I have a Russian cookbook at home with a recipe for a chicken dish that was supposedly a favorite of Stalin’s. It’s a Georgian recipe somewhat similar to chicken paprikash.
He ate a primarily vegetarian diet, and claimed at various times that meat was disgusting and carcinogenic, but he did have a weakness for leberknodel (liver dumplings). And, as was mentioned earlier, he had a weakness for sweet pastries and whipped cream.
I read that Mao was fond of ma-la Sichuan food, with a characteristic combination of hot peppers and Sichuan peppercorns.
I always wonder how such factoids make it into the history books – even if I ever were to front a fascist dictatorship trying to take over the world, nobody would know anything about whether or not I examine my own feces on a regular basis and gave myself enemas.
The constipation goes a way towards explaining his manner of speech, though.
And any loose-lipped physicians who commented on my flatulence would be the first ones against the wall.
I saw a documentary once (I think it was “Human Remains”—it had tidbits and recollections about various dictators, but read by a narrator in the first person. Odd effect, that) that said he liked Green Tea…at the very least, using instead of brushing his teeth. :eek:
Hey, maybe it would improve America’s image around the world if we simply started providing foreign leaders with family size bags of some of our most deliciously unhealthy snack foods.
I have it on excellent authority* that Hitler’s favorite pastry was the Linzer Torte.
eta: “This torte is best served warm with a dollop of whipped cream!”
*My dad was acquaintances in the 1970s with the head pastry chef at a Texas bakery. The pastry chef was an older dude who hailed from Europe, and at one point had studied from a man who had made pastries for Der Furher himself.
If you’re looking for something to watch during your meal, it’s been reported that Kim Jong Il is a fan of Daffy Duck cartoons, and legend has it King Kong was Hitler’s favorite movie.
That’s just weird. ::Saddam sitting in his cell:: "Well, I’ve lost the war, committed genocide, ruined my country, been captured by my enemies and will surely be executed soon…Hey! Cool Ranch!
Idi Amin’s favorite dish was supposedly made of people!
Was it this version? (at 3:53+)
Actually, from a quote I’ve heard, Idi Amin complained that human flesh was “too salty.” :eek:
Of course, now I can’t help but wonder if all human flesh would have been too salty for his tastes, or if the flesh of humans with a different diet and upbringing than the people he ate might have had a signifigantly different flavor.
:eek:
Now why do you want to go and wonder that?
Soylent Green?
I have a naturally curious, imaginative, and fundamentally diseased mind.
Nobody mentioned deviled eggs? I can’t imagine Hitler’s colossal flatulence after downing a plate of those.
I have read (no cite) that as early as 1940, Dr. Morell was injecting Hitler with doses of methamphetamines and vitamins, and that these drugs contributed to Hitler’s mental instabilities in later years-his generals remarked on the fact that Hitler would go for days without sleep, and awaken his staff for meetings in the night hours.
The chicken dish that Stalin supposedly loved is called Kanatšahhohbili. Took me a while to find a recipe for it because I wasn’t getting the spelling right. It’s pretty tasty stuff.
Yes… a recipe…