Forty-degree vodka has long been the most popular strong alcoholic drink among Russians. Neither festive feasts, nor weddings, nor commemorations, nor other significant and not very events can do without it. And every time between the guests or drinking companions, disputes arise over what can and cannot be taken with vodka so that the next morning you do not have a headache from a severe hangover. So what dishes and products are allowed to be used as a snack with a strong drink?
Disputes over what one should not eat vodka with, and what is needed, have been going on between opponents for many decades. As evidence, examples from fiction, popular films and TV series are cited, as well as impenetrable facts on the topic: "But my neighbor …" or "But I only eat this, and in the morning like a cucumber." True, no one specifies what kind of this morning cucumber after abundant libations - green, yellow, boiled, rotten, or even in pimples. But enough jokes, it's time to move on to scientific research.
Scientists from different countries have empirically found out what it is impossible to eat and drink alcohol in reality. And many, having read about the most useful or forbidden snacks, will be surprised a lot. Indeed, the list of prohibitions includes such primordially Russian table dishes as barbecue, meat with a spicy sauce with spices, garlic and even pickled cucumbers. But first things first.
What you can not eat alcohol
No matter how funny the well-known phrase "drinking vodka is a real art" sounds, in some ways it is true. And it is the appetizer that is part of this postulate. After all, not everyone can slap a stoparik and smell it with their sleeve, eat with half of caramel. Most people need something to drink bitter vodka with, or better, eat it thoroughly in order to get rid of the burning taste in the mouth. This is especially true for women.
Hospitable hostesses and hosts are often mistaken, believing that the more hearty and complex dishes like jellied meat, meat salad, chicken tobacco or pork shish kebab are on the festive table, the more choice guests have when consuming strong alcohol. In fact, such delights in large quantities, eaten with gusto after each glass of forty-degree drink drunk, are more harmful than beneficial. The body is already under stress, trying to neutralize the effect of vodka on organs and systems. Fatty food leads to additional intoxication, causing heaviness on the stomach, nausea and morning hangover the next day.
In this regard, scientists have compiled a list of what you can not eat alcohol, no matter how much you want. These are the "harmful" products that are incompatible with cold vodka.
Butter cakes and pastries
The body will have to decide what to process in the first place - a sweet high-calorie treat or strong alcohol. And the faster it will start to break down cream cake, cream cakes or jam cupcakes, which are a source of glucose. As a result, a lot of insulin will be released into the bloodstream, a rapid intoxication will occur, and as a result, a severe hangover will come the next morning.
Chocolate
Bitter, milk or white chocolate in combination with strong alcohol hits the pancreas hard, causing short-term spasms after a few hours. Also, chocolate can block the ducts, provoking an unexpected development of pancreatitis after drinking. You cannot seize not only vodka with this sweetness, but also cognac, beloved by some male representatives - the effect will be the same.
Ripe tomatoes
Eating alcohol with fresh tomatoes of any kind, many do not suspect that they are causing significant harm to the body. The reason is the effect of tomato pulp on the gastric and intestinal mucosa. Under the influence of vodka and other spirits, organic acids in tomatoes cause bloating, cramping, and severe indigestion.
Shish kebab and fried meat
Fatty pork in a kebab and meat fried in any way enhances the harmful effects of alcohol. In addition, such a snack is an additional burden on the human liver and stomach. And such a choice of meat dishes when drinking vodka is not at all justified. Therefore, when going to a picnic, you can take kebabs, but it is no longer possible to seize each filled pile with them. Meat fried on charcoal, in the oven or in a pan prolongs the effect of intoxicating drinks, and sometimes can cause pancreatitis.
Spicy sauces, snacks with horseradish, garlic, pepper
Any sauces, be it garlic, Mexican, hot with spices and even mayonnaise, enhance the effect of alcohol, accelerating intoxication. As a result - headaches, stomach pains in the morning and a severe hangover with nausea. In addition, sauces, in combination with a strong alcoholic drink, can cause burns to the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines.
Pickles
Strong pickles, as lovers of alcoholic libations affectionately call them, maintain the water-salt balance in the body, unlike their counterparts - pickled cucumbers and tomatoes. Marinades with spices and vinegar increase the load on the liver and kidneys, which causes even greater harm to all organs and systems.
Sweet fruits and berries - melon, watermelon, grapes
Sweet fruits go well with white wine, but not so well with vodka. The body will simply process them into glucose, as in the situation with cakes and pastries. This is fraught with very rapid intoxication. Also, fruit acids and fiber, starting to be digested in the stomach, under the influence of alcohol will begin to ferment, causing gas release, cramps, and in the morning - also diarrhea from a hangover.
What snacks are recommended
By default, wine is usually eaten with cheese, fruit and fish. Vodka, on the other hand, "loves" other dishes, snacks and drinks:
- the vinaigrette;
- sauerkraut;
- salted cucumbers;
- boiled potatoes;
- cucumber pickle;
- boiled lean meat;
- fish;
- seafood.
In this case, sauerkraut is a source of vitamin C, potatoes are an excellent adsorbent, and pickles do not disturb the water-salt balance. That is why the classic vinaigrette is the most successful dish when drinking forty-degree alcohol. Cucumber pickle from a hangover often acts as a "life-giving" balm for a sore head.
conclusions
Having studied foods and dishes that are poorly combined with alcohol, you can draw 2 short conclusions:
- to quickly get drunk, drink less vodka, you need to eat it with fresh fruit, a piece of cake, chocolate, barbecue or drink carbonated drinks;
- if you need to seem more sober at the festive table, get drunk less, you should lean on other snacks - sauerkraut, pickles and vinaigrette with boiled potatoes, chicken, boiled fish.
Also, you cannot eat too much meat during a plentiful feast with vodka, supplementing lunch or dinner with wine, sweet desserts. Otherwise, in the morning, the stomach will growl, the liver and head will ache, and the impressions of the holiday will remain blurry and not very pleasant.
