Meaning of sakuska | Babel Free

Examples

“Before beginning dinner, come to the bar and try the sakuska. No Russian dines without taking his glass of vodka, and, prodding a fork into a multitude of snacks of all kinds, caviare, cold meats, bits of fried fish, raw fish, pickled fish, edible mushrooms, dubious toadstools, anchovies, mawns, cucumbers, onions, and radishes; for a copecks you may clear the lot and have your go of spirits. As long as the fork is clean and the tit-bits are dry, the sakuska is a good relish before starting; […]”

“They seemed to know all about fishing and how to treat the fish. Most of it was cleaned, washed, and salted in barrels; but a small quantity was dried, and their house was full of fish hanging from the roof to dry; these would be tit-bits for the monks at home; with a drop of good spirits these fat dried fish are not bad and do very well for sakuska (hors-d’œuvre) in a convent.”

“The sakuski, or elaborate hors d’oeuvres, were but a prologue, and the succession of wines but an epilogue, to this dramatically staged and emotionally eaten course.”

“If a visitor should take away the bill of fare of a restaurant or a hotel as a souvenir, he would probably evoke some surprise at home. For it would list Wiener Schnitzel and Hungarian goulasch, the Swedish platter and Italian polenta, English roast beef and Turkish pilaff, works of French culinary art and Russian sakuska . . .”

“A kindly British resident, Stuart, met me, and drove me in a troika to a restaurant where I had my first taste of vodka, sakuskas (glorified hors d’œuvre), borsch (cabbage soup) and peroshkies (meat pies), after which he took me to the railway station and settled me into the train for Baku.”

“Distilled from a grain mash (only in Eastern Europe is a potato mash sometimes used), vodka has no definite taste or aroma, but Russians, Poles, and other Slavic people toss their vodka down in thimble-size glasses, accompanied by sakuski or appetizers.”

“In both cases mess tables groaned with a great assortment of sakuski, punctuated by many bottles of vodka, to be accompanied by endless toasts and complimentary speeches.”

“Usually packed, this cramped and noisy cellar bar has excellent sakuski; gypsy music.”

“I sat down by the window and read the menu in disbelief, for along with borscht and sakuski, egg salad and bread, it offered pelmeni, schnitzel, and roast chicken.”

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