http://ltmurnau.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] ltmurnau.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ltmurnau 2009-01-14 07:27 pm (UTC)

Yes, stir fry or lentils would be better for you but the post was just to make the point that eating junk food doesn't make sense in allegedly hard times.

I've just finished writing a very long article on the Spanish Civil War. During the war, the Nationalists (fascists) seized Spain's main food-producing regions early in the war, and the Republican side was left with oranges (Valencia region) and lentils, which everyone grew to hate the taste of - they were called "Dr. Ramirez's Little Pills", after the then Minister of Health. (at least I think Ramirez was the name, all my books are packed now)

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