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Covering certain powers during this series will definitely make some uncomfortable, but I feel like skipping those would leave the series incomplete and do a disservice to history. I hope, for the sake of learning, you stick around for all of the episodes in this series.
It was a good little historical reference. But I must say that the moment about Ribkovsky's feast is in fact more of a throw-in, which occurred because Ribkovsky wanted to highlight that even during the terrible war, the Soviet leadership was able to maintain a healthy diet for the most important people of the country, which was not true in practice. In fact, at that time he was lying in a sanatorium, where he was given the minimum of food that was needed to restore his health. He simply embellished this minimum of food by adding all sorts of meat products to the prescribed grams of bread (300 white and 300 black), butter (30 grams) and some other food he was eating everyday in sanatorium. In fact, he got into the hospital itself from December exhaustion. This becomes quite obvious when looking closely at his diary, from where this phrase about a variety of meat appeared during the general famine. His military life was meager, on the verge of starvation (another thing is that most dependents had it beyond this line), his usual meals were in the Smolny dining room, by the ration cards, just like an ordinary person during the war years.
Конечно а тылу такую кашу ели на воде. Как мне бабушка рассказывала они ели в во время войны сусликов, когда уезжали с Украины и варили шелуху из просо. Спасибо за ваш выпуск, выпуск. Можно положить кусок сливочного масла на кашу, дать растаять и распределить по ней, когда поставите в духовку верхний слой немного подрумяниться.😋
Not that you read comments or ever reply them, I guess you got too big, but Hitler made the same mistake as Napoleon. He thought conquering Russia will be fast, and did not expect it to last to winter. If Hitler attacked Russia in the spring, the outcome could be different. Kasha (kasza) is not only millet. It is simply food made from whole or almost whole grain, and it is still a big thing in Slavic cuisine. In English is it called e.g. kasza perłowa is pearl barley, kasza jęczmienna – barley groats, kasza gryczana – buckwheat groats and so on so forth. The version of bałanda you describe is rich one, the usual one was a soup made from young leaves of saltbush and thistle. I don't know if you read Archipelago Gulag, if not, you should. Also cut the BS, there were no years-long famines during the war. The famines were mainly because of bad management and corruption.
I have the only translation of the Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, and found your recipe. It was a good choice. And, yes. Most porridges in the book are served with butter on the side. The book itself is very interesting. There is no credited translator and I would guess that the translator was not a professional, as sometimes the text turns into English with Russian grammar attached to it. It's a very fun book, and I've cooked a few things out of it. I also have Elena Molokhovits' A Gift to Young Housewives, the Imperial equivalent to Mikoyan's Soviet book. The original recipe for Beef Stroganoff is in there, and that one is a delight to make. I especially love its use of "English Pepper", which are Allspice Berries. It makes for a much more interesting meal. Cheers!
If y’all get a chance, one of my favorite fictional books is called City of Thieves which is a story about two young men that try to survive the siege of Stalingrad. Entire book has them looking for eggs for the royal family’s daughter so she can have a birthday cake. It’s also ironically written by the idiot that wrote the entire Game of Thrones tv show disaster lol which made me even angrier because I know he Beniof can write a competent story.
Great vid. I want to point out a common mistake among western people – you guys don't quite understand what GULag is. It's a Ministry (G(Г)-Главное U(У)-Управление Lag(Лаг)-Лагерями = Head Office of (labor/prison) Camps) that was in charge of all the prisons, labor camps, captured enemies camps. Labor camps (that are not GULAGs, they're called labor camps) weren't for political prisoners only. It was a part of a project that aimed to make a use of prisoners, so that instead of sitting in cells they could serve the country. These camps were mostly for the people who commited severe crimes (that included political crimes as well). Though, having political prisoners is not what made them terrible – it was a common thing worldwide, and it is nowadays. Extremely heavy labor and non-controlled abuse of prisoners is what gave them the reputation. You can read more of it on Wiki, however, please keep in mind that most of the articles about it have neutrality issues. The term GULAG itself is commonly used in modern propaganda, since it has a strong emotional effect on readers what makes it a very powerful tool and harms its historical accuracy.
What a great video. You explained many complex topics of history in such simple words with a rather bright side. Молодец, well done.
In general, the Soviet food policy was a time bomb for many years to come. The great equalizing force that was the government of our grandfathers made terrible mistakes that are still making themselves felt today in many places.
