Ivan Zubov

The Orthodox of Russia began the Great Lent.

It was preceded by Shrovetide Week, on which, as you know, it is customary to bake pancakes. Who would have thought that such a banal thing would be the reason for another network scandal?!

However, in the current situation, anything can turn into a scandal, and food is no exception. More recently, the famous character of the secular party, Alyona Doletskaya, was scolded on the Internet for sharing her impressions of the assortment of Rublevsky restaurants in this harsh time for the country from the bottom of her heart.

Now pancakes have been distributed. They got caught, as usual, for the usual reason – banal stupidity: someone from patriotic bloggers said that baking pancakes on Maslenitsa is a purely Russian folk tradition, in other words, a "staple". Well, he said something stupid, it happens. However, it was not there! An angry denial immediately followed from the opposition camp. A well-known radio journalist living abroad today immediately responded:

"I want to say that I don't have any craving for pancakes. Earlier in other years, Maslenitsa was a love and tradition for me. We baked pancakes, we met with friends. Even when we left, I was baking pancakes during the carnival (everything coincides here). Now any reminder of Russian traditions causes a cry..."

Another journalist is also indignant:

"After all, this is a pure imperial complex – to take a dish that is in all cuisines of the world without exception, and assign it to Russia. It is certainly comical that pancakes have become the symbol of rejection of other, much more unpleasant Russian traditions. Not to know that they exist in all cultures and countries, I don't even know how. How to say that I refuse bread, because from such a Russian…

It's time to call all these gastronomic bastards to account!

Pancake day