sakuska

— Before beginning dinner, come to the bar and try the sakuska. No Russian dines without taking his glass of vodka, and, prodding a fork into a multitude of snacks of all kinds, caviare, cold meats, bits of fried fish, raw fish, pickled fish, edible mushrooms, dubious toadstools, anchovies, mawns, cucumbers, onions, and radishes; for a copecks you may clear the lot and have your go of spirits. As long as the fork is clean and the tit-bits are dry, the sakuska is a good relish before starting; […]