I think it was all part of the 'Authentic primitive German heritage'
thing - the 'original' 'pure' Aryan' Germans only had primitive
cooking aparatus - in this case symolised by a single pot - and were
therefor assumed to have cooked everthing in their one pot over the
family fire. It was probably also supposed to foster some suitably
National Socialist 'Happy Family' image, with mother barefoot &
pregnant in the kitchen cooking the main family meal all day while
father went out and laboured.

It was probably also more than a coincidence that Germany's economy
was comprehensively stuffed in the 20's & 30's, and cooking a one pot
meal was economical of fuel, cooking gear & could use 'cheaper'
ingredients which were stewed for a long time to make them more
palatable.

regards
Bruce

On 27 May 2004 16:35:35 GMT, (bogus address)
wrote:

>
>One of those annoying bits of information that sticks in your mind
>forever asking for an explanation once you've seen it. Some time
>ago I saw an abstract of an article (in a journal I don't have access
>to, maybe _Petit Propos Culinaires_) about the promotion of one-pot
>cookery under the Third Reich.
>
>Somebody put me out of my misery and explain why on earth one-pot
>cookery was a consequence of fascist ideology?
>