chefmike
10-06-2007, 06:56 AM
I like to make sourdough bread. I like to eat sourdough bread. But I don't think that I would like drinking sourdough bread...
Russian patriotism drives fermented bread drink craze
MOSCOW (AFP) - Moscow streets may be crowded with Bentleys as Russia races into its oil-fueled future, but that has not stopped a boom in a traditional Russian peasant brew that has even caught the attention of US beverage giant Coca-Cola.
It's called kvass: a dark, fizzy, slightly sour-tasting drink made from bread or grain, with very low alcohol and very high popularity thanks to a surge of national pride in newly ascendent Russia.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071003/lf_afp/lifestylerussiakvassdrink_071003134700
Russian patriotism drives fermented bread drink craze
MOSCOW (AFP) - Moscow streets may be crowded with Bentleys as Russia races into its oil-fueled future, but that has not stopped a boom in a traditional Russian peasant brew that has even caught the attention of US beverage giant Coca-Cola.
It's called kvass: a dark, fizzy, slightly sour-tasting drink made from bread or grain, with very low alcohol and very high popularity thanks to a surge of national pride in newly ascendent Russia.
rest of article-
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071003/lf_afp/lifestylerussiakvassdrink_071003134700