Some facts about Russian vodka. Part 1 Hello everybody! I am preparing to IELTS exam and one of the topics on the test is food. Well, that is fine and I would like to tell a few things about Russian eats. Especially I want to set my sight on strong drinks. May be you know that the most famous Russian dishes are cabbage shchi (can I use the word famous in this context? I doubt), pelmeni, piroshki and blini. And of course you know Russian folk drinks. Yes, you are right, there are wheat vodka (the best in the world) and kvass. We have an amazing variety of vodka to offer, from the clear to all kinds of bitters with herbs and spices. Perhaps you heard these names: Stolichnaya, Moskovskaya, Putin... Yes, it is true, we have vodka Putin. I don't know how tasty it is because I didn't taste it. I don't like vodka very much and usually I would rather wine. My favorite beverages are black tea, white coffee and mineral water. And I forgot about kvass. I like it, especially in hot days. It is made of brown bread or rye flour. We use this beverage in another our folk dish - cold soup Okroshka. But enough chit-chat (as talk my favorite English couch Shane). Let's come back to vodka :) In Russia a lot of people like this drink, even women. Not everybody, of course. I think as for women there are not to much. Vodka is pretty cheap, and if you want to get drug it's the best way to do it, especially if you drink some beer after vodka. When I was much younger, I tried to have these drinks together. It was so terrible. My advise - don't do it never. I am seriously. I suppose it is really a problem for my country. A couple years ago (can I say so, may be I should write "A few years ago") Government of Russia accepted laws, which restrict selling of strong drinks before 10 a.m. after 10.p.m.) But it doesn't work fully because Russian people is smart. And some people think up the method to avoid this laws. So we can buy strong drinks around the clock... To be continued...