Why are Russian writers all so fucking obsessed with samovars?
Why are Russian writers all so fucking obsessed with samovars?
Ryder Robinson
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Nicholas Bell
Because they were part of daily life? Like tea time in the UK.
Jose Reed
This, it's just a fancy kettle.
Dostoyevsky in the house of the dead, for example, talked of the samovar as the resort of the "noblemen" in prison, it was a social and refined thing to do compared to smuggling in vodka or spend your time gambling. Even in a squalid prison in the middle of some siberian steppe, where many would never leave, they had samovars and tea: a ritual, a signifier that they were not barbarians and had dignity.
Justin Peterson
it's not just Chekhov?
Luke Cruz
>This, it's just a fancy kettle.
It is more akin to the tea pot than the kettle, the ritual generally revolved around the pot, the samovar was a part of the ritual as much as the tea pot.
In a well to do home in England the servants would handle the kettle, but even the well to do would play mum and pour the tea for the guests. In Russia the well to do would have their servant fill the samovar but would fill their cup themselves. Not a hard fast rule of course, often the well to do would expect the servants to do all when it was just the family but take over as mum when company was about or give the honor over to a guest.
Tea and coffee rituals are interesting things!
Robert Myers
Yes, also it was a kind of display piece and one of the more decorous things on the table.
Go to any Russian country souse tour and you will i inevitably see a large, beautifully ornate samovar.
The other big showoff item would be oven.
Angel Peterson
Because samovars are the best thing to exist in this world
Levi Reed
Not sure I can agree with that, but they are pretty great. A nice and well used unglazed tea pot would beat a samovar out in a second, also, samovars suck for coffee.
Hunter Watson
The real question is how does one sleep on the stove?
Eli Myers
Carefully.
Noah Mitchell
Brayden Adams
The ovens were fucking dense and layered so you could touch the outside of it safely. And it was the warmest spot in the house, usually.
Colton Gomez
because it reminds them of their native willage
Cameron Cox
this guys over-egged accent drives me fucking insane
Ryan Torres
I just clicked on this thread looking for this post, glad to see the tradition is kept alive.
Connor Roberts
So catchy. Brings back memories, thanks.
Asher Edwards
Stop posting with a tripcode of vulva you pussy hat wearing fool.
Hunter Powell
>why do authors that I am removed from think, say, and do things that are unusual to me
John Foster
I did not take part in those marches.
Cooper Anderson
but your philosophy on life is rather vulva-centric is it not?
Jaxson Martin
whose isn't though?
Brandon Cox
but i read translations of their works, that totally means i understand them and what they were saying
Christopher Butler
A man who isn't 14 years old
A woman who isn't a catlady
Dominic Johnson
My philosophy is life affirming. If that’s “vulva centric” I guess so.
The women’s marches were cynical political theatre. I’m still more about OWS and the Yellow Vests in France
Andrew Harris
wtf, where did you find this video of me??
Jose Gomez
Awe, I saw you stayed up last night till 3, I had to go to bed, sorry :3
Camden Evans
Because that's how they made Coffee and Coffee is fucking amazing.
Aiden Bell
>tfw Russian and never drank from a samovar although we had one somewhere
Bentley Morris
I think they're overrated desu, a cool gadget but not actually that convenient nowadays
Ethan Watson
sure, it's for cultural value
Xavier Carter
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