The Goulash

Upon the invasion of Soviet territory by Axis powers and the subsequent termination of a pact between the USSR and Nazi Germany in 1941, the movement of supplies from centre Moscow and back came to an almost halt, and from the outside it could be perceived that the Soviets were on their knees. Ole reckoned a simpler, cheaper and more accessible form of meal for his soldiers and people. He decided field rations and even civilian rations for those in terribly affected areas would include the necessary ingredients for beef goulash, a staple of traditional European cooking. He took the prisoners and anti-Stalinists of the Soviet Union and repurposed them for good use in making the packages for the goulash rations, as well as cooking them for towns and operating soup kitchens.