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What is the Russians' favorite food?

In fact, I have not been very clear about what the Russians' favorite food, occasionally listening to Natalie, but still do not know what it is.

Listening is not believing, seeing is not believing, until the end of December last year, I went to Russia to visit the in-laws, accompanied them to spend the Russian New Year, in Ryazan, Moscow and St. Petersburg stayed more than a month, this month in the in-laws ate two weeks of Russian food, and the rest of the large and small Russian restaurants in Moscow and St. Petersburg to eat, basically clear what the Russians love to eat!

In the photo above, the usual dishes are eaten, and on festivals they are much more abundant. These dishes are also often eaten at Natalie's house, and there are staple dishes such as dalepa, various kinds of hams and cured meats, cheeses, chicken meatballs (oval shaped like potatoes), beet salad, Russian pickled cucumbers and pickled shiitake mushrooms, etc, and they should also be able to be matched up according to their names.

Honestly, Russian food is not as rich and delicious as Chinese food, but I still love eating Russian food, and I can feel the unique Russian food culture, and I especially appreciate the Russian dining culture and etiquette, such as eating without a mouth, CD-ROM without wasting, and how much to take how much to eat, etc.

This is the first time I've ever eaten Russian food.

This is another favorite staple food of the Russians - buckwheat rice, with roasted pork pieces, beef pieces or chicken pieces to eat, coarse fiber grain, belonging to the miscellaneous grains, to help digestion, the taste is not bad.

Russians love to eat grilled meat, the restaurant must be embedded in the electric oven, a lot of baked at a time, the picture above this is a grilled chicken pieces, mostly chicken breasts, not much seasoning, so you can taste the freshness of the chicken itself, but also in the cold winter for the Russians to provide more energy food.

Cake, is the Russian table essential food, usually as a dessert, the Russians make cakes usually add a lot of dairy products, such as cheese cream, etc., but never add vegetable cream, it is said that in Russia to add vegetable cream to the cake is illegal. Above this cake is my mother in law to do, called milk cake, but also added a variety of berries - raspberries blueberries, etc., soft, sour flavor, especially delicious, but also very nutritious, I can eat a large part of it.

Ham is a must-have for Russian food, and I love to shop in Russian supermarkets, where all kinds of hams are available to whet the appetite, and ham is one of my favorites. According to the water content and production process, Russian ham is roughly divided into dry, semi-dry and wet three kinds, generally dry ham is the highest price, but also the most high-grade, plus the seasoning is not much, to retain the natural flavor of the meat, and of course, it is also the most convenient to store.

Supermarkets and a variety of bread, a wide range of Russian people's favorite staple food, the deepest impression in addition to good taste, is the price is too touching, China's supermarkets to sell 20 to 30 yuan or more expensive bread in the Russian supermarkets more than 2 yuan can buy, I remember that I took the train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, before the supermarket to buy two! I remember before I took the train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, I bought two round bread in the supermarket, the diameter of more than 20 centimeters, a more than two yuan, in the train to eat, directly want to cry, too delicious, which also added a large number of raisins, the flavor is too beautiful.

This photo is a serious point to say a little, because the left plate of food - eggs, pork, mushrooms and mashed potatoes, is also a salad, too delicious, this is in Natalie's alma mater in Moscow State University of Asia and Africa Institute of the dining room to eat, the taste is still unforgettable, this year to go to Russia, must be! The flavor is still unforgettable, I will definitely go to Russia this year to eat again. The top of the right is beetroot soup, which must be very familiar to you, and the bottom is a salad.

Speaking of salad, it is a common dish in the Russian home, the raw materials are generally a variety of vegetables, pickles, ham, fish products, etc., taste great, the deepest impression is the beet salad, the color is very attractive, but the taste of light, the picture below, this is the beet salad, and the beet soup of the same red cabbage.

In the picture above, there are potatoes and chicken, and potatoes are a staple in Russian cuisine, usually mashed potatoes with roasted meat, which is very filling.

Above is really another kind of mashed potatoes and chicken cutlet that I had in St. Petersburg.

The chef cooking in a Russian restaurant, where the kitchen is usually transparent.

Finally, I'll show you a few more hams from the Russian supermarket, after all, it's my favorite and I've taken a lot of photos.

