Is that sour cream in the soup on the top right… or mashed potatoe?
And American factory workers were eating ham sandwiches or McDonald’s lmao
It’s a pretty stark difference. One of the first social projects the Soviets embarked upon, to the point that they were doing it while they were still busy fighting the Civil War/Revolution, was establishing communal canteens for working people. The image of a great granddad in a canteen with his coworkers is burned into the psyche of every post-Soviet country, as surely as the image of American great granddads all sitting on a precariously high steel beam eating their box lunches is to Americans. A culture where food was provided versus one where food had to be brought.
this is fake everyone knows the ussr has no food its all plastic and they took th photo to trick people into thinking they have food.
I remember once on r/oldschoolcool someone uploaded a picture of their dad in the 70s Soviet Union grilling (proving that transcends nationality and political ideology) on a beach and all the comments were saying it was fake because gommunism no food, it was peak reddit.
I dated a girl from a former Eastern Bloc country and she once showed me some pics of her grandpa camping somewhere in the Carpathian’s with her grandma and dad as a kid My sister was SHOCKED when she saw them cuz she didn’t realize people went CAMPING IN GOMMUNIST RUZZIA!
It’s wild how many people straight up think that people never had fun in the Eastern Bloc
borscht on the bottom left? fuck me that’s a great looking lunch, like the kind of thing you’d pay a lot of money for nowadays at a fancy overpriced restaurant
Looks like an above average cafeteria meal. Apparently it cost like 50cents in USSR money.
sure but look at the intentionality, you know? each element is arranged in a way that makes it look like the sound it made being served was something other than “plop” lol it looks good because it doesn’t look like it was treated like slop
Clearly made with care, not just gross slop. Reminds me of this report from the CIA that Soviet diet was more nutritious.
FULL TEXT:
American and Soviet citizens eat about the same amount of food each but the Soviet diet may be more nutritious.
According to a CIA report released today (8 Jan, 1983)) both nationalities may be eatng too much for good health.
The CIA drew no conclusions about the nutritional makeup of the Soviet and American diets but commonly accepted U.S. health views suggest the Soviet diet may be slightly better.
According to Central Intelligence Agency, an average Soviet citizen consumes 3 280 calorious a day, compared to 3 520 calories for the American.
The average daily calorie intake in teh Soviet Union is: grain products and potates 44%; sugar 13%; dairy and eggs 11%; fats and oils 17%; meat and fish 8%; and other products 7%.
The american consumes daily: grain and potatoes 26%,; sugar 17%; dairy and eggs 12%; fats and oils 18%; meat and fish 21%; and other products 6%.
Americans eat more fish and more sugar, more dairy products and eggs, and more fats and oils and less grain the average Soviet citizen, and consumes more calories.
Generally held nutrional standards suggest individuals need fewer calories, less meat, less sugar and more grain to stay fit.
Wait how did the USSR citizens eat more gain than the Americans? Did they all get big spoons?
Incredibly oppressive to people who don’t enjoy soup.
