendingMachine

So, Russians are divided into snobs and slobs? VM - snob or slob?

And who is he, btw?... Anyway, you should understand: these are relative categories. For people, who snobber, than VM (whoever he is), he is a slob. For people, who slobber, - he is a snob. A dialectics.

VM = VendingMachine