1. Soup makes an important part of a Russian meal.
2. Shchi is a traditional Russian soup made from meat and cabbage.
3. Petrovsky shchi is prepared from pike perch and fresh cabbage.
4. In Russian cuisine, no two recipes are the same for borshch and shchee.
5. Many ways of cutting and cooking meat came from France.
6. Roast suckling pig is a classic festive dish on the Russian table.
7. The whole ceremony of making pelmeni exists in the villages of Siberia.
8. The women make the dough and chop the meat, the men do the folding.
9. The Russian word "kasha" is covers almost all ways of cooking grains.
10. As the saying goes: "You can't spoil kasha with butter".
11. Smetanais also an almost universal flavouring sauce.
12. Russian cuisine is famous for its pies.
13. Russian people are very hospitable; they invite everyone who enters their house to eat with them.
14. Hospitality is a typical trait of character of a Russian.
15. Zbiten is an old Russian beverage made from kvas, cognac or vodka, honey, tea and spices.