Adolph Hitler Was NOT A Vegetarian!
An article in Time, May 24, 1999, points out that in her book Gourmet Cooking School Cookbook (1964), Dione Lucas writes of her days as a chef in a Hamburg, Germany, hotel before World War II: "I do not mean to spoil your appetite for stuffed squab, but you might be interested to know that it was a great favorite with Mr. Hitler, who dined at the hotel often."
Here are excerpts from a pamphlet by Rynn Berry entitled, "Why Hitler Was Not A Vegetarian."
Under the headline, He Loved His Squab, a passage is cited from a cookbook wirtten by a European chef, Dione Lucas, who was an eyewitness to Hitler's meat-eating. Drawing on her experiences as a hotel chef in Hamburg during the 1930s, Lucas remembers being called upon quite often to prepare Hitler's favorite dish: stuffed squab.
Richard Schwartz, author of Judaism and Vegetarianism, points out that Hitler would occasionally go on a vegetarian binge to cure himself of excessive sweatiness and flatulance, but that his main diet was meat-centered.
Robert Payne, Albert Speer, and other well-known Hitler biographers are also mentioned who point out Hitler's predilection for such non-vegetarian foods as Bavarian sausages, ham, liver and game.
It is also noted that Hitler banned vegetarian organizations in Germany and the occupied countries during his years as dictator.
The authors throw more lighit on the enigma of Hitler: Hitler was a connoisseur of sweets, and cream cakes, which he consumed in astonishing quantities. He drank tea and coffee drowned in cream and sugar. And according to one biographer, "No dictator ever had a sweeter tooth."
Publishers Weekly, has this to say about Berry's article: "The essay by Rynn Berry lays to rest the myth that Hitler was a vegetarian."
Suzanne
