centuries-old tradition of short-term starvation brought and continues to bring substantial benefit to the spirit of the believer's body and cheloveka.Kazhdomu of four posts established church people gave its name, which characterizes their further: Christmas post - cold, Peter - hungry, post Great and Assumption - postGourmet.Periods between the posts are usually characterized by the holidays, fun, feasts, weddings.For example, after the harvest was time to rest from the hard work that accompanied weddings, celebrations, feasts with plentiful food-fasting.The upcoming Christmas time is also rich in such events.And just Christmas post between the two periods proves to be more than appropriate.
It lasts exactly forty days.It was his even Filippovskiy as Shrovetide always falls on the day of commemoration of St. Philip the Apostle (November 27).Austerity Advent is close to Petrov.On Wednesday, Monday and Friday can not eat fish and even vegetable oil, and after a day of Nicholas of Myra, which is celebrated on December 19 fish can be eaten only on Saturdays and Sundays.More demanding to food intake are between 20 December and 2 January this strictness reaches its climax on Christmas Eve (January 6), - the last day of fasting - when you can not eat anything before the appearance of the first star in the sky.
life of previous generations was regulated "Domostroi" - a set of rules which a prudent owner advised to procure provisions for the future for the entire year.The list of mandatory products were vegetables, fruits (dried and fresh), fish (frozen and dried), pickles, jams, mushrooms, syrups, beverages, cereals, nuts, flour, honey.It turned out that the Christmas post got just at a time when all the supplies are made, hard work performed over the daily bustle of work.That is, people can live in a measured, calm, can plan their days, to devote time to prayer, fasting, virtuous cases (for example, receiving strangers) pilgrimage.
Food in Advent consisted of bread, as a rule, meal, vegetables (salt and fresh), dried and fresh fruit, cereals, which are cooked in the water without adding butter, jam, nuts, mushrooms, berries and honey.
recipes that have survived to our days, belong to the time of the Baptism of Kievan Rus', not before, because before it was not accepted their record, they were passed down orally from generation to generation, from generation to generation.Some of the famous meatless dishes have Greek proiskhozhdenie.V Advent food was scarce, as sharply reduced set of products used in cooking, so it is trying to somehow diversify.For example, to prepare a regular salad with the addition of salt herring.A couple of large potatoes, a carrot, a beet, two pickles, onion, only one herring.The fish should be pre-soaked in strong brewed tea.From the first dishes often prepared vegetable soups with groats, mushrooms, cabbage.Nowadays, you can cook and vegetable soup.
unusual, but very tasty turns ear dumplings with minced fish.First you need to boil a pound of fish with onions and spices.While she will cook, you have to stick dumplings.The dough is prepared from 200 g flour, salt and 65 ml of water.Before modeling dumplings it should stand for half an hour.For the stuffing needed mince 370 g fish fillets and onions, add salt, spices, stir.Formed dumplings boiled in water with salt, then catch a skimmer arrange on plates and pour the previously prepared soup.
Main courses can be supplemented with meatless yeast pancakes made from wheat or buckwheat muki.Na dessert traditionally served healthy and tasty stewed fruit from dried fruits and berries.Also we prepared an interesting drink as lean milk from the pounded nuts with honey (or sugar) and water.
moderation in food - it is certainly good and necessary, but still more than the rigor of fasting should concern the soul and spirit of man.And this, above all, especially fervent prayer, penance, good thoughts, good deeds confirmed.
