/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Learn to appreciate herbal sodas pleb.

>>14300720
and the Swiss have a soda pop made from fermented milk, you now know that different cultures enjoy different things.

>>14300763
Rivella is delicious

>>14300720
>eastern Europeans literally drink bread juice
yes we do. staple summer drink here. it's not and is classified as non-alcoholic, but actually some of it is like 1% or something like that. once drank a 2l and felt like after a can of beer.
>they also had a green soda that tastes like mouthwash supposedly made of terragon or something.
yes, that's Tarkhun. and look who's talking, root beer like A&W tastes exactly like Listerine. Tarkhun is not great but at least better than this.

>>14300871
Back in the late 80's early 90's they would sell kvass out the back of a tanker truck. Shit was amazing on a hot summer day. They don't make that kind of kvass anymore and the bottled shit is just over-sweetened soda with "kvass flavor".

>>14300885
its not that sweet, fuck off sovok

>>14300889
The bottled shit sucks you zoom zoom faggot

>>14300720
They have it in the north of China too, not Russian imports (though they have them too) but a local Chinese brand.
It's not bad desu, basically a very, very weak, somewhat sweet beer.
Nice on a hot day, fresh out of the fridge.

>real vatnik hours
russians are waking up

>>14300893
yeah right Igor keep missing your diluted kvass

>>14300963
don't ever reply to me again you little baby nuts faggot

KVAS WAS IST DAS

>>14300871
The taste of rootbeer comes from sassafras root, and listerine doesnt have any sassafras in it. Youd know this is if the Soviet Union didnt collapse and you were able to recieve a good education

>>14300720
>They also had a green soda that tastes like mouthwash supposedly made of terragon or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOCdIY_HKM4

>>14301014
russians aren't like the anglosaxon puritan faggots you can buy vodka 24 hours at the corner store

>>14300751
fpbp, mutts can shove their shitty sugar bombs in their ass

>>14301038
>bragging about being able to purchase alcohol when they want to
>literally a systematic alcoholic culture since the time of the tsars
I take it you get the vodka that once you open you can't close for later consumption? you eating the zakuski while you squat, gopnik?

>>14301067
Yeah, my point is anglosaxon Puritanism is retarded. All cultures drink alcohol not sure what "systematic" is supposed to mean? There's no law or system that says you have to drink

>>14301067
>>14301038
maybe in some shady corner store in some shitty area you can purchase it at night. in your average supermarket - no way.

I think I saw those two exact same brands when I had a job in Amberg, Germany, not too far from the Czech border. I fucking loved the stuff, although it was really very sweet, especially the one on the left.

I recently mady my own kvass after a recipe from chefkoch.de but it wasnt exactly a huge success.

>>14302453
Hmmm. I want to make my own kvass as I am worried that the stuff I can buy at Eastern European shops will just be full of added sugar, but I am almost sure that I will mess it up. Decisions, decisions.

>>14302486
The ingredients are cheap as fuck. I used 500g of ALDI pre-sliced rye bread, 200g of sugar and a 40g cube of fresh yeast for 4 liters of water.

>>14300720
What the hell are you saying Eastern European beverages are all kino

Haha mate it's time for a vodka session tomorrow. I haven't been drinking in over two weeks. Feelsgoodman

>>14302486
>>14302512
Same with Malzbier. Wish you could buy some that hasn't as much sugar as coke.

>>14302518
It would probably taste like ass

Tarkhun sucks ass and is LITERALLY flavored with estragon (the plant, not the hormone)
Dyushes is GOAT though

>>14302542
Where do you live where there's a hormone called estragon?

>>14302543
I'm explaining for the uneducated because the last time I posted it the very first response I got "wow do russians really put estrogen in their soft drinks? that's fucked up"

>>14300720
>They also had a green soda that tastes like mouthwash supposedly made of terragon or something
it tastes fucking delicious. I used to love that shit as a kid.

