What were they eating in Das Boot?

[Mad Mardigan]

Originally Posted by derstosstrupp

That would be Schweinskopfsülze! English speaking countries know it has head cheese, not really cheese at all, but basically like meat chunks in jelly.

Neidisch?

Have had that before.. & basically it's closest equiv, is that canned meat byproduct of pork meat floating in jellied fat, is Spam or the store brand equiv, called luncheon meat.. or luncheon loaf.

Which is what I thought of, thinking back on that particular scene from Das Boot.

M. M.