The Russians love to eat what I will not say, but the Russians love to eat, to ensure that we Chinese do not love to eat. 2015 Spring Festival, our company to engage in activities, that is, to organize the head office of the Russians working to the following factory visits, so that they can see the Chinese people to do the cause of the red-hot. We cleaned and dried for several days, finally saw the arrival of the Russians, they visited our workshop, dormitory and some living facilities, the leadership arranged for them to the town's largest Russian restaurant dinner. After the banquet, a lot of leftovers, some dishes seem to be untouched, the Russians went back to Irkutsk, in line with the principle of thrift we leftovers in plastic bags packaged package by package, took back to the factory, after the start of the dinner, dozens of large plastic bags of children packaged in the Russian meal did not have a person to eat, these do not have a name of the dishes are either sour or sweet, and then raw, and it seems that each can not be separated from the sour cream, most of the Is salted raw fish and pickled fat pork and a whole brine chicken, torn open inside with bright red blood, which can be the Russians themselves point of their favorite dishes, there are a lot of Salat (coleslaw), that is, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, and corn kernels and green beans mixed with sour cream, which is their favorite, the Chinese people are not used to eating, it is difficult to swallow, some tasted it is really hard to eat ah, a Sour cream flavor, really do not understand how the Russians are willing to eat this flavor of the dishes. Russian restaurants can be different from Chinese restaurants, these dishes are expensive. The last to me to deal with, I took part of my home to the children (I have a family in Russia), part of the factory to work in Kazakhstan workers, the rest of a few bags of children thrown to the factory to raise the dog, to say no good words, the dog did not eat, my children and Kazakhstan workers to eat quite good.

About Russian cuisine, there is a very interesting statement:

Bread, milk, potatoes, cheese and sausage - the "five leaders"

Cabbage, scallions, carrots and beets

Black bread, vodka and caviar - the "Three Musketeers"

As for those who love to eat, there's a lot to be said for the "Three Musketeers".

As for favorite beverages:

Alcoholic ones such as vodka, beer, wine, champagne.

Non-alcoholic beverages such as tea and kvass.

I:Chuangwei

Russian-speaking small fat Peng total, public number Russian language state (eyubang123), focusing on the Russian language, Russia, to answer all kinds of questions, welcome to consult.

Russia because it is in the high latitude region, the production of crops is limited, mainly planted oats, potatoes, barley, etc., the alpine region crop production is limited, can only engage in farming, the main livestock have pigs, cows. So the main food in Russia is derived from these crops and livestock, black bread, mashed potatoes, high altitude intake of meat is more, like milk, beef, butter, pork, and of course, some local diets, like pickles, caviar, salted fish and so on.

Borscht originated in Ukraine and was soon absorbed and transformed by the Russians to become one of their national dishes. Borscht is very rich in a variety of meat grains and vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes. Borscht can be served cold or hot. Traditional Russian borscht is often topped with a dollop of sour cream.

Another type of Russian vegetable broth can be a meal in itself. A variety of meats, such as sausages, cured meats, ham and beef, as well as a wide range of vegetables, are stewed in a thick, hearty, nutritious stew. A lemon wedge is a must after starting the stew to give it another fresh flavor. Cabbage soup is also very popular in Russia and is a daily household dish. Depending on the season, the soup can be made from fresh or pickled cabbage, with different spices and methods. The soup made from pickled cabbage is called sauerkraut soup.

In the everyday life of Russians, pancakes are both common and important, eaten with or rolled in jam, cheese, sour cream, caviar, onions, chocolate sauce. Many spring festivals often begin with the eating of pancakes. Caviar is unrivaled on crusty bread, cookies or pancakes. Russians eat caviar with a layer of butter.

Many of the customs of Russian life, including eating habits, closer to Western Europeans. Such as the importance of dinner. Dinner is both an important social occasion, but also an important place for family gatherings. In general, will wait for the family members are back together before dinner, unless someone said in advance to greet that do not go home for dinner.

