I know of a least one Russian couple who, when confronted with an avocado for the first time, threw away the fleshy part and took a hammer to the pit, trying to break it open. Duh! :smack:
Of all the seeds Mother Nature has to offer, it is the pit of the avocado that most closely approximates the average size of the human adult male’s teste.
you just checked, dint ya? Now go wash up.
ETA: of course I’m talking about the Hass cultivar.
He was subjected to some dubious “cures” by his personal physician, who was quite a quack (his specialty was actually treating STDs). At one point, Hitler was administered anti-gas pills that contained strychnine, which only aggravated his stomach cramps. In the autumn of 1944, he became very ill and lost something like 20 pounds in a couple of weeks, existing largely on a diet of oatmeal soup. So yeah, periodic purges were likely a part of his routine.
There’s a documentary about Dr Theodore Morrell on YouTube. It’s pretty bizarre.
With regard to Hitler’s suicide, I don’t think there are many historians today who give credence to the Soviet claims of having recovered and autopsied his body. Eyewitness accounts say he was soaked with 50 gallons of gasoline, and after it burned nothing was left but a pile of ashes. Also, the Chancellery garden was under constant bombardment by Soviet artillery for another week. All they were ever able to recover and positively identify were his jawbone and some dental appliances.
Goebbels and his wife could be identified because there was less gasoline left to douse them with, and they were evidently more sheltered by the entrance to the bunker. The Propaganda Minister had a seventh child, BTW, a grown son from an earlier marriage.
Funny enough, “aguacate”, the word in Spanish for avocado – and where “avocado” comes from – has its origins in the Nahuatl word for testicle. Those Aztec men were truly gifted.
I would sooo much rather have that conversation with someone going by John Galt. Though k9bfriender isn’t a bad name, because, yanno- and I will give you exactly one guess- do you know who else liked dogs?
Anyway, speaking of Hitler’s flatulence, and I’ll be darned if I can find a link, but in Charles Bukowski’s short story collection The Bell Tolls for No One there is a story called A Dirty Trick on God in which a post-WWII Hitler animates the farts of others for his own dark purposes. If you could use a laugh, check it out.
I believe the seventh child was Harald Quandt, who was from an earlier marriage that Magda Goebbels had. I don’t believe Goebbels had a previous marriage. It’s quite possible Goebbels had illegitimate children. Albert Speer said as Minister of Propaganda Goebbels had immense control of the German film industry. He had a casting couch a Hollywood mogul would envy and Goebbels wasn’t shy about using it.
Quandt survived the war and died in 1967 a very rich man in the German automobile industry. His five daughters are estimated to be worth $6 billion.
Also interesting. She mentions “pasta”; another of his favorite dishes was ravioli.
He often drank tea made from apple peels, and an afternoon walk from the Berghof to his Tea House for coffee, tea, and cakes was part of his daily ritual while at Berchtesgaden.
He also loved caviar, but refused to eat gifts of it after the July 1944 assassination attempt.
The dog’s name, BTW, was Blondi. Blondie is the wife of Dagwood Bumstead.
Possibly, if you happen to be in my circle of friends. I am pretty sure I get invited to most of these events largley on the appetizers I bring. I’ve done gauc recently mostly because it takes me like 10 minutes, and most other things take longer.
(The secret is white pepper)
Don’t go by my screen handle IRL, but everyone knows of my love of dogs.
Well, I would never test my suicide pill on a dog. That part of Hitlers story actually choked me up a bit.
Yes, I read about Hitler’s eating habits. And I, looks like, have the same habits. A lot of potato, beans, cheese and veggies, some meat now and then, and some fruit. Complete starving days once a week. A lot of farting.
Any dietitians with an idea what that “Hitler Diet” do to your body?
They say you only hurt the ones you love. But seriously, I think it is possible that Hitler ate guacamole, though not likely. Did he have cumin? Did he have tomatoes? Um, he was the Fuhrer, I think he probably could have procured those things.
But did he combine the proper elements to create guacamole? I dunno. Actually, he did have a sort of alliance with Mexico wrt to a conquered United States, but can you really blame them? No. Guacamole could certainly have happened, even if it is undocumented.