WWII Canned Stew That Was Supplied by the USA to the Soviet Army (8 Pics)

During World War II the USA sent tons of equipment and supplies under  the so called “land lease” agreement. Part of this agreement was to also supply tinned food that was very appreciated by Russian soldiers and was famous long after the war was over.

This exotic American give away was a production of a special canned pork stew designated to Russian troops and prepared according to the Russian traditional recipe.

They still have the examples of the tins preserved in museums. There is a story that one man has brought a tin can of “tushonka” from a Soviet General some forty years after the war was over. He had found it untouched, opened it and after some tests they declared that it was “a nice meat you can eat today too”. Were the tests actually when someone tasted it?