RKS Literature: Tarus Bulba on Women and Vodka (Nikolai Gogol)

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“Enough! Enough whining, old woman. Cossacks aren’t Cossacks so they can hobnob with women! Given half a chance you’d hide them under your skirt and sit on them like a hen. Off with you, quick, and get the table ready. Lay out everything we have. No need for fritters  and poppyseed cakes, or any other delicate morsels: just bring out some mutton and some goat, none of that fancy liquor with raisins and other little knickknacks in it. I want my vodka so clear and frothing that it hisses and whirls like it’s possessed”.

Nikolai Gogol, “Tarus Bulba”, 1835.

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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