>>14302549
lmao at the mutts

>>14302518
But you can. At least in Germany.
Most breweries have one and the only sugar in it is the natural malt sugar. Sweeter than beer but far less sweet than e.g. fukken Vitamalz.

>>14300720
It's actually really good though, and it's so fucking sweet, how do you think it tastes like mouthwash

>>14300990
Americans can't even write a cogent insult.

You got lard for brains, lad

>>14302569
Of course you can get them, but they're often hard to get or taste terrible. Especially those, which just taste like non alcoholic schwarzbier.

>>14300990
COLD WAR’S BACK ON, FAGGOTS!
FIRE UP THE T-84’S!

>>14302623
And russians cant stop drinking themselves to death, simple facts of life

>>14302624
How about pic related?

>>14302670
Never seen it.

>>14300763
>soda pop

How do you take your kvass? Lemon juice, straight, or other?

>>14302762
Up the ass

>>14302762
straight from the barrel

>>14302820
>not taking it straight from the mason jar that's been sitting on your counter for 3 days
weak

When did Europe get supermarkets I went there and everyone eats mcdonalds and street kebabs or from gas stations

>>14302830
their markets aren't very super
they just have itsy bitsy lidl ones

>>14302830
U bets be trolling son

wow amerifats aren't human hahah

>>14302623
American CHADS dont wasetheir time proof reading.

>>14302859
>be american
>be fat
lmao, they also eat corn lol

>>14300720
>europoors drinking mouthwash as a household beverage

sounds about right

Imagine not being American, brushing your teeth with a turd before tooling around in a shitty hatchback to buy a new men's purse on your way to wait in line for your government-funded semen and cabbage ration.

Kvas is like any other drink, it varies a great deal by brand/area. Some are trash but some are really good, especially on a hot day. I drank quite a bit of it while I was in St Petersburg last year.

I bought a bottle of Tarkhun once, from a Russian grocery in Vienna, and it didn't taste like tarragon at all. It tasted like Waldmeister (woodruff).

>>14301050
Euro insecurity complexes will never cease to amaze me.

Is this like Malta where it can be made alcoholic

>>14300871
I chugged a bunch of kvass in Russia when I was about seven or eight and apparently got pretty tipsy.

>>14300720
are you in the midwest or some shit? make your own kvass if you want, and just buy jupi the rest is trash

>>14300720
This stuff is shit. Don't buy it. It used to be that folks would make their own kvass, just from stale, leftover bread bits. Bakeries would, also, often make it with unsold bread, then sell that, as well. It was delicious.

Then, the Soviets came around and fucked it all up. Small bakeries were replaced by government-owned bread factories which gave up quality in favor of quantity. I order to make kvass in mass quantities, the opted for a combination of bread crumbs, sugar syrups, and added carbonation, since that was easier to make and keep than true, fermented kvass. That crap is the continuation of Soviet-era food crimes. If you're interested, kvass can be made in about three days, in your kitchen, with just bread, yeast, water, sugar/honey, raisins, and some cheese cloth to filter out crumbs, at the end.

>>14300720
I thought kvass was that fermented beet juice...

>>14300871
never had kvas before, they dont sell it here in leaf-land, any place i could try these treats?

>>14305711
can you use any bread or it needs to be rye?

>>14305982
they probably do. Google international or eastern European markets and one of those places will have it.

>>14300720
God I want some kvass badly

>>14300720
So this is basically just Wort?

>>14305982
Honestly, the bottled shit isn't even worth the trouble of looking for it. Most of them are basically just sweet sodas.
Get a recipe and make it yourself.

Imagine not being able to handle kvass and tarhun lmao

>>14302762
lemon juice? what are you, gay? just take it straight like literally everyone else does.

>>14304843
>you guys don't drink half a kilo of sugar with every glass? You guys are so inferior to us.
dumb fat mutt

>>14305711
my babushka made it once. maybe she fucked it up but i wasnt a fan. but good kvass without excess sugar is good i agree. if i wanted soda, i'd buy soda.

>>14306823
Exhibit B

>>14300720
I bet you do too, faggot. Ever had a beer?

