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10 products from the USSR that would stump foreigners
Most Soviet products were not exported
For people from Western countries, the Soviet Union was a country from another planet. Households, traditions and products in stores were radically different.
OBOZREVATEL collected 10 products that surprised foreigners in the past - and would surely stun now. There was not canned water, did not drink birch juice and did not make "caviar" from zucchini.
Canned water
In the USSR, the navy issued canned drinking water in case of an emergency because sea water was unfit for drinking. The shelf life of the product was 4 years.
Canned water can be stored for 4 years.
Hematogen
Hematogen candies that increase hemoglobin were invented for soldiers. Deliciousness in the USSR was later given to children.
Hematogen raises hemaglobin levels.
"Caviar" from zucchini
In the USSR, zucchini and eggplant caviar was in demand, it was on the shelf of every store. It was impossible to find it abroad, unless someone brought it as a gift.
Zucchini caviar was only eaten in the USSR.
Tea in the form of a brick
The USSR produced tea in pressed form with different flavors.
Classic black, fruit and green teas were produced in pressed form.
Doctor's sausage
Boiled sausage in the Soviet Union was called doctor's sausage because it was given to patients who were prescribed a diet - it had a minimum percentage of fat.
Doctor's sausage was given in hospitals.
"Fresh" seafood.
Ocean sea paste was made from processed shrimp and crayfish. Fresh seafood was sold almost nowhere in the USSR.
Ocean pasta was made from crawfish.
Three in one
In the USSR there was an exotic dessert - a mixture of condensed milk, coffee or cocoa.
Coffee was mixed with condensed milk.
"Fairytale" chocolate
Creamy chocolate was wrapped in covers with illustrations of fairy tales and Pushkin's works.
Many people remember creamy chocolate in a foil packet.
Birch sap
In the Soviet Union, sap was extracted from the trunks of birch trees and sold in every store.
In the Union, everyone drank birch juice.
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