As a result, Russian dinners are usually late, often starting at 8 pm. Of course, dinner lasts longer and is the most informative of the day. A typical Russian dinner often has 1-2 salads. A Russian favorite is a beet salad, mixed with potatoes, onions, various pickles, various diced meats, tossed with mayonnaise and spices. Salads are often followed by a stew, or a roast, meatloaf, meatballs, etc., which can be beef, chicken, pork, or fish. Russians like to serve the stew or meatloaf meatballs with a tomato sauce and on the side with mashed potatoes, oatmeal batter or pasta. Russians also love dumplings. Let's see how their dumplings differ from our Chinese ones. Dumplings are filled with beef or pork, but mostly with beef. Mayonnaise and yogurt are the favorite ingredients of Russians, and they tend to use these two seasonings when eating dumplings.

For us Chinese diners, due to the long history, many cross-latitude, climate change, wide geographical area, developed culture ...... can be said to be the world's most good at eating the nation, the diet of the development of the world alone! A person began to eat food at the age of 3, eat the same every day, it is estimated that until his death will not be all kinds of food in China and called the name of the food to eat again.

For the Russian diet we go to Beijing in addition to the "old Mo" restaurant (Beijing Exhibition Center restaurant) or Harbin, a variety of Russian meals, what else: black Lebas, red sausage (real Russian red sausage as thick as the small arm of a man), beet soup (borscht) caviar ... ...What to drink: Gavas, Vodka ....... Basically, the Russians love to eat what we Chinese diners tasted a mouthful also think the flavor is okay, for example: Comrade Khrushchev's "potatoes cooked, and then add beef".

However, Russia (Ukraine also eat, as if the Slavs are good at this) there is a food

They "sweet syrup", but we Chinese are difficult to swallow, after seeing the Swedish "herring cans". This food is made from the "Ukrainian white pig" in the picture above, the name of this food is "Salo", what does it look like?

The thing in the picture is called "Salo"

, which is cured pork! "Salo is the equivalent of Chinese bacon, sausage or ham in the Slavic diet. Every fall Slavs will make a large number of reserves for the winter. "Salo" for pigs The requirements for pigs are very high, generally speaking, are 300 days of breeding period, usually do not use factory farming pigs, but the farmers themselves (farm pigs) after weaning suckling pigs began to feed with pure grain feed, and so on to the fattening period should be added Marigold, honey, oats, etc. unique to farmers. ...... and other proprietary feeds. And so long as 200 pounds or so slaughtered ...... only take the hard rib part of the pig, first soaked in thick salt water for 24 hours, fish out and control the dry in the coating of sea salt, the way of making bacon, ham is not very different, to be wrapped in kraft paper, placed in the shaded and ventilated place at least 2 months to eat.

"Salo" is eaten in the picture, sliced on top of a small piece of bread and eaten raw, or a large mouthful of vodka with a piece of "Salo" ......, for Russians it melts in your mouth. For Russians, it is a delicious dish that melts in your mouth and has a strong flavor of pork! However, according to the author around the friends who have eaten this thing that is not at all what we are accustomed to the taste, is a mouthful of salty raw fat pork, greasy feeling from the toes all the way to the top of the melon, there is no courage to eat the second piece, and even the second time to consume it!

So why are Russians willing to eat this high-fat food?

Russian diet is mainly bread, pickled fish, and soup, but the Russian dairy products are very cheap, there are many types of beer

Leba and vodka, no one else

It seems that they are very fond of eating pickled cucumbers

A Wei married a Russian wife, but also in Russia to settle down, he asked me and my cousin to go over there to find him, the Russian food began to eat the first time is quite delicious, but also to eat the first time is not good.

My cousin and I and Wei, the three of us are playing since childhood, the relationship is very good, since Wei went to Russia to settle, we rarely contact.

In the winter of 2016, I suddenly remembered him, I gave him a phone call, I talked to him for a long time, he told me a lot of things that happened after he went to Russia, he liked the life over there in Russia, but also opened a restaurant in Russia as a boss, life is good, his wife gave him a son and a daughter, just to make up a good word, he could be The first time I saw this was when I was in the middle of the night, and it was the last time I saw it.

I and Wei have ten years have not seen each other, he told me and my cousin to take time to go to him to play, and said that in the Russian side of all the expenses he to come out, we only need to buy two tickets to go to Russia on it, I and my cousin to discuss, about a good time to go over to the Russia to find him, as a travel.

Before the departure, he asked us to bring a few pieces of thick clothing to the past, he said that the weather in Russia is very cold, my cousin and I put the down jacket to bring, originally just bring a piece of, and then feel that it is not enough, they brought two pieces, in addition to the down jacket also brought a sweater and a scarf, these thick clothes dominated the majority of the location of our suitcases.

