What’s the secret to great American cuisine? – Russia today Posting in CHAT: Russia Cans of “stewed pork” became the same symbol of the Great Patriotic War as the tuft, soldiers’ certificates and a pot of porridge. Since 1942, the United States has supplied about 2.7 billion cans of this product to the Soviet Union. According to some estimates, America supplied the Red Army with canned meat for 80% of its needs. Overseas stew was deservedly loved by Soviet soldiers. Moreover, even in those days, few Soviet citizens knew what exactly was the secret of the taste of excellent canned meat. In the 1930s, as a result of the Great Depression, the American meat industry fell into decline. The war and the need to send meat products to the allies under the Lend-Lease program not only helped restore production, but also accelerated its further development. For the Soviet Union, the stew was produced primarily in factories in Ohio and Iowa, in the heartland of America. But if the meat, factories and workers in this process were American, then the recipe for delicious stew was Soviet. In the USA, canned food for the Red Army was produced according to the domestic GOST 697-41. Thus, for the production of pork stew, GOST 697-41 allowed the use of frozen, chilled or chilled pork, as well as boiled or raw pork. thick According to the recipe, the proportion of meat in canned food should not be lower than 59%, and the proportion of fat should not fall below 10.5%. At the same time, the use of twice-frozen meat as food raw materials, as well as meat of wild boars weighing less than 35 kg, was strictly prohibited. Each piece of pork had to be freed of everything unnecessary: cartilage, bones, fat, tissue membranes, large tendons and glands. Spices were necessarily added to lard and pork: pepper (black or red), bay leaf, salt, onion. All seasonings had to be at least grade I. The production of American-Soviet stew began with cutting up a pork carcass. This was followed by cutting, deboning, trimming and cutting into pieces. Then heat treatment occurs at a temperature of 80 degrees Celsius for 8 minutes. During this time, the meat decreased by about 20%. The stew was packed on the line by hand, adding spices first, then meat, then fat. After this, the jars of ingredients were sent along the line to the sewing machine, and then into the room for 2.5 hours of sterilization at a temperature of 120 degrees. Before packaging, the products underwent quality control and subsequent shipment. From the warehouse, the cooking was sent to ships and then under Lend-Lease to the warring Allied countries, mainly to the Soviet Union. Soviet soldiers liked overseas cooking. The hearty meat product brought serious variety to the harsh front-line cuisine, which was on the verge of necessity. Stewed meat was most actively used for preparing porridges and soups in field kitchens. However, when it was not possible to feed the soldiers from the kitchen, cans of stew in “raw” form were distributed to subordinates as an additional ration. Few Soviet people then understood that the overseas dish was prepared according to the recipe of domestic specialists. Source link Source link
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A reading competition about pilots of the Great Patriotic War will be held at the Victory Museum Posting in CHAT: Russia On March 29, the Victory Museum will host a reading competition “Pilots of the Great Patriotic War. The memory is forever alive." The press service of the museum reported this to “Evening Moscow”. The event will take place as part of the Wings of Victory exhibition. Participants in the competition will be students in grades 1-11. “School No. 2010 named after Hero of the Soviet Union M.P. Sudakov in Moscow,” the message says. The competition will be held in three categories - junior, middle and high school. Not only individual readers will take part in the creative competition, but also groups that will present a literary composition. A competent jury will select the winners, who will be awarded diplomas and various prizes. Photo: Press service of the Victory Museum Among the invited celebrities are the president of the Regional Public Organization “Kuban Community” Yuri Azarov and the organization’s secretary Alexei Likhonin. Before the competitive readings begin, they will read their poems. Guests of the Victory Museum will be able to join as spectators. The event will start at 15.00. In turn, a gala concert will take place on March 30 in the capital’s cultural center “Salut” the seventh children’s creative competition “Let’s start to the stars!” will be held. The event will include an award ceremony for the winners of the competition. Source link Source link
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Memorials to the great naval commanders of Russia will be installed in Balashikha before the end of the year Posting in CHAT: Russia March 28, 2024, 13:05 Administration of the city of Balashikha Read 360tv in Memorial signs to six great naval commanders of Russia will be installed in the Kupavna microdistrict as part of the People's Budget program. Among them are Peter I, Pavel Nakhimov, Stepan Makarov, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Fyodor Ushakov, Sergei Gorshkov. The work is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. The organizers of the installation of the steles were representatives of the local branch of the public organization of veterans “Bata Frateko” and residents of the microdistrict. After this, the idea was supported on the Dobrodel portal, and the meeting participants also reviewed plans for the improvement of forest parks, public gardens and a sports ground in the Aviator area. It is planned to install children's and sports grounds, lighting and video surveillance systems in the Pehra-Yakovlevskaya estate. There will also be paths and pedestrian zones made of environmentally friendly materials, and a large stage will be created for holding various events. Deputy Mayor of Balashikha, head of the city administration department of improvement Maxim Sidorkin noted that all public areas of the city of the Pekhorka River Valley will be interconnected and landscaped in within a single project. Construction and installation work as part of the project to create a health and cultural recreation area and improve the Golitsynsky Park with subsequent integration into the route with the Kuchinsky Forest Park is planned for 2024. -2025″, indicated Maxim Sidorkin. Earlier, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, said that serious investments would be made to develop and modernize the region's housing and communal services system. News from the Moscow region can be discussed. in Superchat 360. Authors: Vladislav Ivanov Landscape Source link Source link