Posted on 06/13/2024 3:47:44 PM PDT by grundle
Communist food is often perceived as bland due to the historical context of resource scarcity and centralized control over food production and distribution in communist countries. During the 20th century, many communist states, such as the Soviet Union and Maoist China, faced significant economic challenges, including chronic shortages of spices, fresh produce, and quality ingredients. The emphasis on equal distribution often led to the production of simple, standardized meals designed to be cost-effective and easy to produce on a large scale. Additionally, the suppression of private enterprise stifled culinary innovation and diversity, resulting in a limited variety of flavors and culinary techniques being widely available to the population. Consequently, the food in these regions became associated with being monotonous and lacking in flavor.
Why communist [literature, art, cinema, music, politics, society, law, culture, ethics, civilization, life] sucks. Why should food be different?
Communists don’t need bourgeois flavors!
And the awful concrete Brutalist architecture.
Roger that. One of the distinguishing features of communism.
Communists should do the world some good for a change and just starve to death because that’s what they want for everyone else.
Humor about communists is like food. Not everybody gets it.
My local city hall/police department is of the brutalist style. Looks like a prison.
Borscht is very good. Abut after the 300th day in a row, one might grow weary of beets.
Legs of insects getting stuck in your teeth.
The town a bit up from me did the same.
Town Hall and local prison are Brutalist.
AWFUL.
1970 Glee Club European tour...staying in a youth hostel just off Red Square. The food in Moscow was so bad we survived eating from a donut stand in Red Square run by an old lady. Donuts were pretty good!
And the awful concrete Brutalist architecture.
I own the cookbook “The Best Foods of Russia”, Copyright 1976 by Sonia Uvezian.
I also own the cookbook “Please to the Table” “The Russian Cookbook”, Copyright 1990.
Ukrainian brown bread is very good.
I recall one of the first photos I saw of Chinese people, all wearing the same cap, jacket and trousers whether the wearer was male or female, young or old. How they stood such a depressing view when in a crowd is beyond me.
Because it is made from No Longer Useful Idiots.
My mother would not have gone any place without being well dressed.
Take a look at the dress of people on your next airline flight.
Add fashion to the list.
Great retort here:
https://reason.com/2015/05/26/bernie-sanders-dont-need-23-choices-of-d/
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