>>14302830
european hands typed this post

t. european

>>14301038
You literally can't do this. Outside of bars most cities stop selling all alcohol, not just hard liquor, around 6-8 PM. Stop larping.

>>14307684
>Exhibit B

>>14300720
>kvass sucks
Fag

>>14305982
It's pretty easy to make yourself. There are some decent recipes online. It just takes a bit of time simmering.

they dont call them europoors for nothing. truly a backwards people.

>>14300720
>I don't have an amerifat palate but damn this shit sucks

You have an inferior palate either way. Kvas tastes great.

>>14300720
The tarragon soda doesn't taste like mouthwash. It's called Tarkhun and it's pretty good. Kvas is also alright, but it's a bit of an acquired taste. Baikal is probably the closest the Soviets got to Coke or Pepsi and is also a classic.

Source Russian living in America. Grew up on this stuff.

>>14300885
I think they still do that in some parts of the former USSR. I think I saw it in one of BaldAndBroke's videos in some bullshit country nobody can place on a map lol.

>>14300720
Pepsi makes Cucumber soda in Japan. I heard it sells well.

>>14310320
I cucumber in your mom's mouth

>>14302624

>>14302670
This is by far the best malz bier. Might be regional to cologne tho.

>>14300720
A tarragon soda sounds fucking incredible

>They also had a green soda that tastes like mouthwash supposedly made of terragon or something
Baikal used to be made with real herbs but now it's the same sugar filled crap as all sodas are.
Kvas can be nice though.You can make cold soup with it too

Slavbrehs, recommend me a good recipe for homemade kvass. Keep in mind that I'm too retarded to just freestyle the ratios of bread, water and whatnot.

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

>>14306221
Ideally, you'd use rye bread (preferably a darker rye), since that's more traditional. It was originally made by people living fairly far north, during a period when global temperature averages were lower than today's, so they could really only grow rye, successfully. Still that's not to say that some folks might have had other breads and made kvass with it, from time to time, and other bread would work. I've been interested in experimenting with other breads, but have just never gotten around to it. I'd say to try rye, first, but to experiment, if you'd like (or if you just can't get or don't like rye). Other breads might not be traditional, but that doesn't mean that they wouldn't make tasty kvass.

>>14306830
Kvass it definitely not for everyone and I can completely understand why some people might not go for it. I love the stuff, though, and completely agree that kvass is better when not too sweet.

Did your babushka make any other Slavic foods?

>>14311579
Is that okroshka?! I need to make that, again.

>>14300720
holy shit I forgot this existed, I used to see them in the netherlands. I really like them but its kind of a weird flavour

>>14300720
Kvass is great but those brands are shitty. You want the all naturally brewed stuff.

Is this how they cope with not being able to afford American cheese?

>>14300720
>Green mouthwash

You mean Tarhun? That shits sweeter than cola. And Kvas is superior to everything you burgers can come up with

>>14300720
>westoid can't appreciate real mans drinks
pathetic

>>14300990
A&W doesn't have any sassafras in it either, as it's carcinogenic. The main flavoring is wintergreen. The same wintergreen used as an active ingredient in Listerine.

>>14305982
>leaf-land
Get it in Winnipeg or Toronto, or somewhere with a lot of Ukrainians

>>14315211
Bull. They only took it out so you couldn't make MDMA with rootbeer.

>>14300871
>>14300720
Tarkhun is Georgian, not Slavic (literally not in Europe)

It's literally a Middle Eastern soda

>>14315976
still, tarkhun has been common in Russia since USSR and no one really considers it "Georgian" here.

I miss drinking Kvas, it's been years since I've lived near a place that sells it. I might try finding some online. It's not common here in the states. I wish there was more variety in unsweetened drinks here, soda and ice teas with mountains of sugar are way too sweet for me.

>>14300720
Its probably close to same as our kotikalja "home beer" except that ours is made from malts instead of bread
Maybe I should buy it, most stores have it right next to kotikalja

Im going to try to make some kvas, does it taste good? It looks good.