A Krasnodar culinary studio has announced a dinner celebrating the days of the occupation, featuring dishes from the Wehrmacht's diet.

Krasnodar culinary studio "Vilka" announced The "Historical Dinner-Lecture: 186 Days of Krasnodar's Occupation" was held. The organizers offered guests a culinary tour, with each dish serving symbolizing a different chapter of the city's military past—from the pre-war years to its liberation.

Crab salad and the Wehrmacht's rations: what was on the menu

Specifically, the announced menu consists of five courses. The organizers have included a crab salad with Soviet sparkling wine or cranberry punch, which, according to their idea, conveys "the image of prosperity and optimism of the late 1930s."

Furthermore, guests were promised "liquid corn mamalyga with crumbled sunflower cake and warm water" to illustrate hunger and the abrupt end to their normal lives. Consequently, the dinner program also included items replicating the official rations of the Wehrmacht, Romanian, and Red Armies.

Public reaction and the studio owners' response

On the unusual announcement of a culinary event turned The local publication Yuga.ru brought the matter to their attention. Following the critical media coverage, the owners of the Vilka culinary studio contacted journalists.

They stated that they had heard the criticism and had decided to discontinue the event in its current form. However, despite some changes to the wording in the announcement, the overall essence and concept of the dinner remained the same.