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One of the banal myths is that Hitler was an animal loving Vegetarian when he was in fact a flatulent genocidal Carnivore.
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One of the banal myths is that Hitler was an animal loving Vegetarian when he was in fact a flatulent genocidal Carnivore.
Is the UL in question the old "Hitler was a vegetarian" thing? I take it he wasn't, then?
Is the UL in question the old "Hitler was a vegetarian" thing? I take it he wasn't, then?
BlackRiverFalls said:....but didn't he pretty much drive more than one girlfriend to suicide? and i thought he draft dodged ww1 on health grounds (valid or otherwise...) so who was he decorated by, i mean, unless he decorated himself for ww2 'sucesses'...
AsamiYamazaki said:Just a wee correction:
It was Unity Valkyrie Mitford, and I think she actually attempted suicide because England declared war on Germany (or when Germany invaded Poland) not because of spurned love. It was definitely when war became inevitable that she tried to top herself. She was always devoted to Hitler and could get away with lots of jokes when no one else would dare - there are some very disturbing photos of the two of them sharing a giggle.
Unitywas a bit jealous of Eva Braun though - even though she thought her a bit of a commoner (a shop girl who developed photos in her uncle's establishment or something).
Quake42 said:
His lunch and dinner consist, therefore, for the most part of soup, eggs, vegetables and mineral water, although he occasionally relishes a slice of ham and relieves the tediousness of his diet with such delicacies as caviar, luscious fruits, and similar titbits. He is outspoken about having a sweet tooth and loves confectionery, especially chocolates.
http://www.vegsource.com/berry/hitler.htmlEven in his meatless diet Hitler is something of a gourmet—as Sir John Simon and Anthony Eden were surprised to note when they dined with him in the Presidial Palace at Berlin. His Bavarian chef, Herr Kannenberg, contrives an imposing array of vegetarian dishes, savoury and rich, pleasing to the eye as well as to the palate, and all conforming to the dietic standards which Hitler exacts."
On one of my book hunting forays, I found a copy of Dione Lucas's Gourmet Cooking School Cookbook in a second hand book shop. Blowing off the dust and cobwebs that had settled on its covers, I opened it and turned to page 89. There, as plain as the Chaplinesque mustache on the Fuhrer's face, was Hitler's favorite recipe.
"I learned this recipe when I worked as a chef before World War II, in one of the large hotels in Hamburg, Germany. I do not mean to spoil your appetite for stuffed squab (a game bird), but you might be interested to know that it was a great favorite with Mr. Hitler, who dined at the hotel often. Let us not hold that against a fine recipe though."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3346349,00.htmlA florid charlatan, Morell took an intense interest in the Fuhrer's digestion. On 9 August 1941 he recorded that Hitler's lunch was "ice-cream, boiled potatoes and strawberries". On 10 August it was "an asparagus salad" and the day after, "gruel, porridge, strawberries".
Hitler had an unattractive obsession with wind. On 3 July 1943, Dr Morell records, "the Fuhrer mentioned how much he would like pea and bean soups and such like, but he doesn't dare because of flatulence". Sure enough, on 30 December 1944, the leader indulged himself with a green pea soup and suffered "a queasy stomach with gaseous build-up".
FWIW, Hitler was a vegetarian himself. So, the two are not mutually exclusive.Yeah, we all know a vegetarian Hitler fan.
FWIW, Hitler was a vegetarian himself. So, the two are not mutually exclusive.
Disputed in the Mythconceptions column in FT a few years ago. If l remember correctly his favourite dish was squab.
maximus otter
Kepigeon? Squabab?
maximus otter
See above.
I didn't know what a squab was until I encountered it with Indy.
According to William L Schirer, in The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, he became one (vegetarian) after his niece died, if memory serves, in the late 1920's or the early 1930's. I admit that I can't recall them, but I have seen this asserted in other works on Hitler as well.Disputed in the Mythconceptions column in FT a few years ago. If l remember correctly his favourite dish was squab.
maximus otter
According to William L Schirer, in The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, he became one (vegetarian) after his niece died, if memory serves, in the late 1920's or the early 1930's. I admit that I can't recall them, but I have seen this asserted in other works on Hitler as well.
So then there seems to be conflicting statements as to whether or not he was. My point was that simply because the shooter at youtube was a vegetarian, it does not show that she was not an admirer of Hitler. Charles Manson was an admirer of Herr Schickelgruber as well and it was well-known that he (Manson) was vegetarian.I've often seen Hitler's vegetarianism stated as a fact, and would have concurred with your statement had it not been for the Mythconceptions article.
Here's the Wikipedia page on the subject:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_and_vegetarianism
maximus otter
That is implied by the terms vegan Hitler fan. Hitler was, after all, both vegetarian and an animal lover.