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Soup is common for lunch
or dinner.
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Traditionally, a popular feature of any meal is the
zakuski, or appetizer.
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Common Russian foods include borsch,
which is a beetroot and cabbage soup, pirozhki,
a stuffed roll, and blini, unsweetened pancakes.
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Tea is drunk with
lemon. Some people prefer black tea to coffee.
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At meals it is polite to keep one’s hands above the table.
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When entertaining, hosts often put more food than it is
necessary on the table to show that their is abundance in the house.
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Russians generally do not go lunch in cafes or restaurants
because of the expense (prices are very high but salaries, a
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