There's a scene in the Call Of Duty video game where soldiers are training to throw potatoes instead of grenades. BECAUSE GRENADES ARE IN SHORTAGE, IVAN. The irony is that during the war it was probably the other way around. For many, food was a much scarcer resource than ammunition… As if you had to eat grenades instead of potatoes.
The video could have done without the personal anecdotes. I highly doubt the party members were eating that much better compared to the average person and if they did, no shit your country's leaders have to eat, you don't want them to drop dead.
The USSR did not share any small countries with Germany. He was the last to sign the non-attack pact. Earlier in Europe, the same agreements were signed by England, France, Poland and others. And by the way, it was Poland and Hitler who divided Czechoslovakia, not the USSR. Why are you twisting history? or you just don't know her?
I thought I would see a kitchen with historical recipes, but I saw ridiculous propaganda from the 80s. Stalin did NOT cause a famine and did NOT order the burning of crops. Khrushchev came up with this many years later
Most people didn't cook in USSR in the 1930s. They ate in canteens or heater lfe frozen or canned ready food. When people had no access they made a stew from corned beef, onion, and potatoes. If there was no beef, you used sardines.
hi! i was in that leningrad siege. we were on motorbikes with mp40. i remember how my grandpa said- wie kommen fur diesen russishen sabaken zu ihren mutter sasai machen! heil! heil! HEIL!!!11 and my pipisken is very big u know. grosse pipisken.
GULAG – "The General Directorate of Correctional Labor Camps" – is a modern analogue of the prison system of any country. Analogues of the United States "Federal Bureau of Prisons".
GULAG is located in Moscow, it is an office building. Anyone would only dream of getting punished there. You can't serve your sentence in a gulag.
Covering certain powers during this series will definitely make some uncomfortable, but I feel like skipping those would leave the series incomplete and do a disservice to history. I hope, for the sake of learning, you stick around for all of the episodes in this series.
So communism destroyed cooking in Russia. Just like how it destroys everything else. Not surprising…
Weird, he didn't even cook anything.
When is the Nazi Menu coming? Arguably the Soviet’s were worse.
Where did you get the information that tushonka is hated? It is beloved in Russia.
It was a good little historical reference. But I must say that the moment about Ribkovsky's feast is in fact more of a throw-in, which occurred because Ribkovsky wanted to highlight that even during the terrible war, the Soviet leadership was able to maintain a healthy diet for the most important people of the country, which was not true in practice. In fact, at that time he was lying in a sanatorium, where he was given the minimum of food that was needed to restore his health. He simply embellished this minimum of food by adding all sorts of meat products to the prescribed grams of bread (300 white and 300 black), butter (30 grams) and some other food he was eating everyday in sanatorium. In fact, he got into the hospital itself from December exhaustion. This becomes quite obvious when looking closely at his diary, from where this phrase about a variety of meat appeared during the general famine. His military life was meager, on the verge of starvation (another thing is that most dependents had it beyond this line), his usual meals were in the Smolny dining room, by the ration cards, just like an ordinary person during the war years.
What a sad and disturbing history for then ordinary Russians. I’ve heard that one of the most grueling deaths is starving to death 😢
Your russian pronunciation was rather good!
Конечно а тылу такую кашу ели на воде. Как мне бабушка рассказывала они ели в во время войны сусликов, когда уезжали с Украины и варили шелуху из просо. Спасибо за ваш выпуск, выпуск. Можно положить кусок сливочного масла на кашу, дать растаять и распределить по ней, когда поставите в духовку верхний слой немного подрумяниться.😋
Not that you read comments or ever reply them, I guess you got too big, but Hitler made the same mistake as Napoleon. He thought conquering Russia will be fast, and did not expect it to last to winter. If Hitler attacked Russia in the spring, the outcome could be different. Kasha (kasza) is not only millet. It is simply food made from whole or almost whole grain, and it is still a big thing in Slavic cuisine. In English is it called e.g. kasza perłowa is pearl barley, kasza jęczmienna – barley groats, kasza gryczana – buckwheat groats and so on so forth. The version of bałanda you describe is rich one, the usual one was a soup made from young leaves of saltbush and thistle. I don't know if you read Archipelago Gulag, if not, you should. Also cut the BS, there were no years-long famines during the war. The famines were mainly because of bad management and corruption.
PLEASE MAKE A WW1 FOOD VIDEO
You add sugar right before serving or let the individual choose to add it and how much. You do not add it while cooking.
