Nov 12, 2017 · These are all simple field type recipes for traditional German fare. You can see that the recipes are made to be flexible and can be varied and adapted depending on availability of ingredients, or just to add variety.

Wehrmacht personnel fighting on the Eastern Front during WWII had to learn to eat local food that was available, including buckwheat groats. The following recipes were distributed by the supply section of the 281. Sicherungs-Division, in an order dated December 12, 1941.

May 29, 2019 · “Verpflegung des Soldaten” (Rations of the Soldiers) From Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Translated by Nadine Wichmann. Monday- Lunch: 20 grams rice soup, 130 grams beef goulash (and 20 grams of fat), 1500 grams boiled potatoes, 200 grams of salad with oil and vinegar. Dinner: 10 grams coffee, 50 grams Schmalz (from pig fat), 100 grams leberwurst.

DESCRIPTION: Here is a very nice original German Army, WWII mess hall platter used as the main serving dish at Wehrmacht dining facilities. This one is dated right at the time of Germany’s major military victories in 1940.

These recipes reflect the reality of the wartime ration situation and food shortages. We prepare these meals in a real German field kitchen, but the recipes will work with a stove or even in a pot over a fire.

Apr 12, 2018 · On October 1, 1933, Germans sat down to an unusually frugal Sunday lunch. For decades, even centuries, the norm had been a roast dinner, usually characterized by a great, bronzed hunk of...

Dec 19, 2012 · In this post we'll take a look at Wehrmacht makeshift cooking, and how to make goulash without the Gulaschkanone ("goulash cannon", German slang for a rolling field kitchen). I'll be posting more German Amy recipes in the near future. German Army publications recommended the pooling of resources and cooking fuel, as opposed to cooking individually.

Apr 24, 2016 · These recipes reflect the reality of the wartime ration situation and food shortages. We prepare these meals in a real German field kitchen, but the recipes will work with a stove or even in a pot over a fire.

Jun 23, 2023 · During times of uncertainty and disruption, frugal, storable ingredients to make simple, nutritional recipes come into their own. I hope the wartime recipes I have recreated will help people to feed themselves and their families…

Jan 31, 2023 · One single type of side dish is boiled potatoes. From morning to afternoon, the soldier is hungry and even goes to bed on an empty stomach. In fact, hot food is only once a day – at lunchtime. A soldier drinks sweet tea or cocoa only twice a week. There are no porridges, no jelly, no vegetable side dishes, and no fish.