Kvass

[yorksman]

Kvass, as drunk on street corners in Russia:

Or make it yourself:

The recipe: "The first time I made beet kvass three years ago, I was scared to drink it."

http://thenourishingcook.com/how-to-make-fermented-beet-kvass

Homemade beet kvass nutrition: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/homemade-beet-kvass-becky-14020077

The history:

"In the story of the Scaldic Mead tradition tells that asir and vanir, when they made peace after the civil war, spit into the same bowl. Of this there was a fermentation and hence Kvasir was created. He had the wisdom of both god families (Sk?ldskaparm?l)(Dumezil) He was killed by the dwarfs Fjalar and Galar and his blood was poured into three barrels. Out of this came as well the simple kvass?l (kvassbeer) as the more sophisticated brew in Odr?rer, the scaldic mead. In one myth-variant Bal?r is borne out of this mead and from there ??inn got his wisdom, his galders and his scaldic ability after having stolen it from the giant Suttung and his daughter Gunl?d, slipped out in snake-hamr and flewn away with it in eagle-hamr. This mead answers to an Eastern European alcoholic beverage ?kvas"."

 

[AlisonM]

Tried that once on a trip to a place that was then known as Leningrad (they changed it later that month). Back to the Kvass, blech! *SPIT SINK*

 

[Northerner]

Tried that once on a trip to a place that was then known as Leningrad (they changed it later that month). Back to the Kvass, blech! *SPIT SINK*

Imbibed a few glasses when I was in Leningrad also! An acquired taste, like many things I sampled over there! 😱 🙂