Ursula Winnington helped the GDR to get good food

Wandlitz – Some things are only understood by Ossis, for example Jägerschnitzel. These are breaded and fried slices of hunting sausage, spirelli and tomato sauce – Erich Honecker’s favorite dish and an integral part of the mass diet in company and school canteens, about as popular and as healthy as currywurst today. Nowhere were the people and the head of state closer than on the sausage and noodle plate. You can take that for GDR cuisine.

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