Pushki (heracleum maximum) is a nasty, vicious, horrible bastard of a plant that grows wild in Alaska and other northern regions and has the potential to make the unwary hiker wish the bears had gotten to them first.  It is colloquially known as “indian celery” or “cow parsnip” by misanthropes trying to make it sound edible… which, by some accounts, it can be, but you’re on your own if you want recipes.

Pushki Burns, on the other hand, is a warts-and-all tribute to life in the Great Land, a grand place where delusions of grandeur go to die.

And yes, it does get cold.