We bought a ticket from Shenzhen Baoan International Airport, to the Russian capital of Moscow, Shelley scheva airport, we just got on the plane, we saw a few beautiful Russian stewardesses, they are tall, eyes are very deep, very temperament.

We had to take more than 40 hours of airplanes to reach our destination, on the plane, we chatted with the Russian stewardesses, chatting very happily, their voices are very sweet, and they speak Chinese very well, we also exchanged contact information, sitting close to two days of airplanes, and finally arrived at Moscow's Sereyivtcheva Airport.

Before getting off the plane, the Russian stewardess reminded us that the weather outside is very cold, afraid of cold people will put on thick clothes, do not catch a cold, my cousin and I heard the reminder, we opened the suitcase, the down jacket out to wear, in order to insure that, but also to the scarf in the hand, as expected, just out of the plane there is a cold wind blowing over, cold, we shivered, we put the scarf in the hands of the neck to feel a little bit better. The first time I saw this, I was so happy to see you, and I'm so happy to see you.

The weather in Russia is colder than the weather in the north, the temperature outside Russia is more than 40 degrees below zero, and sometimes reaches more than 50 degrees below zero, fortunately, the down jacket and the scarf to bring over, or so cold days, how to stand, we came to a strange place, a little less accustomed to it.

A Wei is personally come to pick us up, in the airport we looked for ten minutes to find A Wei, meet, we are very happy, but also embraced.

Originally thought he was driving over, thinking he could turn on the heat in the car to warm up a bit, but he told us that he was taking the subway over, and we would have to take the subway back later, he saw our doubts, and said that after the airport, you'll know why I took the subway over, and then helped us get our luggage and took us out.

After leaving the airport, we understood why we had to take the subway. We saw the road was full of cars, and we couldn't even move, and Wei told us that in Moscow, traffic jams are common.

When it comes to the rush hour, the traffic will be even more congested, the traffic jam is jammed out of temper, the average speed of the car is about 5 kilometers per hour, even if the old lady walking than driving fast, he said in Russia if there is an emergency to go out, usually do not drive to go, but choose to take the subway, it will be a little bit faster.

Wei took us to take the subway, to the subway station I found that the design style of the Russian subway station with our domestic subway station style is not the same, the style of the Russian subway station is Europe and the United States style, very romantic, very good-looking, give me the feeling is not like a subway station, more like a dating place.

In the subway station, we saw a lot of Russian women, there are bloated Russian moms, there are also young and beautiful Russian beauties, those young beauties, they are very good at dressing up, high nose, eyes are very deep, very fascinating, and I also told my cousin to find a Russian girlfriend, but when we walked next to those beauties, they emitted a very special smell, and it is not like fox odor, anyway, it is very unpleasant.

After getting on the subway, many chairs were available, but we didn't go over to sit, but stood in the last car, because the last car was not so crowded, and the smell was not so heavy.

Just out of the subway station, we saw a cab, it turned out to be Wei called in advance, so we put our luggage in the car, and then set off to Wei's restaurant, in the car, we asked the driver to turn on the heating, it can be considered a little bit warmer.

After arriving at the restaurant, Wei took a bottle of vodka out, he said that some alcohol will not be so cold, my cousin and I drank a small mouth on the drink, warm is warm, but vodka this wine taste is very strong, my cousin and I don't like that taste, or our white wine is better to drink.

Wei called his wife over to chat with us, and then he went to the kitchen to cook himself, he said he would cook a few dishes to give us a welcome home, his wife is very well-built, very beautiful, very temperament, she also has a Chinese name called Ying.

My cousin and I got up and called her sister-in-law, and then we sat down to chat, and the moment she opened her mouth, she spoke Chinese, and her Chinese was very good and very standard, all taught to her by Wei, and we communicated in Chinese, and it was very pleasant.

At that time, my cousin was single, and I was thinking of finding him a Russian girlfriend. I asked Ying: I heard that there are more women than men in Russia, and that men don't have to worry about getting a wife in Russia, is that true?

Ying said: In Russia, there are more women than men, 10 million more women than men, although more women than men, but most of the women are older.

