Pose (drink)

Pose - a low-alcoholic drink like kvass or sugar beet mash , traditional for Mordovian cuisine.

It is prepared by fermenting the wort , which consists of steamed in an oven over low heat for a day (sometimes several days), previously lightly fried (to give the drink a dark color) and dried sugar beet root crops, as well as rye flour, malt , hops , water, some sugar and yeast .

Sometimes steamed beets are mixed with rye flour and dried - you get a kind of beet crackers that can be stored for a very long time and prepare a pose from them as needed ^[1] .

In the old days, the pose, like pure , was of Mordovian not only purely nutritional, but also ceremonial importance, it was part of the sacrificial food on prayers to the gods.

The Mokshaans had the custom of “ Avan Pose ” (women's marriage), when in the spring, a week after Easter , women from neighboring yards gathered in one of the houses and cooked a pose, after which a collective treat was arranged. At the end of the holiday, one of the jugs with a pose was solemnly transferred to the house in which this holiday is planned to be held next year ^[2] .