Wasn't the party wise? During the old times, of course such capitalist drinks as coffee were a no-no. Instead, we were served a cereal-based substitute, that people called in an untranslatable term ('nechezol' = nechez is derived from the Romanian verb for neighing - the sound made by horses). Basically, the drink was made from foodstuff for herbivores - oat and barley and who knows... More than 30 years later, nutritionists claim that such drinks are a yes-yes, due to the high soluble fibre content. The party was a trend-setter and today would have been called an influencer... Let alone the price difference :D
A great selfie!
Is it correct to smile at your narrative? I hope so because I loved it.
I drink both tea and sometimes, in the morning I indulge in a small coffee which I immediately regret as it makes me so nervous :-)
Lovely selfie! Coffee was rationed over here during the 2nd world war. They had to send most of it to the troops. My grandmother made a kind of coffee from the chicory plant.
@corinnec Well, i did mean it to bring a smile. A rather bitter-ish smile. But still a smile. It was the reality.
Not to mention that they fed us soy products. And when people got fed up with that much soy (unmodified by that time), they shot the leader. And then they started paying big money for soy products - but modified this time... isn't that crazy and inconsistent?
@carole_sandford@corinnec Well, I wouldn't say it was good. The bad thing was that there was no other choice. It was forced on people.
Corinne, the situation explains the migration.
Is it correct to smile at your narrative? I hope so because I loved it.
I drink both tea and sometimes, in the morning I indulge in a small coffee which I immediately regret as it makes me so nervous :-)
Not to mention that they fed us soy products. And when people got fed up with that much soy (unmodified by that time), they shot the leader. And then they started paying big money for soy products - but modified this time... isn't that crazy and inconsistent?
Corinne, the situation explains the migration.