SC - Nazi confusion: in the soup

[Philip & Susan Troy]

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> 
> If this absurd term is going to keep popping up with no reason except the
> supposed shock value, I would like to know if anyone has any authentic
> National Socialist recipes from pre-WWII Germany within the Nazi era?

I believe the introduction of the Soup Nazi sub-thread was a joke based
on the fact that the "Soup Nazi" is not, in fact, a Nazi, but was, IIRC,
at one time a member of the Israeli armed forces. I've also never heard
of the actual model for the character (a cook named Al Yemaneh, or was
it Yeganeh?) referred to as "The Soup Nazi" anywhere but on an episode
of "Seinfeld". It's kind of mean to/about an admittedly peculiar and
anal-retentive but otherwise talented cook with some rather peculiar and
stringent rules about the behavior and business mannerisms of the
clientele at his little take-out soup shop on, as I recall, 52nd Street
and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. You have to stand in line quietly, move
to the left as you order, you have to know what you want before reaching
the head of the line, pay in a reasonable approximation of exact change,
etc. All these are reasonable requests, but as rules, especially in
combination, they're a little tough to follow. Failure to comply can
result not only in summary eviction from the premises. but a lengthy or
permanent banning considered by many a crushing gastronomic blow: "No
soup for you! Come back in one year!" etc., etc. 

Mr. Yemaneh has openly stated his intention of getting Mssrs. Seinfeld
(star and writer) and David (writer and producer) alone in a locked room
one day and killing them, but he does owe a great deal of his fame and
fortune to these two, which only galls him the more. I've had his soup
and even braved the dreaded line and his basilisk gaze. The soup is
pretty good, but I've had and made better.

The TV show based on his fictional counterpart The Soup Nazi, supposedly
his clientele's nickname for him, is pretty much an uninterrupted scream.

> I would
> be most interested in them since I find little difference between them and
> Republicans.

It might be charitably said that they both tend to dislike Communists.
To say more than that on the political score would be inappropriate.
(But privately, Ras, between you and me...well, perhaps another time)

Hey, folks, Ras thinks we should stop talking about Nazis, okay? Unless
we have recipes attributable to them.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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