Nechezol
Nechezol was a coffee substitute,[1] imposed on the market in the last years of communism in Romania. Coffee disappeared in the 1980s, with the drastic limitation of imports.
Nechezol contained only one-fifth coffee, the balance being barley, oats, chickpeas and chestnuts. Its nickname is derived from the verb a necheza (to neigh), alluding to the oats (usually fed to horses), with the chemical suffix -ol giving a pseudoscientific touch alluding to Elena Ceaușescu, "world-renowned scientist", wife of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Nechezol contained no caffeine.[2]
Notes and references
- ^ Template:Fr"Précarité alimentaire, austérité / Food insecurity and austerity". Manger pendant la dernière décennie communiste en Roumanie / Eating in the last decade of communism in Roumania. Catherina Perianu. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ "O lume disparută / A Vanished World". Ion Manolescu, Ioan Stanomir, Paul Cernat, Angelo Mitchievici.