Guest guest Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 My Russian Wife says that this sounds good, although she was unfamiliar with the russian saying Russia has many sayings. Positive Dennis citpeks wrote: As I had my daily workout this morning, I reflected upon the Russian feast that I attended yesterday. The occasion was the 75th birthday of a friend of the family. He is very energetic, travels constantly, and lives as if there is no tomorrow. Two years ago, he had some stents put in his heart and actually stopped smoking for about six months. His attempts at diet have failed and he is at least 60 pound overweight. I am afraid that my gift, Ornish's CVD reversal diet book, will fall on deaf ears because there is a Russian saying that translates as "whoever does not smoke and drink will die in good health". I wonder if he will even open the book and find the $50.00 bill that I placed as a book marker. The tables overflowed with food and actually some plates were stacked in pyramids. The appetizers included smoked salmon with wedges of lemon and thinly sliced onions, seaweed salad with lumpfish caviar, pickled cabbage, tomato/onions/cucumber salad, shrimp cocktail, Caesar salad, slices of boiled tongue, puff pastry stuffed with cheese, and crepes with salmon roe. The main dishes were shish-kabobs with rice, lamb stew and potato dumplings, slabs of fried fish, crab legs and shrimp over rice, and baked chicken. The 8 tables, with about 10 guests each, had bottles of vodka, bottles of red and white wine, and pitchers of soft drinks. For dessert there was coffee, tea, Napoleon pastries stuffed with cream, cakes, cream puffs, and chocolate candies. The banquet lasted 6 hours with a constant stream of anecdotes, poems, songs, and dancing. Everybody had a good time and guests were invited for breakfast the next day. As I wrote this note, I got a call to see if I was coming for breakfast. Although I ate what I estimate to be 3000 calories just tasting the dishes, I was a culinary weakling in all respects. Two hefty guests seated beside me consumed 3/4 of a two-liter bottle of vodka without showing any signs of intoxication. Of course, they did not do this on an empty stomach. Each consumed an amount of food comparable to what I would eat in 3 days. A couple of people that I had not seen for some time worriedly remarked that I looked very thin. "Are you OK?", they asked. They are not used to seeing people with a BMI in the normal range. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 The saying goes something like: Kto nie kurit i nie piot sdarovinki umriot. Tony >>> From: Dennis De Jarnette <positivedennis@c...> Date: Sun Nov 7, 2004 11:07 am Subject: Re: [ ] A Russian Feast My Russian Wife says that this sounds good, although she was unfamiliar with the russian saying >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2004 Report Share Posted November 7, 2004 Ah, I love my Eastern relatives... It's very much the same attitude when I'm in Greece as well (and they have similar sayings), except the food there leans much more heavily of fresh greens and veggies, fruit, fish, and the only oil would olive oil (why would you use butter when such good oil is readily at hand). Despite the same attitude toward food and drink and smoking and BMI (and even having remarkably similar alphabets), the longevity difference between the Greeks & Russians is easy to point to -- health care would even be comparable between the two nations, so the contents of the diet must be a major part of it. Were you lucky enough to have the vodka with buffalo grass in it? I've only had a Polish version of it, by my it was nice. Cheers, > -----Original Message----- > From: citpeks [mailto:citpeks@...] > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 8:39 AM > > Subject: [ ] A Russian Feast > > > > > As I had my daily workout this morning, I reflected upon the > Russian feast that I attended yesterday. The occasion was > the 75th birthday of a friend of the family. He is very > energetic, travels constantly, and lives as if there is no > tomorrow. Two years ago, he had some stents put in his > heart and actually stopped smoking for about six months. > His attempts at diet have failed and he is at least 60 pound > overweight. I am afraid that my gift, Ornish's CVD reversal > diet book, will fall on deaf ears because there is a Russian > saying that translates as " whoever does not smoke and drink > will die in good health " . I wonder if he will even open the > book and find the $50.00 bill that I placed as a book > marker. > > The tables overflowed with food and actually some plates > were stacked in pyramids. The appetizers included smoked > salmon with wedges of lemon and thinly sliced onions, > seaweed salad with lumpfish caviar, pickled cabbage, > tomato/onions/cucumber salad, shrimp cocktail, Caesar salad, > slices of boiled tongue, puff pastry stuffed with cheese, > and crepes with salmon roe. The main dishes were shish-kabobs with > rice, lamb stew and potato dumplings, slabs of fried fish, crab legs > and shrimp over rice, and baked chicken. The 8 tables, with about 10 > guests each, had bottles of vodka, bottles of red and white wine, > and pitchers of soft drinks. For dessert there was coffee, > tea, Napoleon pastries stuffed with cream, cakes, cream > puffs, and chocolate candies. The banquet lasted 6 hours > with a constant stream of anecdotes, poems, songs, and > dancing. Everybody had a good time and guests were invited > for breakfast the next day. As I wrote this note, I got a > call to see if I was coming for breakfast. > > Although I ate what I estimate to be 3000 calories just tasting > the dishes, I was a culinary weakling in all respects. Two > hefty guests seated beside me consumed 3/4 of a two-liter > bottle of vodka without showing any signs of intoxication. > Of course, they did not do this on an empty stomach. Each > consumed an amount of food comparable to what I would eat > in 3 days. > > A couple of people that I had not seen for some time > worriedly remarked that I looked very thin. " Are you OK? " , > they asked. They are not used to seeing people with a BMI > in the normal range. > > Tony > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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