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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I saw that one, too, but decided not to post it.
Being the youngster that you are, you may not realize that people in the U.S. during Soviet times food never . . . how shall I say this without using vulgarity . . . had high regard for Soviet food. Some dishes from the Eastern Bloc countries were highly regarded.
A quick story about Soviet food. I took a course one time in Group Tour management. This was a few years after the fall of the Soviet Union. The professor led trips himself, to a wide variety of places in the world. Well, one of those was the Soviet Union and he greatly vilified the food there. I don't remember much of the details that he gave, but one that I do recall, and will never forget, was about the group stopping at a certain place to eat. Seems like it was in a fairly rural area. They served chicken foot soup. He described it graphically. There was literally a cooked (I assume) chicken foot in each bowl of soup! I know that things have improved markedly since the old Soviet days, but because of his experience, I would be highly unlikely ever to buy a cookbook for Soviet food. I doubt that I would even browse through one.
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How young do you think I am?
I posted this one for the cookbook collectors that may or may not have a Soviet Era cookbook.
Note: I am old enough to remember the Hostage Crisis.