28. Dog's joy
This expression was born at the end of the XIX century among the brisk, half-impoverished small artisans and craftsmen of the Moscow region, who could not afford to dine in a tavern, They bought boiled "golie" from a hawker - liver, heart, lung, and other offal. A portion of "minnow" cost a penny or two. The rich, who had 10-15 kopecks, took a ham bone from the shop, from which they could cut off some of the ham left on it. Such a bone was called a "dog's joy" by craftsmen. Later, this name changed to sausage of the lowest grades. However, for the undemanding and often hungry inhabitant of old Zaryadye, such a treat was both desirable and attractive.