Why do Russians habitually smell before eating when eating?

It is a living habit for Russians to smell things before eating. By receiving the smell, they can make a rough judgment on whether the food has gone bad. If it smells sour, it means something is broken and can't be eaten. If it doesn't smell sour, and it is what food should have, and it smells good, then it can be eaten.

Russians are very picky about their diet. Dinner is divided into pre-meal, second meal, soup and dessert. Generally speaking, the first course refers to cold dishes, the second course is hot dishes, and the rest are soup and dessert. The staple food of Russians is bread, mashed potatoes and macaroni. Russian bread is not as soft and sweet as our bread in China. Russian bread is hard because they prefer brown bread.

The cold dishes before meals in Russia are mainly salads, and sometimes bacon and grilled fish are also eaten. Hot dishes are usually stew, roast chicken and scones, which is why Russians usually smell them before eating them to see if they have gone bad. The soup that Russians drink is generally red vegetable soup, which is mainly beet.

Russians pay great attention to dinner. Like China, dinner is usually at noon, but for western countries, their dinner is in the evening. Like Russians, we can only drink milk and eat bread for breakfast, and then solve it in the canteen at noon, or eat bread and sausage brought at home. But Russians attach great importance to dinner, because they regard it as an opportunity for the family to communicate together, and everyone will spend a long time cooking dinner together.

There is no such thing as frying in Russian food culture. Therefore, there is generally no range hood in Russian kitchens, and the kitchens are very clean. Curtains can be made of cotton, so don't worry about being splashed by oil. Some exquisite Russians will put a small TV or tape recorder in the kitchen to enhance their interest.