Tushonka
Soviet canned meat product
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Tushonka (Russian: тушёнка, IPA: [tʊˈʂonkə], from тушение, 'braising') is a canned stewed meat especially popular in Russia and other countries of the former Eastern Bloc.[1][2] It has become a common name for different kinds of canned stewed meat, not all of which correspond to the strict GOST standards.[3]
Tushonka can be used and preserved in extreme situations, and therefore is a part of military food supplies in the CIS.[4] For the people of the Soviet Union, tushonka was a part of military and tourist food supplies; at some extreme periods of time it could be bought only with food stamps.[5]
Simple modern Russian recipes for tushonka include a variation of makarony po-flotski ("navy-style pasta"). It consists of pasta and any type of tushonka, mixed in 1:1 ratio.
