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| 2019-04-02 |
| Ah, if only we too could enjoy the benefits of socialism. [NYPost] This creepy candy bar kept Soviet-era children fed ‐ and it’s still "in the red." Hematogen ‐ a chocolatey, chewy snack with an oddly metallic aftertaste ‐ was the go-to snack for Russian kids before the fall of the Soviet Union. Made with beet sugar, condensed milk and sugar syrup, it’s also infused with a surprising secret ingredient: cow’s blood. The popular nosh was created as a kid-friendly iron supplement. But while the label listed "black food albumin" ‐ translation: blood ‐ as an ingredient, most people didn’t know what they were eating, Munchies reports. Alas, a generation of tots came to love the ubiquitous blood bars, which were cheaper and more accessible than candy. Now, these same Russian adults still have a soft spot for Hematogen ‐ which is why it remains available to this day. In fact, the twisted treat ‐ it has the pliable texture of a Tootsie Roll ‐ is still easier to find than one might think. In addition to a horde of jumbo-pack options being sold on Amazon, "you can actually go out and buy it right now in New York," at Russian specialty markets, says culture scholar Anastasia Lakhtikova, author of "Seasoned Socialism: Gender and Food in Late Soviet Everyday Life." Maybe you can get them on Amazon, too? |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #7 Blood sausage, blood pudding, liver and onions, patë... And now they’re saying the best youth treatment for the elderly is a unit of blood from someone young and healthy. Speaking from my own experience, the two units of blood I was given during the surgery to fix severe anemia was life changing for almost six months. Sadly, one cannot currently be prescribed such a thing merely for chronic fatigue syndrome — it is reserved for the surgical theater. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-02 21:29 |
| #6 Leave Meggie Moo alone! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-02 16:07 |
| #5 Meat is often made from cows. And that's a good thing! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-04-02 15:57 |
| #4 Kind of clever. Wife would have liked them during pregnancy; she wasn't feeling so well until she had a rare steak, I mean it came with a side of straw and a lasso. Literally overnight she was feeling fantastic. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-04-02 15:31 |
| #3 Adds a good iron supplement to those that don't have easy access to it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-04-02 15:24 |
| #2 Pretty healthy snack for women at certain times... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-04-02 14:31 |
| #1 What's Really In A Slim Jim |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-02 14:26 |