In most direst cases they even cooked belts and shoesoles. In leningrad they even ate all birds. So city was clear of pigeons
I have the only translation of the Book of Tasty and Healthy Food, and found your recipe. It was a good choice. And, yes. Most porridges in the book are served with butter on the side. The book itself is very interesting. There is no credited translator and I would guess that the translator was not a professional, as sometimes the text turns into English with Russian grammar attached to it. It's a very fun book, and I've cooked a few things out of it. I also have Elena Molokhovits' A Gift to Young Housewives, the Imperial equivalent to Mikoyan's Soviet book. The original recipe for Beef Stroganoff is in there, and that one is a delight to make. I especially love its use of "English Pepper", which are Allspice Berries. It makes for a much more interesting meal. Cheers!
If y’all get a chance, one of my favorite fictional books is called City of Thieves which is a story about two young men that try to survive the siege of Stalingrad. Entire book has them looking for eggs for the royal family’s daughter so she can have a birthday cake. It’s also ironically written by the idiot that wrote the entire Game of Thrones tv show disaster lol which made me even angrier because I know he Beniof can write a competent story.
Great vid. I want to point out a common mistake among western people – you guys don't quite understand what GULag is. It's a Ministry (G(Г)-Главное U(У)-Управление Lag(Лаг)-Лагерями = Head Office of (labor/prison) Camps) that was in charge of all the prisons, labor camps, captured enemies camps. Labor camps (that are not GULAGs, they're called labor camps) weren't for political prisoners only. It was a part of a project that aimed to make a use of prisoners, so that instead of sitting in cells they could serve the country. These camps were mostly for the people who commited severe crimes (that included political crimes as well). Though, having political prisoners is not what made them terrible – it was a common thing worldwide, and it is nowadays. Extremely heavy labor and non-controlled abuse of prisoners is what gave them the reputation. You can read more of it on Wiki, however, please keep in mind that most of the articles about it have neutrality issues. The term GULAG itself is commonly used in modern propaganda, since it has a strong emotional effect on readers what makes it a very powerful tool and harms its historical accuracy.
the funny thing about soviet food is that there is no food.
Awesome video thank you
13:25 what? I didn't knew that. They don't teach that in russian history books. Yes, they mention it briefly but not as something important
What a great video. You explained many complex topics of history in such simple words with a rather bright side. Молодец, well done.
In general, the Soviet food policy was a time bomb for many years to come. The great equalizing force that was the government of our grandfathers made terrible mistakes that are still making themselves felt today in many places.
There's a scene in the Call Of Duty video game where soldiers are training to throw potatoes instead of grenades. BECAUSE GRENADES ARE IN SHORTAGE, IVAN. The irony is that during the war it was probably the other way around. For many, food was a much scarcer resource than ammunition… As if you had to eat grenades instead of potatoes.
The video could have done without the personal anecdotes. I highly doubt the party members were eating that much better compared to the average person and if they did, no shit your country's leaders have to eat, you don't want them to drop dead.
The photo with children at the beginning of the video is not from the USSR, then why is she here?
The USSR did not share any small countries with Germany. He was the last to sign the non-attack pact. Earlier in Europe, the same agreements were signed by England, France, Poland and others. And by the way, it was Poland and Hitler who divided Czechoslovakia, not the USSR. Why are you twisting history? or you just don't know her?
the sugar is usually used as a topping for people who want it sweeter. so everyone can have it just how they like
Not only they sieged the Leningrad, they TARGETED food storages when bombing the city. History will not forget the atrocities the nazis did
I thought I would see a kitchen with historical recipes, but I saw ridiculous propaganda from the 80s. Stalin did NOT cause a famine and did NOT order the burning of crops. Khrushchev came up with this many years later
God I love millet
Most people didn't cook in USSR in the 1930s. They ate in canteens or heater lfe frozen or canned ready food. When people had no access they made a stew from corned beef, onion, and potatoes. If there was no beef, you used sardines.
Love the stevemre shout out!
hi! i was in that leningrad siege. we were on motorbikes with mp40. i remember how my grandpa said- wie kommen fur diesen russishen sabaken zu ihren mutter sasai machen! heil! heil! HEIL!!!11 and my pipisken is very big u know. grosse pipisken.
According to my grandparents they ate a lot of potato with peels. Sometimes just the peels…
GULAG – "The General Directorate of Correctional Labor Camps" – is a modern analogue of the prison system of any country. Analogues of the United States "Federal Bureau of Prisons".
GULAG is located in Moscow, it is an office building. Anyone would only dream of getting punished there. You can't serve your sentence in a gulag.
Wash your head of propaganda.
I wonder if it will be the same about Polish cuisine – "When she divided the Czech Republic, she was unprepared and caught off guard…"