Word: stalovaya
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During my first days in Russia, I headed for the stalovaya or Russian style cafeteria (9 rubles for soup and meat pie). The food's edible and I knew I still had a stash of granola bars for emergencies, like lunch. I was going to live like the Russians, I told myself. I was going to grab food when I saw it. When you see any-thing that looks (and smells) edible in Russia, you buy it. It won't be there tomorrow. Or the next...
When the workers asked for metal spoons in the stalovaya (factory lunchroom) "like workers in other countries have," the Reuthers machined a batch out of old fender metal. Delighted, the Russians took the spoons home. Soon all were gone. "This under Socialism, comrades!" sputtered a party official. "Sheer capitalistic acquisitiveness!" On leaving Gorky, the brothers traveled 18,000 miles across the U.S.S.R., came home via Japan. At 28, Walter Reuther had completed his education and was ready to get to work in an auspicious environment, Depression-haunted Detroit...
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