Hitler's Chef

This article was in the paper this morning and while written with flair found it interesting.

Feeding the Fuhrer left a sour taste in the mouth of Nazi madman Adolf Hitler’s personal chef, shocking new letters reveal.

Constanze Manziarly went to work for the dictator as his specialist diet cook in 1943 and stayed him until he blew his brains out in a Berlin bunker in 1945 as his thousand-year Reich had been pounded into rubble.

Now, a German historian discovered Manziarly’s letters to her sister describing life with Hitler.

The letters paint Hitler — a vegetarian — as a picky, demanding eater. She says she encountered “unimaginable difficulties,” even though she specially trained to cook vegetarian meals.

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So you think you've got a stressful job? I can't imagine the constant worry that this woman must have been under. Hell what if the strawberries were late in coming?

The whole article paints her life living with Der Fuhrer. The story ends abruptly with her capture by Russians.

On April 30, 1945, she cooked the last dinner for Hitler — fried eggs with mashed potatoes. She had no idea that Fuhrer and his lover, Eva Braun, were already dead.

Manziarly was last seen as a prisoner of two Russian Red Army soldiers.

She was never seen again.

You'll have to paint the rest in yourself. Killed by the Russians? I'd like to think she was detained and released and owned a restaurant in Moscow.

a reply to: intrepid

Working for a psychotic, paranoid meth-head has its challenges. Cooking for fussy eaters is even worse.

a reply to: intrepid

You know, I really do have to reevaluate my stress levels after considering that. I'm getting freaked out over far less than cooking for a psychopath. It really puts things in perspective...

a reply to: intrepid

In certain politcal climates Hitler's Chef could enter the roadside eatery game and rival Little Chef.

They'd sweep up with the jackboots brigade and the veggies too. Niche works.

The logo and meal names may draw some flak but business is business eh

a reply to: intrepid

She was a finalist on Masterrace Chef.

a reply to: intrepid

Some footage of Herr Finicky eating on the eastern front. He had digestive trouble (go figure), one of the medications prescribed by his famous doctor to counteract this included dung from Monks...

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a reply to: skalla

1990s veggie food was bland with two shakes of meh. Can you imagine what they were serving up in the 1940s? It'd be the taste equivalent of a slice of morning mist on a bed of fresh cress.

a reply to: intrepid

It's surprising that Hitler was a vegetarian. I assume it must have been rare back in those days. I wonder why he stopped eating meats. I can't believe that he cared so much about animals considering how many humans he had executed.

So vegeterians eat eggs? Funny how some things from an animal are fine, like eggs and cheese and milk. The difference must be vegetarians eat these things and the more modern Vegans don't.

a reply to: EchoesInTime

So vegeterians eat eggs? Funny how some things from an animal are fine, like eggs and cheese and milk. The difference must be vegetarians eat these things and the more modern Vegans don't.

Eggs, cheese and milk don't require slaughtering the animal. Veggies prefer their food to have zero mortality rates attached.

Vegans won't eat anything that comes from an animal.

More examples of why you shouldn't trust a vegetarian.

#🍔🌮🌯

a reply to: intrepid
I read recently that there is a trend among some neo-nazis to espouse the benefits of vegetarianism. I really couldn't figure that one out until it struck me later on that Der Führer didn't eat meat, and they are just gastronomic copycats. My comment at the time, though, was that I supposed that they were merely gatherers. Damn that major in Anthro!

a reply to: Kandinsky

I dunno man, i still suffer the misfortune of lazy restaurant's slavish reliance on the unholy triad of mushroom, courgette and aubergine for nearly all non meat dishes.

I'd give their Butternut Squash Reichsotto a whirl, mebbe have a nibble at the Chocolate Maus-er for pud.

I'll get me coat. Sorry.

originally posted by: EchoesInTime
a reply to: intrepid

It's surprising that Hitler was a vegetarian. I assume it must have been rare back in those days. I wonder why he stopped eating meats.

Hitler was according to the records tripping on speed most of the time. One can only assume that on the come down from a major whizz sesh eating a piece of animal flesh was extremely horrid. These things happen

originally posted by: skalla
a reply to: Kandinsky

I dunno man, i still suffer the misfortune of lazy restaurant's slavish reliance on the unholy triad of mushroom, courgette and aubergine for nearly all non meat dishes.

I'd give their Butternut Squash Reichsotto a whirl, mebbe have a nibble at the Chocolate Maus-er for pud.

I'll get me coat. Sorry.

YUM!

Courgette and Aubergine Stuffed Mushrooms

Serves 5-10

Ingredients
◾1 aubergine/eggplant, small
◾1 onion, medium
◾⅓ courgette/zucchini
◾¼ tsp, basil, dried
◾¼ tsp, parsley, dried
◾Pinch of chili flakes
◾1 garlic clove, crushed
◾25 mushrooms
◾mozzarella cheese*
◾3 tbsp grapeseed oil

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C**
1.Finely dice the aubergine, onion, and courgette.
2.Place in a bowl with the chili flakes, parsley, and basil. Toss together until coated.
3.Meanwhile, heat a large frying pan or wok. Once hot, add 2 tbsp of oil, and heat for 15-30 seconds.
4.Add the vegetables and coat in the oil.
5.Stir fry for 5-10 minutes until the courgette is softening.
6.Add the garlic, and stir fry until everything is hot and cooked through. You want the mixture to be slightly browned.
7.Meanwhile, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
8.Remove the stems from the mushrooms and discard.
9.Dampen a paper towel, and wipe each mushroom cap. Toss the mushrooms in the remaining oil and then place on the baking sheet, top down.
10.If using, add some finely diced mozzarella to the inside of each cap.
11.Using a teaspoon, fill each mushroom cap with the aubergine and courgette mixture.
12.If using mozzarella, top each filled mushroom with a little more cheese.
13.Place in the oven for 15- 20 minutes until the cheese has melted and browned.
14.Serve immediately

a reply to: visitedbythem

Not for me thanks

originally posted by: intrepid

— as a picky, demanding eater. She says she encountered “unimaginable difficulties,”

.

huh
and all this time i thought it would be like eating with grandma

originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: intrepid

She was a finalist on Masterrace Chef.

I think it is a dog whistle that Vegans' are Nazis!!!!

originally posted by: seeker1963

originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: intrepid

She was a finalist on Masterrace Chef.

I think it is a dog whistle that Vegans' are Nazis!!!!

We should have bacon double-cheese burger loyalty tests.

I'd like to turn myself in, with an order of onion rings please.

originally posted by: TinySickTears

originally posted by: intrepid

— as a picky, demanding eater. She says she encountered “unimaginable difficulties,”

.

huh
and all this time i thought it would be like eating with grandma

Do you mean "Oma"?

a reply to: EchoesInTime

So vegeterians eat eggs?

i appologies for the flippancy

but if hitler had announced that 150 gram venison steaks = vegitarian

who [ inside germany ] would have argued the point with him ?