Vodka Drinking Instructions
For your edification, here's the 'proper' way to drink Vodka, Russian-style. (Pulled from a hiking listserver)
Drinking vodka Russian style, a short course:
1) Take cap off bottle of vodka. Throw cap in
trash--you will not be needing it again. Drinking
"stale" vodka leads to hangovers.
2) Pour everyone a round, in glasses. Small shot
glasses are the normal, polite thing, if you're
willing to wait a few minutes to get drunk; use water
glasses if you're in a hurry.
3) Propose a toast. (Note: The toast for the third
round of shots is always made "to the beauty of the
women here tonight.")
4) Everyone raise glasses and drain them to the bottom
in one gulp. You should throw the vodka towards the
back of your throat so you don't taste it.
5) In your other hand, you should already be holding
the chasing food, normally a piece of kosher dill type
pickle, or maybe an orange slice, but sometimes a
piece of chocolate. As you can probably guess, men
tend to prefer the pickles, and women prefer the
chocolate.
6) Repeat until bottle is empty.
7) Open another bottle. For planning purposes, buy a
half-liter bottle for every person expected at the
party. The children and women may not drink their
share, but the men will make up for it.
Drinking vodka Russian style, a short course:
1) Take cap off bottle of vodka. Throw cap in
trash--you will not be needing it again. Drinking
"stale" vodka leads to hangovers.
2) Pour everyone a round, in glasses. Small shot
glasses are the normal, polite thing, if you're
willing to wait a few minutes to get drunk; use water
glasses if you're in a hurry.
3) Propose a toast. (Note: The toast for the third
round of shots is always made "to the beauty of the
women here tonight.")
4) Everyone raise glasses and drain them to the bottom
in one gulp. You should throw the vodka towards the
back of your throat so you don't taste it.
5) In your other hand, you should already be holding
the chasing food, normally a piece of kosher dill type
pickle, or maybe an orange slice, but sometimes a
piece of chocolate. As you can probably guess, men
tend to prefer the pickles, and women prefer the
chocolate.
6) Repeat until bottle is empty.
7) Open another bottle. For planning purposes, buy a
half-liter bottle for every person expected at the
party. The children and women may not drink their
share, but the men will make up for it.