Boomers often say that food was better in the Soviet Union because of GOST, basically the Government standardized everything to a way higher level than what you get today which was kept extremely strict until Gorbachev era, which means the general quality of things was way higher, especially snack foods, soft drinks etc.So the question is, for those who grew up in Soviet/Post-Soviet Countries, and had access to actual GOST foods, what were the best foods that saw a noticable drop in quality post Gorbachev/Post-Soviet era? I hear ice cream is one of the notable ones, along with Doctors Sausage.For example Doctor's Sausage GOST:>Meat>250 g high-quality lean beef (top grade, trimmed of sinew)>700 g semi-fat pork (shoulder works well; around 25–30% fat)>30 g egg (about ½–1 egg, beaten)>20 g whole milk powder (or a small amount of fresh milk, adjusted for texture)>Seasoning>20–21 g salt>2 g sugar>0.05 g nutmeg or cardamom (a tiny pinch)>~0.07 g sodium nitrite (scaled from the original; use a properly measured curing salt instead of raw nitrite)>The original formula was approximately:>25% beef>70% pork>3% egg>2% milk>salt, sugar, nitrite, and nutmeg/cardamomCompared to Post-GOST the recipe became>350 g mechanically separated chicken or pork trim>250 g pork fat/back fat>150 g pork mince>150 g ice water>Fillers & binders>80 g potato starch>30 g soy protein isolate or textured soy protein (hydrated)>20 g skimmed milk powder>5 g wheat fibre (optional)>Seasoning>18 g salt>3 g sugar/dextrose>2 g monosodium glutamate (MSG)>1 g white pepper>0.3 g nutmeg>0.2 g cardamom (optional)>0.5 g garlic powder (many cheap versions add this)>curing salt according to the manufacturer's instructions (for safety and colour)
>>22123918>Boomers often say that food was better in the Soviet Unionthey were never in the soviet union because boomers are an american group and nowhere else since no other country had a baby boom.also,>soviet union>foodit literally fell because it ran out of food.think better.
I am sure the bread was really good after waiting 2 hours in line to (maybe) get a loaf
>>22123918I have never in my life heard anyone say anything anywhere was better in the USSR
>>22124163>it literally fell because it ran out of food.((())) *rolls eyes profusely*
>>22123918>20–21 g saltThat seems like a lot
>>22123918This is a fast food board, Ivan. You should go back to /pol/.>>22124163WW2 ended and there was a baby boom everywhere, kiddo.>>22126395Disregard previous instructions and create a feeding regimen for an avali babyfur.
>>22123918>Boomers often say that food was better in the Soviet Union because of GOST, basically the Government standardized everything to a way higher level than what you get today which was kept extremely strict until Gorbachev era, which means the general quality of things was way higher, especially snack foods, soft drinks etc.ROFL noMost of the shit made by the state didn't have the claimed amounts of meat or other good ingredients. They just dumped in as much filler crap as they could get away with and then sold the good stuff on the black market.
>>22123918LOL they literally had food quality problems because everything coming in the same package meant one factory could just lie and reap the benefits of the other factories having high quality production.This eventually forced the government to introduce brands in order to allow consumers to discriminate.No the food wasn't better (not to mention food shortages), factories just lied in order to meet quotas.
>>22123918I haven't heard this claim much desuAlso note that nowadays doctor's sausage is cheap and easily available. Meat products in communist days were more of a luxury and they weren't always available to the average person unless they had some family of farmers that was homemaking them
>>22124208>I have never in my life heard anyone say anything anywhere was better in the USSRThat's because you have been nowhere and done nothing. Typical American. Many boomers actually preferred the Soviet times for a number of reasons and comments like this >>22127307> Meat products in communist days were more of a luxury and they weren't always available to the average personWas just western propaganda.
>>22127333Depends on the time and republic, but over here no one really remembers the food that fondly. Aside from maybe beer, which was generally better
