89 In its culture of a scarcely generous land, where the culinary tradition is marked by the use of river fish, vegetables, cereals and fruits of the forest, the importance of honey is sanctioned by the Calendar, which makes August 14th - the feast of Savior - an auspicious day for starting the harvest of bee nectar. In Western Russia, however, it is with the arrival of spring that Medovukha distilled from birch sap is prepared. The liturgy of Myod prescribes consumption in containers that do not have a flat side giving stability if supporting on a surface. It should always be drunk at once, without leaving a drop, thus making it unnecessary to use a glass which might not tip over. As a favorite vessel, Soviet custom tended to the use of a Uro’s horn, a large extinct bull that was spread around the Caucasus, Siberia and Asia, to further strengthen the myth of a people who, no matter what is under discussion, hardly stoop to a compromise. et/h/nic eating
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