Speaking of chushkopeks, if anyone hasn't seen it its probably because you were not in the season of it. People here use it early autumn when they buy many kilos of red peppers, roast them, put them in jars that they rinsed with boiling water and then per jar put two aspirin for preserving. They eat this throughout the winter. I have only been to two families while they were making this but they both used this aspirin method, and i can see neighbors do theirs from my balcony. This post was so hilarious, the annoyed look they have when they indeed did put out the cigarette for you that they were smoking half in and half out of the store while gossiping with next door cashier is seen in every part of this country. They also almost always have the little plastic cup of coffee. Very rude and uneducated but I got used to it by now.