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Curd mass, the breakfast of champions in Sochi

Wake up, grab some curd mass, kick off the day right.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

What did you have for breakfast this morning? Eggs, maybe some toast? What about a bowl of cereal or oatmeal? Maybe if you have a penchant for the dramatic, you went for a cigarette and a cup of black coffee. Hey, this is a judgement free zone. We’re not going to tell you how to live.

If you were in Sochi this morning you’d experience a lovely breakfast treat.

BOOM!

CURD MASS.

It’s easy to leave the story here, to tell you “curd mass sounds gross,” but we’re going a step further. If you do a Google image search for “curd mass” you get something that looks a lot like cottage cheese. No harm, no foul. However, if you Google it’s Russian name “творог масса” things get very different, very quickly.

STARE AT THIS CURD MASS CAT

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(Photo via korzinka.org)

He is so friggin’ pumped you’re about to eat some curd mass that he can’t even contain himself.

YOU ALSO FIND CREEPY RUSSIAN TV PHOTOS

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(Photo via 1TV Russia)

“Now we put butter in the curd mass and.... WATCH OUT, HE’S GOT A KNIFE!”

FINAL STEP

If you’re really brave you venture out of the gated community of Google images to find a Russian curd mass message board (yes, this is a thing).

One response to a question about curd mass came from user “Юли” who said:

“творожная масса - это старый переработанный творог с кучей химических добавок. Фу, гадость!”

Wow. Hard hitting stuff, that says it all really. Oh, sorry I forgot y’all don’t speak Russian. We’ve got you covered:

“curd - it’s an old recycled cottage cheese with a bunch of chemical additives. Ugh, disgusting!”

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

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