The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Ludwig Uhland, A Pork-Soup Song In 1938, the German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht published a remarkable document titled Speisenzusammenstellung unter Mitverwedung von Edelsoja Mit Kochanweisungen (Formulation of menus including pure soya, with recipes). It was an official German army recipe book based on recent scientific research into the value of soybeans as a viable substitute for meat. Soy was a much more efficient supplier of protein than pea meal, the principal protein supplement during the Franco-Prussian and First World Wars. The year 1918 had been a time of traumatic hunger and near starvation for Germany; clearly, in preparing for the coming war, the Oberkommando was taking no chances this time. By 1938, the hoarding of soy flour was already well underway. What is remarkable about the recipe book is its optimism. If you didn't know that it was a military publication, you might easily mistake it for a cookbook written for the traditional German hausfrau of a prosperous provincial town.
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