No matter how people treat the Soviet regime today, you cannot throw it out of history. People, whose youth and youth fell at that time, involuntarily bear the imprint of that way of life. You can still notice in apartments completely new unused sets that have been in the sideboards for years, or empty cans for canning that take up space in the pantry. However, today times have changed, there is no past shortage of food and things, and the habits of the past do not just let go.
1. Slaughter dinners
War, famine, blockade, and after years of scarcity with empty counters and eternal queues... Yes, the older generation of our citizens had a hard time, and this left a strong imprint on their subconscious. A typical dinner for Soviet families consisted of three courses: soup, cutlet with a side dish, salad, and then another bun with tea or compote. And they had to eat everything to keep the plates empty. It was especially difficult for children, who now and then heard: "Until you eat, you won't get up from the table!"
In fact, getting up from the table after such a dinner is really problematic. A separate topic is the festive table. The hostesses spent several days on its preparation. Ideally, cover it so that the color of the tablecloth is not visible due to the number of dishes. It is worth noting that almost all the food prepared by Soviet housewives was very high in calories and did not fit into the standards of healthy eating.
2. Balcony Treasure
In the days of the USSR, no one heard about minimalism in the interior, and the hostesses never had enough living space to accommodate everything "necessary". At that time, a pantry was included in the layout of many apartments, but it was small and quickly filled with "the most necessary" such as empty bottles, cans of conservation and food supplies in large quantities, so many people began to use the balcony to store valuables that did not fit into pantry.
A stool with a broken leg, one ski, a radio (who throws away equipment at all), a junk refrigerator, five stacks of magazines "Household farming", boxes for seedlings, cabinets without doors, a bicycle, boards, a roll of oilcloth - this is not a complete list of traditional balcony treasures. According to Novate.ru, the owners of the balcony most often did not themselves know what wealth was stored on their loggia, but they could not throw these things away.
3. Weekend at the cottage
In the summertime, most Soviet citizens went to their dachas. But not in order to sunbathe and fry kebabs, as modern families do, but in order to plant vegetables, huddle the beds, fight the Colorado potato beetle and harvest. For many people, hacienda was truly a sacred place. The work there was for people of all ages and, it seems, never ended.
The harvest season deserved special attention. The whole family and numerous relatives went to the dacha to dig potatoes, pick apples and pears planted in such volumes that they could not eat even for several winters.
4. Conservation
Well, when the harvest was already harvested, it was time for conservation. Moreover, the scale of this procession could easily shock a modern person. Most often, conservation took place in the evenings after work and lasted about a week. At this time, the kitchens of Soviet citizens were turning into a real scorching heat, and this is not surprising, because the period of conservation fell on end of August, beginning of September, when it is still warm outside, all the burners are working in the kitchen, and no one is talking about air conditioners I heard.
In addition to traditional spins from tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and peppers, women made jam and frozen fruits, from which they cooked compote all winter. Now, more and more modern housewives prefer to buy preserves in the store because they do not want to spend so much time standing in the kitchen.
5. I can do everything, I can do everything!
We have already mentioned at Novate.ru that the Soviet people preferred not to part with their things, even if they were broken. Why throw it away when you can fix it? True, everything did not always go smoothly with the repair, because in those days they did not like to turn to specialists too much and tried to solve the problem on their own. With stools and other furniture - it rolled, but with electronics - not always.
But Soviet citizens were not only engaged in the repair of things. In those days, it was customary to do everything with your own hands: glue wallpaper, repair pipes, build summer cottages, sew, knit and embroider. I don’t care if you don’t know how or it’s bad. It is necessary - then it is necessary!
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6. The worst is homemade
And again about the habit of not throwing anything away, which, of course, also applies to clothes. So, everything that could no longer be worn on the street turned into home clothes or clothes for a summer residence. Small specks, holes and scuffs... Who cares about that? Nobody sees at home anyway. Well, if you look at the old photographs taken at the dacha, everything will become clear without words.
7. For later
Several beautiful sets, bought or received as a gift, new bedding, beautiful clothes, which they miraculously managed to get hold of - all these things inevitably settled in the wardrobes and sideboards of Soviet citizens. There they could lie for months, or even years, waiting for a solemn occasion. This behavior is also dictated by long periods of poverty and deprivation, which have taught people to think about the future and to stockpile. It's funny, but many people have never used the numerous sets, which to this day are gathering dust in the closet and waiting in the wings.
8. Workplace theft
Many Soviet citizens committed petty theft in the workplace. This is not surprising, because in those years not everything could be bought. Therefore, people took with them what they had access to: office supplies, food, building materials, paper clips, nails and much more. They kept something for themselves, and changed something for more necessary things.
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