Due to the fact that there are more women than men, men in Russia are not worried about getting married. If a Russian woman really loves you, when you get married, you don't have to pay the bride price, and you don't need to have a house or a car, you just want to love her.

Russian women look beautiful and slim before they get married, and after they get married, their face value decreases and their body is obese. Most of the women after they get married and have a baby, their body will be seriously out of shape and become bloated, and a Russian woman in her 30s will look like a big mom in her 50s.

Russian women will become like this, mainly because of the diet. Russians like to eat some sweet and sour taste and high-calorie food, especially like to eat meat, and family and friends from time to time will organize to go to the field barbecue, eat barbecue meat.

And Russians like to drink, wine in their eyes is a drink, eat meat, drink a lot of wine, want not to get fat is difficult.

I asked Ying, "You've had two children, why are you still in such good shape?

Ying said: I pay attention to my diet, I do not eat too much meat, I will eat a balanced diet, I have exercise every day, so my figure is maintained so well.

Russia has set the legal age of marriage at 14 to promote fertility.

When I heard this, I thought I had heard it wrong. 14 years old is still just a child, not even finished developing, and mentally immature, how can you get married?

Ying said: "It's mainly because of the demographic, economic, and pension issues.

Russia's land area is very large, there are 17,098,200 square kilometers, is the world's largest territory of the country, but the population is only about 140 million people, the population distribution is sparse, and many parts of the country are uninhabited, in a state of abandonment.

Russia is rich in natural resources, but the lack of population means that the labor force is not enough, and the lack of labor means that the economy can not be developed.

Although the legal age of marriage is 14, it is not that simple to get married at 14, but there are conditions, if the specific conditions are not met, or can not get married, there are two conditions, the first condition is that the parents or guardians of the two sides must agree, the second condition is to have been pregnant or have given birth to a child, only if these two conditions are met, you can get married at 14 years old. Russians generally get married after the age of 20.

I told Ying: We just came back from the subway, and we saw a few Russian beauties on the subway station, very charming, but when I passed by them, I smelled a very unpleasant smell, which was emitted from them, and that smell was not like fox odor, nor like sweat, what is the smell in the end?

Ying told us, that is the body odor of the Russians, because the Russians are mainly meat-based, often eat mutton and beef, these meat eat more, there will be a meat flavor, plus the Russians love to drink, long-term drinking, there will be a wine on the body, and slowly became their body odor, most of the Russians have that flavor.

However, not every Russian's body odor is so heavy, some people on the body flavor is relatively light, spray a little perfume can cover that flavor, some people on the body of the flavor is relatively heavy, no matter how much perfume spray, are unable to cover that flavor, and perfume and body odor clamped together, it will be more difficult to smell.

Ying also told us that she also has body odor, and the smell is quite special, but Wei doesn't mind it at all, and likes to smell it.

After talking about women, we talked about other topics, and I asked Ying: you have two children, and you have a restaurant, so is it a very stressful life?

She said: no pressure, because the Russian education is free, children from kindergarten to university, are not to pay, the school will also have other subsidies, as long as the children are well-fed and warm on the line. The birth of a child in Russia is also subsidized, and after the birth of the child can also be paid leave, Russia's welfare is very good. Our restaurant is mainly to do some Chinese hometown dishes, the Russian people like to eat, the cost of these dishes is very cheap, the profit is relatively large.

We chatted for a long time before Wei took out the dishes. Wei made spicy chicken, kung pao chicken, white cut chicken, boiled beef, pork with preserved mustard greens, black caviar, ham, bread, cakes, and vegetables, and made more meat than vegetables.

He said: in Russia, vegetables are more expensive than meat, many people can not afford to eat vegetables, in Russia to buy meat is very cheap, beef is twenty dollars a catty, and pork is ten dollars a catty, chicken is cheaper, as long as five dollars a catty, so the Russians are mainly eat meat-based, coupled with the meat of the protein content of the higher, more meat can be a better defense against cold.

When eating, Wei took white wine and vodka out, Wei said in Russia there is an unwritten rule, is that other people toast to be sure to drink, and to drink, and the Russians drink, is to see who fell down first.

The four of us ate meat and drank, and said before drinking to see who would fall down first. I originally thought that David's wife would be the first to fall down, but I didn't realize that she was the best drinker among the four of us, and she was the one who drank the three of us down.

