Top 15 Soviet habits that are difficult to get rid of even after immigration

We all come from childhood, and habits, as you know, are formed in childhood. Leprechaun published 15 habits, originally from the USSR, which are difficult to abandon. And, most likely, it is from them that Russian-speaking immigrants in the United States recognize each other.

Bread is the head of everything

And everything tastes better with him! Even dishes that are themselves bread, that is, made from flour. Pasta. We eat dumplings, manti with bread. And what about eggs and soups. Any carbohydrates, for example, cereals and potatoes, we are used to eating with bread.

There is an explanation for this - the country needed working hands. And these hands needed an accessible source of carbohydrates to get energy.

And their children grew up in an era of scarcity. Their children, in turn, found themselves in an era of scarcity, and the saying "Eat with bread, otherwise you won't eat!" - a direct consequence: it is really difficult to gorge on canned pink salmon soup. But now why eat with bread? It's not even particularly tasty, some say. Moreover, it is not very useful.

First, second and compote

All his life, a Soviet person, from birth to retirement, lived in a strict time frame. In the first three months, the regimen recommended by pediatricians, then a nursery and a kindergarten with pots on a schedule. Then school with breakfast at the second break and lunch at the big one. Further - the institute with a constant dining room, after work on a strict schedule. And all this along with the law on parasitism.

In this mode, he hardly had time for snacks. All meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner were at the same time. Is it possible to stay full from lunch to evening by eating a salad? Most likely no. Therefore, the menu of a Soviet person consisted of salad, first, second. Of course, a bite of bread and washed down with compote.

But those days are over! For now, it is enough to eat a salad or something light. After all, you can always have a snack, and it is not easy to walk with a full stomach.

Sweet for tea

So, after eating all the fast carbohydrates, eating everything that was supposed to be a Soviet person, you will feel hunger again in 30 minutes. And the Soviet man had one thing to do - to eat a cookie or a cake and wash it down with tea.

The same technique worked for meeting guests. Tea and sweets - and everyone is happy. But tea tastes better now! It is not necessary to take sweets to it. After all, he is now not only in a pack with an elephant and the taste is much better!

Cooking for the holidays like slaughter

Yes, there was a time when the best supplies were brought to the festive table. Not only the best, they had difficulty finding even the most necessary. Therefore, a rich table is an indicator of status and a reason to brag. After all, a good housewife could get both the deficit and all the best.

But more than half of what was cooked was thrown away the next day. What's the point?

After all, today everything is in stores. and the guests came to you to have fun, and not to eat until you drop.

Self-medication

Soviet medicine is the best in the world. that is why, with the collapse of the empire, people en masse began to drink water charged from the passes of Alan Chumak. They began to drink boiled urine on an empty stomach and spread the magical properties of kerosene poultices. Or maybe there was something wrong with the best medicine in the world? You may not believe in all this, but you still have the habit of taking out a first-aid kit and prescribing treatment for yourself. Better to see a doctor, do not self-medicate.

Blat and bribes

Soviet people have always treated "theirs". And it's not just hairdressers and doctors. Even shop assistants could tell “their own” that they threw away tangerines or blue chickens.

And they thanked “their own” with small gifts. But with a shortage, they were not small. A box of chocolates, a pack of tea, a stick of sausage, a bottle of perfume are a guarantee of a child's admission to a university.

For fixing the tap used to be paid for with a bottle of vodka. And this was considered normal. But now, no matter how strange it may sound, it is enough to pay for the services. And no small bribes.

Buying food in reserve

All households of housewives are literally inundated with questions about the organization of space. A huge number of questions, how to place all the gadgets? Answer: Don't tamp your cabinets with packs of rice, bottles of butter, and bags of sugar.

The habit of carrying old things at home

"It's a pity to throw it away, even though I wear it at home." This is the main principle when choosing clothes for the home of a Soviet person. At the same time, old things are not particularly convenient for wearing at home, but you cannot throw them away! But at home you can wear a dressing gown and sweatpants. And keep old things in case "I suddenly wear at home."

Modern clothes are more suitable for the home. The boundaries between indoor and outdoor clothing are almost blurred. But now there are no longer those queues for clothes, now there is an abundance of clothes. so don't store worn-out dresses in your closet!

False thrift

This one follows from the previous point. We, the children of the era of consumers, will never understand a grandmother who says “throw it out - and where will you get it later? That's the same! "

In Soviet times, there was a popular saying "even bring a nail from work, you are the boss here, not the guest!" The term "nesun" is from the same place. Because it was impossible to buy the necessary thing, it was necessary to “get it” or steal it. “This explains to us the following: petty theft was not even considered a theft, because ... but where else can we get something?

So everything was kept in case it was needed. But now you can throw away everything that was lying and waiting in the wings. This hour has come. You no longer need to store anything, you can buy everything.

The habit of turning a balcony into a pantry

To store everything that "might come in handy" the Soviet man used the balcony. After all, it was almost never used for its intended purpose. The only plus - in a bad mood, you can arrange excavations and throw away half of the unnecessary. Change life, repeat in a year. But the amount of trash does not change.

And what didn't fit - take it to the dacha

Can't fit on the balcony? Means, we take to the country! Let it be stored there for years. And the first spring trip to the country gives a lot of memories. Dacha is a classic grandmother. There is not enough storage space, it is inconvenient to sleep, it is inconvenient to invite guests. But how good it is to store everything there! Unless, of course, you do not count the costs of transporting all this garbage and the subsequent analysis of debris instead of lazy swinging in a hammock.

The habit of not treating teeth until the last

Unlike the best Soviet medicine in the world, Soviet dentistry is a separate art form. The art of torture. Dentistry in conscientious times was punitive, but it was free of charge, because nowhere in the world they take money for torture.

But those days are over. Now it is not painful to treat teeth, although it is expensive. And if you treat it on time, it's still cheaper!

The habit of making repairs for decades

Repairs in Soviet times began from the back room. It lasted for decades, so when we reached the hallway, the back room was already dilapidated. But all this is understandable, because building materials cannot be bought, and workers will perform work only for a deficit. And he still had to get it. And since the Soviet person was constantly on the run and looking for “to get something”, there was no time to do the repairs himself.

Well, nothing, we are strong people, we are little by little, little by little ... Little by little and little by little, in ten years we will put our housing in order.

The habit of giving advice

In the USSR, all are comrades to each other. Therefore, there was a popular saying "perish yourself, and help your comrade." That is, of course, it was not required to die, but he knew how to help out everything! No request, really. Yes, and what requests there may be, because everything around is collective farm, everything around is mine! Including your personal life, comrade. Unlearn, in general.

The habit of saving the best for later

Now it is called "delayed happiness." Mothers have always had festive sets, saint, untouchable "my darling." Exit shoes and imported lipstick were waiting in the wings in the same way. The rest was postponed according to the same principle.

- “we'll sleep off in the next world” ... Putting off pleasant things for later is the most terrible Soviet habit, because, in fact, life was postponed. Don't do that. Never.