Cousin drank three cups of wine and could not, he was the first to fall down, he is the worst drinker, A Wei is the second to fall down, leaving me and A Ying two people drink against each other, drink against each other when I drank three cups of wine and fell down, dizzy, the next day when I woke up in A Wei's house.

Three men can not drink a woman, think of all feel embarrassed, Ying said: you Chinese people's alcohol is too poor, and drinking is a small cup of drink, not enough bold, the Russians drink, are a drink, on the drinking, the Russians have not been wimpy, drinking only drink down, did not say do not drink.

I listened to the more embarrassed, Ying saw my embarrassment, said to me: most of the Russians are very like drinking, the Russians are the wine as a drink to drink, drink more, the amount of alcohol naturally come up, but there is also a part of a cup of wine on the pour, and a part of the people are not stained with drops of alcohol.

In Russia to buy alcohol are regulations, the age of less than 18 years of age is not allowed to buy alcohol, less than 21 years of age is not allowed to buy vodka, vodka is a specialty of Russia, vodka wine wine is distilled, taste is very strong. Those who look smaller, when buying alcohol, the boss will ask him to show his ID card to see if he is over 18 years old.

Russians like to drink, outside often can see some of the drunk on the road, Russia every year because of drinking and sudden death or "anti-stripping phenomenon" freezing to death of a few people, and the number of deaths every year is increasing, most of them are men, but the Russians still like to drink, but the Russians still like to drink. If you don't have a good handle on your drinking, you may be doing yourself a disservice.

Ying said, in the home can wear short sleeves and shorts, we wear short sleeves and shorts do not feel cold at all, thought the weather warmed up, who knows that we opened the window and blew in a cold wind, cold us shivering, and then Wei told us that the home open the heating. It turns out that in Russia, when the weather is cold, there is a heating supply, until the weather warms up to stop, but it is necessary to pay the heating bill.

We stayed in Russia during that time, are living in the home of A Wei, in the home of A Wei dinner, almost all meals are lamb, beef, chicken, potatoes, bread, cake, ham and sausage, these things at first eat, is indeed very tasty, but every day to eat is very easy to get tired of, and then I saw my cousin and I saw these foods are afraid of, and a kind of want to vomit feeling.

When the restaurant is not busy, the two couples, Ah Wei, will take their children to play with us. If the restaurant is busy, my cousin and I will go over to help, but sometimes my cousin and I will go out and hang out by ourselves.

Ying told us to carry our passports with us when we go out because there are often people checking our identities outside, and it's a big hassle if we don't have our passports with us. If you want to drink alcohol, you have to go and buy it before 9pm, as the sale of alcohol is banned after 9pm.

Outside you can not talk loudly, affecting other people, queuing time must be a good line, not to cut the queue, or you will be cold eyes, the Russians for this kind of unqualified behavior is very disgusting, and even more do not like those who do not have the quality of the people.

and Russian women chatting, you can not ask people's age, this is a very rude behavior, if you want to be friends with others, you can send flowers to others, but to send an odd number of flowers, can not send an even number of flowers to send 7 is the best, the Russians believe that the 7 represents the lucky, and the even number of flowers is used in the funeral. Russians are very jealous of the color yellow. You can't send yellow gifts to others. Ying told us a lot of things to pay attention to in Russia.

My cousin and I went to a lot of places to play in Russia, we first went to the Red Square, and then went to St. Petersburg, we met a lot of beautiful Russian women, and made a date to go out together the next time, after a while we went to the Altai Mountains and Lake Baikal, where the scenery is very nice.

The Russians' favorite food is barbecue, roast beef, roast lamb, roast chicken breast, meat is the staple food of the Russians, followed by bread, which is also a staple food of the Russians. When the family comes to guests, they will entertain them with bread and meat, which Russians consider to be the highest specification for entertaining guests.

Ham sausage and potatoes are also a must at the table, especially potatoes, which Russians like to make into mashed potatoes to go with their chicken or beef, which is very tasty and doesn't taste too mushy.

Like to eat barbecue people to go to Russia travel can be a great taste, roast pork, roast beef, roast lamb, roast chicken, and then with some delicious seasoning, color and flavor, eat can not stop mouth, but eat too much easy to get fat, I and my cousin in Russia during that time, the whole fat ten pounds.